This is a new post, and the successful applicants will join a department of 6 consultants and 1 specialist. The postholder will provide senior support to the front-line work on the Acute Assessment Unit (AAU) and the Ambulatory Care Unit (SDEC). This will also occasionally require in-reach to the Emergency Department when required. There is also the opportunity to have DCC activity in other specialties including for example palliative care. We expect the provision of excellent care, comprehensive assessment, and appropriate timely discharges and/or onward referrals. Airedale General Hospital work jointly with other local NHS providers in the region, including Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Bradford District Care Trust, to help ensure we can deliver a patient led collaborative service and thereby promoting a culture of safety and improvement., The principal duties of this post are to deliver a high-quality service to Acute Internal Medicine patients. The appointee would be expected to:

• Provide clinical expertise and responsibility to the service in
terms of knowledge, clinical activity and guidance as needed.
• Clinical and administrative responsibility for the proper
functioning of the Acute Internal Medicine Department.
• Develop standards, procedures and robust systems in the
department to ensure safe, high quality and efficient patient care from the point of entry into the department to admission or discharge from the department.
• Supervision of the junior medical staff in the Unit who will have
opportunity to learn on a one-to-one basis on both formal and informal rounds and also on ad hoc basis throughout the day.
• Play an active part in educational programmes for junior medical
staff, including formal teaching sessions and clinical audits relevant to the needs of the Unit.
• To teach and train staff in other medical disciplines, nursing and
support staff as appropriate.
• Maintain an up-to-date job plan and personal development plan
• Register and participate in the appropriate CPD scheme with the
Royal College of Physicians.
• Work with colleagues to provide a consultant-led service with the
highest standard of care.
• Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways
and clinical guidelines. Further details provided in attached Job information pack.Working for our organisation These posts provide an opportunity to pursue a consultant career in Acute Internal Medicine (+/- Specialty interest) at Airedale Hospital which is situated between the spectacular Yorkshire Dales and the cosmopolitan centres of Bradford and Leeds. This is a dynamic department, and the successful applicant will be required to contribute to ongoing service development. We expect involvement in our existing quality improvement projects and welcome ideas for new work streams. We strongly encourage leadership development. There is a trust leadership programme in place and study leave is encouraged for this. We also believe in maintaining work life balance and mentoring is offered to new and current consultant employees of the Trust. We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide a similar service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Leeds Medical School, Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future. We want to attract staff who embrace our 'Right Care' behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients - we want to make this part of our DNA.

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people's age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this. We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment. These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you'll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future - a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.

If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard or Basic £26.40) from your first full months salary. This is a condition of your employment. In applying for a post that requires a DBS check you are confirming that you have read and understood the DBS Privacy Policy for Enhanced and Standard Checks (Click here for the privacy policy) You are encouraged to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year.