Consultant in Acute Medicine

This post is offered on a full-time (10 PA) basis although less than full-time applications will be considered. Duties will be based primarily on our Wakefield (Pinderfields) site although all our medical staff are involved in delivering care to patients on all our sites. The Acute Medicine Department at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals is supported by 8 WTE substantive consultants plus a number of long-term locum consultants and the following medical team.

4 Specialty Training Registrars, 4 Internal Medical Trainees, 4 ACCS Trainee, 4 FY1, 2 Physician Associates The team along with GIM colleagues see approximately 30,000 patients each year, in both an inpatient and same day emergency care (SDEC) setting (split 50:50). The SDEC unit is supported by 16 qualified and trainee advanced clinical practitioners.

The main duties of the post will include:

• Provide on-call and consultant-present care across our sites, with a primary focus on the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) at Pinderfields Hospital and on Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) at Pinderfields Hospital, and each of the team take a share of consultant-present evening and weekend duties, along with the general medical on-call team.
• Daytime Duties: part of the scheduled weekly timetable (below) with four consultants providing concurrent wards in close liaison with a fifth consultant who provides ED in-reach assessment and coordination with the Emergency Department. Support is provided by specialties within the hospital.
• Weekday Evenings: scheduled rounds are provided until 20:00hrs on a (planned) v1:16 basis and will include overnight on-call cover, paired with a Respiratory consultant who leads a parallel round.
• Weekend Daytime: scheduled rounds are provided 09:00-1700hrs on a (planned) 2:8 basis as part of the GIM on-call rota paired with a respiratory consultant who leads a parallel ward round. Weekend overnight on-call cover is 1:16
• Support for medical subspecialties is provided by separate on-call teams. There is a separate GI bleed rota (provided by Gastroenterology). There is Critical Care support with level 2 and 3 care facilities
• Urgent and Emergency Care duties including out-of-hours on-call schedules will take account of the provisions of working time regulations and safe working.
• Supporting Professional Activities in accordance with the Trust Framework, with at least a minimum of 1.5 SPAs included in the core 10PA timetable. Additional SPA or DCC time may be commissioned in line with the skills of the successful candidate and changing requirements of the service.
  • Examples may include formal teaching responsibilities or departmental leadership roles.

• Specialist skills as part of the AIM curriculum will also be supported.

All consultants at the trust are provided with secretarial support and an adequately equipped office, which includes IT facilities.

Please see the attached full job description for an example weekly timetable.

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.

Full GMC Registration with licence to practise

Registered for General Medicine

Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register via one of the following:

• CCT in AIM (or within 6 months of obtaining CCT)
• CESR in AIM

Medical Degree from recognised medical school

MRCP or equivalent

Eligibility to work in the UK

Recent experience working at…