Band 7 Team Leader - Acute Medicine

To be the Team Leader with specific responsibility for the development and provision of the Acute Medicine Integrated Therapy Team including the training of team members To lead in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients admitted to the Acute Medicine wards including: patients with multi-pathology, palliative care needs, MS, Parkinsons disease, osteoarthritis, cardiac conditions, frailty and bariatric patients, who will often have highly complex and/or chronic presentation, often with barriers to communication To use advanced clinical reasoning skills to determine clinical diagnosis, treatment indicated, onward referrals and to maintain records as an autonomous practitioner To plan, co-ordinate, deliver and evaluate the Acute Medicine Therapy Team Service, and to prioritise and delegate appropriately to the team as required To manage staff attendance in accordance to Trust policies, HR and Occupational Health guidance To support the wellbeing of staff within the team and signpost