Consultant in General Medicine

Applications are invited for the above post of Consultant in General Medicine in the Medicine Division, based at St Richard's Hospital, Chichester, part of the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

The successful candidate will join a relatively new and rapidly developing department with plans to transport service delivery within the medicine division.

General Medicine is an area that is only expected to grow in the coming years and as such we are looking to recruit a dynamic and motivated workforce to help develop and improve the services we currently offer in the Trust. This is a time of real excitement as we look to build a team that can work with our key stakeholders in developing new pathways. This role in particular would focus on the development of general internal medicine and ensuring the best possible outcomes for patients whilst also contributing to improving mortality, patient experience, length of stay etc. However as a team we are looking to develop further community work, and work with our Emergency Floor colleagues in developing pathways to prevent protracted hospital admissions. We also welcome an appropriate specialist interest. The post holder will work with the multi-disciplinary team and Physician colleagues across the Trust.

The main duties of the role would be to support and develop the inpatient wards at St Richard's Hospital. Working with colleagues at our other sites in Worthing Hospital and the Royal Sussex County in Brighton.

The post holder will:

• Support the GIM inpatient service, Supervising the multidisciplinary team and other GIM wards where needed. Have responsibility for inpatients at University Hospital Sussex on the Chichester site, delivering daily ward input as needed.
• Provide appropriate cover for patients admitted under the care of another paired consultant during the absence on leave of colleagues
• Provide education to the wider MDT as part of the GIM educational program.
• There is responsibility for general professional training of the junior members of the department and contributing to the training of nurses and other staff and participating in the activities of the Postgraduate Medical Centre including Medical and Clinical Audit.

The on-call commitment for the medical rota is 1 in 14, with 1 in 8 Saturdays and Sundays post take ward rounds worked with prospective cover.

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The growth of general medicine has been highlighted since the covid pandemic and the need is already a significant speciality for the inpatient wards at St Richard's Hospital. There are currently three inpatient wards dedicated to GIM. It is also highlighted as the speciality to take care of covid patients.

We expect this only to increase and so are continually developing our services and strategy development so that we are a team that meets the needs of our population, our organisation and our staff. We are passionate about providing safe care to our population at the right time, in the right place, by the right people and want to work with our local and national stakeholder to develop new pathways benefitting both our patients and our hospitals.

As a department we understand the difficulties and pressure that have been experienced in recent years and want to work together to develop real sustained change within our teams to ensure job satisfaction and personal fulfilment. We believe our strongest asset is our workforce and have to invest in this precious resource to build services fit for the future. This vision is what sets us apart and we welcome visits or informal discussions about what you can bring to this.

Please see the job description and person specification attached to the advert for further details of the post