The successful candidate will join a well-established team within one of our Specialties, Respiratory, Care of the Older Person or Endocrinology& Diabetes Consultants, progressing the service for Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre residents across Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
The post holder will be employed by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and will be expected to be responsible for the care of approximately 15 acute hospital care inpatients, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient clinics and on-call for general medicine. Outpatient work will be conducted primarily through the outpatient department at Victoria Hospital. The current template allows for 5 new patients and 10 follow-up patients. This clinic is supported by 1 junior or middle grade doctor.
The post holder will advise colleagues on measures to prevent unnecessary admissions to Victoria Hospital and also advise regarding clinical measures to facilitate timely and appropriate discharge from secondary care.
To support the General Medical Wards as a Lead Clinician across the Integrated Medicine and Patient Flow Division. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to support within a specialty across the Division such as Respiratory, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Care of the Older Person, Infectious Diseases.
Our Division was formed in 2021 following a Trust restructure. We provide high quality emergency medical care through our Emergency Department, Acute Medical Unit and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) service. In addition, the division is responsible for inpatient and outpatient care of patients falling under the following medical specialties: general medicine, diabetes and endocrinology, geriatric medicine, stroke medicine, respiratory medicine, rheumatology and dermatology. We also run Clifton hospital, a rehabilitation hospital in Lytham St Annes, and our award willing Community Frailty Team. The division is currently undergoing a period of transformation spearheaded by the construction of an Emergency Village on our Blackpool Victoria Hospital site. There are so many opportunities to support the transformation of our services within Integrated Medicine and Patient Flow and we look forward to receiving an application from you to support us in our journey.
The successful candidate will join a well-established team within one of our Specialties, Respiratory, Care of the Older Person or Endocrinology& Diabetes Consultants, progressing the service for Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre residents across Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
The post holder will be employed by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and will be expected to be responsible for the care of approximately 15 acute hospital care inpatients, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient clinics and on-call for general medicine. Outpatient work will be conducted primarily through the outpatient department at Victoria Hospital. The current template allows for 5 new patients and 10 follow-up patients. This clinic is supported by 1 junior or middle grade doctor.
The post holder will advise colleagues on measures to prevent unnecessary admissions to Victoria Hospital and also advise regarding clinical measures to facilitate timely and appropriate discharge from secondary care.
This advert closes on Sunday 31 Dec 2023
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