Job Overview
We are looking to expand our medical workforce with new substantive medical teams taking over two dedicated 14-16 bedded units. The ideal candidate for these roles would be holders of a dual CCT in General Internal Medicine, and another medical specialty. The successful candidate will be supported as part of their respective specialty team and undertake clinics and activity within their specialty as well as looking after GIM patients. All medical specialties are welcome, but we would particularly encourage colleagues with a CCT in Endocrinology/Diabetes or Respiratory to apply.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to agree a formal job plan with the Chief of Medicine indicating the number of fixed sessions, within 1 month of taking up post.
These will be in accordance with those approved by the Trust.
Any consultant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for this post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job plan will be discussed on a personal basis in consultation with consultant colleagues.
The new consultant will be required to reside not more than 30 minutes travelling time by road from their base hospital, unless specific approval is given to a greater distance.
The appointment is subject to a satisfactory medical report from the Trust’s Occupational Health department.
You will be paid in accordance with the Terms and Conditions for Consultant Medical Staff, and assimilated to the salary scale taking account of all relevant Consultant service.
Annual Leave must be applied for at least six weeks in advance and approved by the Clinical Unit Lead. The annual entitlement is thirty days per year.
All medical staff under contract to Frimley Health NHS Trust will be expected to comply with local policies and procedures, copies of which are available on the Trust’s Intranet site, from the Human Resources Department or from the Clinical Unit General Manager, and will be expected to attend Mandatory training sessions.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please find attached a copy of the full job description for a more detailed break down on the main responsibilities of the role. .
Person specification
Shortlisting
Essential criteria
- MRCP
- CCT In Acute/Gen Med
- Full GMC Registration
- Multidisciplinary experience in leadership
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in the design and delivery of Pathways
SDEC
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
- Multidisciplinary Experience in leading teams
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
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