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Post: consultant physicIan IN ACUTE MEDICINE
Base: queen elizabeth university hospital
Applications are invited for a Consultant post which will be based at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH). This is a new post and the successful candidate will join the team of consultants working within the Acute Medicine department.
The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital is a purpose built hospital that opened its doors in May 2015. The hospital has 1109 beds and provides medical care to a population of around 700,000 people in west and south Glasgow. The hospital provides the full range of medical and surgical services and many tertiary specialties including neurology, ENT and renal medicine.
Development of the QEUH has allowed inpatient and acute medical care from the Western Infirmary, Victoria Hospital and Southern General to be consolidated to a single site. The presence of all the major specialities and the opportunities that this provides makes the QEUH an exciting and stimulating environment in which to work. As examples, Respiratory Medicine hosts cystic fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension tertiary care teams, Gastroenterology has inflammatory bowel disease and hepatology subspecialty teams, the Infectious Diseases unit is a regional service for tropical diseases and has a major HIV service, Rheumatology has a Professorial Unit with major interests in inflammatory arthritidies and connective tissue disease, and the diabetes and endocrine unit provide all aspects of subspecialty care in diabetes, as well as providing regional genetics, cancer and neurosurgical endocrine services. The QEUH also has one of largest critical care areas in the UK, with CCU, ITU and both medical and surgical HDU areas.
The job is offered as a full-time post on a 10 PA basis but applications will be considered from those wishing to work less than full-time.
The post will be made up of 8 PAs of clinical activity working sessional time in the Acute Medicine department in IAU, AECU, ARU5 and SSW (the DCC time will also include appropriate time for administrative tasks related to this work). There may also be the opportunity to work in medical HDU (MHDU) depending on the interests of the appointed candidate. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the evening rota in IAU working until 8pm 2-3 evenings/month. The remaining shifts will end at 6pm or earlier during the week. It is anticipated that the appointed candidate will contribute to a weekend daytime rota working on a 1 in 8 basis (approx. 1 PA) within the Acute Medicine department alongside colleagues. There is no overnight on-call or availability supplement attached to this post.
Applicants wishing to undertake duties within HDU could do so by substituting for other acute medicine work. Medical HDU is undertaken as single days from 8am-6pm.
Applicants must have full GMC registration and a licence to practise. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT in Acute Internal Medicine (AIM) and General Internal Medicine (GIM).Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive consultant post once CESR is awarded. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
The job is offered as a full-time post on a 10 PA basis but applications will be considered from those wishing to work less than full-time. Up to 2 EPA’s may be available to undertake additional outpatient and/or procedure sessions or management activity.
Additional Non DCC (up to 2 PA’s in total – Inclusive of 1 core SPA plus 1 additional non DCC can be negotiated and agreed between the successful candidate and Management depending on the time required to support professional activities and the needs of the service.
All newly qualified Consultants are initially offered a minimum of 1 Core Supporting Professional Activity (SPA) which includes CPD, audit, clinical governance, appraisal, revalidation, job planning and management meetings. This will be reviewed within 6 months (or earlier if required) of appointment and revised upwards if additional responsibilities are agreed.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.