Consultant in Acute General Medicine and Ambulatory Care Medicine

The post-holder's duties will be delivered across both acute hospital sites, but it is a condition of the appointment that the post-holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust's locations. The post-holder will provide consultant physician services for the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, including care of acute admissions, care of outpatients, leading ward rounds and other professional activities relating to Acute General Medicine and Ambulatory Care.

• Medical Degree (MBChB, MBBS) MRCP or equivalent
• CCT in General or Acute Internal Medicine or CCT in other Medical specialty appropriate to acute medicine or Registration on the GMC specialist register in Acute/ General Internal Medicine or Are within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview.
Desirable criteria
• Higher medical degree, General training in medicine to specialist level or equivalent.
• Experience in acute general medicine (minimum of 12 months at SpR or consultant level)
• Broad experience of acute general medicine
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
Desirable criteria
• Evidence of completed and published research.
• Experience in management of frail elderly in acute setting, Excellent leadership skills / Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital
• Sufficient organisational skills to function as a consultant
• Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
• Evidence of interdisciplinary and multi-professional working
• Evidence of flexibility and open to innovative ways of working
• Excellent spoken and written English /Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
• Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
• Ability to support departmental research.
Desirable criteria
• Evidence of leadership in NHS, research, teaching, professional bodies, or service development.
• Management qualification.
• Ability to use word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation programs.
• Prior experience with clinical information systems.
• Proven ability to communicate in written form (publications, reports etc).
• Education qualification Experience as clinical or educational supervisor
• Peer reviewed publications Research grants, Full registration and licence to practise
Desirable criteria
• Full driving licence, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
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