A suitably experienced post-holder will be expected to: provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners. provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend multi-disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi-disciplinary team in providing high quality clinical care. It is anticipated work will be undertaken on three sites and closer to the patients home.
The Trust is seeking to extend services to GP surgeries/health centres etc and job plans may be revised in due course. be responsible for the continuing care and treatment of patients in their charge and personal performance of clinical duties as agreed in your job plan, allowing for all proper delegation to and training of their staff. provide support to the A&E department and acute medicine to ensure timely appropriate care and patient flow through the hospital. clerk admissions and prepare patients for planned treatment and procedures, including post-operative care as required.
provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care, including discharge summaries. attend multi-disciplinary meetings, which may be cross county and cross site. collaborate with colleagues to deliver a high quality, timely service and to work towards meeting the Trusts and departmental objectives. Support professional supervision, training and management of junior medical staff, carrying out teaching, assessment and accreditation duties as required and contributing to postgraduate and CPD activity locally and nationally as appropriate.
participate in the junior grade on call rota to ensure that both emergency and urgent services are provided out of normal hours, to be shared equally with colleagues in post. if undertaking non-resident on-call duties, attend the hospital site to review patients when clinically necessary. You must be prepared to attend willingly whenever requested to do so by a member of their medical and nursing team. participate in clinical audit as part of quality improvement activity under local arrangements.
commit to taking part in annual appraisal process which will be undertaken by a trust approved appraiser. be responsible for compliance with personal continuing professional development requirements with the support of the Trust. It is mandatory for all Specialists to keep up to date with evidence based practice. be responsible for maintaining awareness of & acting in accordance with professional guidelines such as Duties of a Doctor, Good Medical Practice, & the GMC Performance Procedures.