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Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant at Inverclyde Royal Hospital (IRH),Greenock for the Winter Ward / Short Stay unit and Boarder team . IRH is based in the Clyde Sector of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde's Acute Services .
This role will also provide support to IRH's Acute Receiving team (J North) in reviewing patients who have a length of stay over 48 hours.
The post is a fixed term post for 6 months.
The Department is part of the Emergency Care and Medical Specialities within the IRH.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our friendly and dedicated team at acute care consultants based in the IRH. It is expected that the post holder will contribute to the leadership, delivery and development of the winter and boarder services.
The IRH Winter and Boarder team is well supported with two junior medics and a clinical fellow along with a a team of registered and non registered nursing and Allied Health Professional ( AHP) colleagues.
The IRH Consultant team strongly advocates team working and support to ensure a healthy work-life balance.
The successful candidate will integrate into a team of 12 General and Specialty Physicians, all dedicated to the local area and the population.
This post will offer a real opportunity for the successful candidate to be involved in the development of a successful modern, Consultant-led service for a population of around 125,000.
Acute Hospitals within Clyde are part of a continual review of acute services aimed at maintaining and further developing high quality clinical care.
The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the IRH consultant medical receiving rota.
Candidates are strongly encouraged to contact and visit the teams within Clyde, as listed below, in order to further explore the excellent opportunities available in more detail. In addition, the opportunity to form close clinical and research links with the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital ( South Glasgow ) and Glasgow Royal Infirmary ( North Glasgow ) is also encouraged.
The medical team at IRH aim to provide an excellent training experience For the second year in a row, the General Internal Medicine training and experience within ECMS has been identified in the top 2% within the country for this speciality -The 2023 GMC National Training Survey (NTS) and Scottish Deanery National Training Survey (STS).
For more information about the role and Inverclyde Royal Hospital along with details of informal contacts please refer to the, candidate information pack attached at end of recruitment advertisement .
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.