North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) are looking to recruit a forward-thinking and motivated individual to join our team of Acute Medicine Consultants. This is a post for a Locum Consultant with specialist registration. The role will be to provide care across both our hospitals; the West Cumberland Hospital (WCH) in Whitehaven and the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle, though will primarily be job planned to work and be based at Carlisle.
This post offers the opportunity to be at the forefront of developing new and innovative approaches and services for the residents of North Cumbria, a uniquely beautiful and challenging area.
Full details including an example job plan can be found in the attached Job Description.
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of safe, high quality care every time':
Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
A positive patient experience every time
A great place to work
Managing our money well
Acute Medicine run 2 Acute Medical Units with an unselected medical take at both sites. Our team deliver Same Day Emergency Care services for Acute Medicine on both sites, too, and are involved in a wide range of transformational improvement work in this particular area.
There has been no better time than now to join us in Acute Medicine as we embark on new and innovative ways of delivering our services and offer a consistently high level of quality in all we do.
The Trust has won national awards for our composite workforce model at West Cumberland Hospital and there will be opportunities to be involved in the training and educational supervision of Deanery trainees at all levels should you be successful, helping to contribute to the next generation of medical professionals.
Relocation assistance of up to £8,000 may be available for successful applicants moving to the region.
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
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