Specialty Doctor Acute Medicine | Northern Lincolnshire & Goole Nhs Foundation Trust

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a dynamic team player to join a team of decision makers to support the Acute Medicine department at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLaG) as a Specialty Doctor with an interest in Acute Medicine, at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, (DPOW) Grimsby
The aim is provide a high quality, safe and compassionate service.
If you have the necessary qualifications and attributes, come and shape the future of front line medical care at our hospital.
NLaG is developing and investing in its acute care model. Integrated Acute Assessment Units (IAAU), including Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), have been in place since 2020. Two purpose built Emergency Departments have recently opened, with a full refurbishment progress of IAAU facilities ongoing. Information systems have been recently modernised to improve patient care and further initiatives are progressing to deliver a full Electronic Patient Record. State of the art diagnostics are available 24/7, with new MRI and CT facilities recently opened. This really is an exciting time to join us.
We’re a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.
We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/
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The post would suite an enthusiastic team player dedicated to high quality patient care. The opportunity exists to work in a non-hierarchical setting and offer a wide range of Acute Medicine procedures in this busy General Hospitals
The post holder is expected to contribute to a service which is both Consultant-led and delivered.
• Undertake a daily ward round of the allocated bed base
• Review all new medical admissions when rostered on- call duty within the timeframe of the operational standard for the AAU and remain responsible for the care of these patients until they are either discharged from AAU or transferred to the specialty ward.
• Manage short stay acute medical admissions
• Assess all new admissions and refer them to appropriate speciality, with transfer of care.
• Direct and manage the team to deliver effective, safe, and timely care in line with the operating standards of the AAU
• Ensure appropriate handover of care at the end of a shift to the next responsible clinician.
• Liaise with specialty clinicians to facilitate their early involvement
• Further develop functional links with the community to facilitate seamless transfer of patients between the community and the hospital.
• Ensure timely completion of all documentation pertinent to an admission, transfer, discharge, or death, in line with hospital standards.
• Supervise and ensure robust and effective hospital clinical handover each morning
An in-house pharmacist oversees medicine reconciliation, VTE risk assessment and antibiotic prescribing.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Jan 2024