Job summary
- Main area
- Community Hospitals
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (6 months - August 2024 to Feb 2025)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 267-MSLED-106
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Witney EMU
- Town
- Witney
- Salary
- £43,923 - £55,329 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 12:00
Employer heading
Locally Employed Doctor in Witney EMU
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
Job overview
Witney Emergency Multidisciplinary Unit (WEMU), is a dedicated adult ambulatory medical unit situated in Witney Community Hospital in West Oxfordshire. The unit provides high quality care for mostly older adults in an ambulatory setting seven days a week and supports 4 in-patient beds. The unit is open from 9.00-20.00 weekdays and 10.00-16.00 at weekends and public holidays (medical staff work 9.00-17.00 at weekends and public holidays) although in this role the work is Monday-Friday 9.00-17.00.
There are close working links with many community-based teams including Hospital at Home, Community Specialist Nurses, District Nurses, Community Therapy Services and Single Point of Access.
Main duties of the job
The work involves triaging referrals, acute same day assessment and management of ambulatory adults with a variety of medical problems and being responsible for up to four short term community hospital in-patient beds available within Witney Community Hospital.
The unit works closely across our ambulatory care units in Abingdon Emergency Multidisciplinary unit (AEMU) and the Rapid Access Care unit (RACU) in Henley. This is part of a county wide ambulatory by default’ pathways working in collaboration with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to avoid acute hospital admissions.
The post will appeal to innovative and high calibre doctors including acute medical physicians and gerontologists with specialist interest in ambulatory care, community care and care of the older patient.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This is a great opportunity for an SHO/FY3 to work in the unit with the following benefits:
· Competitive salary plus employment benefits
· NHS Superannuation Scheme
Person specification
Registration
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with licence to practice
- Up to date with appraisal and revalidation requirements
- PLAB
- MBChB or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- MRCP
- Higher degree in relevant field of medicine, post grad teaching, relevant post grad diplomas
- Diploma of Urgent Care
Clinical Experience & Skills
Essential criteria
- Active clinical experience in Acute Geriatric OR General Medicine OR General Practice
- Demonstratable experience working in Ambulatory care and community settings and with older people
- Ability to make appropriate assessments in the management of complex medical problems in older people and facilitate discharge planning
- Ability to make decisions at appropriate senior level
- Ability to work within clinical governance guidelines.
- Evidence or providing good teaching and supervision to trainees to the level of GMC accredited educational supervision level as well as other members of the multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Ability to identify and address own educational needs
- Evidence of clinical leadership role demonstrating accountability for quality of care, financial controls and efficient management of workforce
- Knowledge of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) and its application.
- Knowledge of Digital Health systems and virtual patient care
- Awareness of Urgent Community Response
- Awareness of frailty pathways, national and local urgent care agendas and commissioning
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sachin Mandalia
- Job title
- Consultant Medical Lead for Acute & Emergency Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07701074040
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