Consultant in Acute and General Medicine

An interview date for this post will be published shortly. Please keep an eye on the advert for updates. Here in Jersey, we have our own Health Care system, separate from the NHS. We are looking to develop and improve our healthcare services towards a modern, fully digitised, and future-proof system, in advance of our new hospital (planned to open in 2029).

To do so we need fresh eyes, new ways of working and the next generation of consultants to make our healthcare the best it can be. We aim to provide high quality, safe and effective care to the 110,000 people living on the Island and those who visit. The hospital benefits from a fantastic educational centre with a full SIM lab and dedicated time for all to learn.

Aligned to the Wessex Deanery, we support and develop Foundation trainees as well as Clinical Fellows and SAS doctors. We encourage all our consultants to fully engage with the education and training of our future generation of consultants.

Lead the care of inpatients on a General Internal Medicine/Specialty ward. Work within and strive to improve standards, procedures and systems to ensure safe, high quality and efficient patient care from the point of entry to admission or discharge. Work within the multidisciplinary team to ensure effective team working in the provision of acute medical care to patients on a day-to-day basis.

Practice within and participate in developing clinical guidelines to ensure best practice for the management of wide range medical conditions. Participate in clinical governance including audit and quality assurance processes, incident investigation and quality improvement, risk management. Work collaboratively within the department, the emergency and acute medical teams, other inpatient teams and primary and community services to maximize benefits to patient care.

Teach and train junior doctors and students. Become a qualified educational supervisor and work as Clinical and/or Educational Supervisor to a number of trainees dependant on job plan. To teach and train staff in other medical disciplines, nursing and support staff as appropriate. Take part in major incident planning. Take part in the administration of the department and the involvement in the management of resources will be regarded as important.

To promote General medicine as a Specialty both within the organisation and externally.

• providing hospital care including emergency care, intensive care and maternity services and in the UK when needed
• providing social care services, and services in the community
• monitoring and improvement of the quality of all services
• the education and development of medical professionals
• the provision of a coordinated approach to mental health care
• offering free, private and confidential counselling services
• influencing and creating conditions that allow people to improve their health

We aim to enable Islanders to live longer, healthier and productive lives. We provide safe, sustainable, affordable and integrated services in partnership with others.