Consultant Physician Belford Hospital Fort William
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Job Description
1. Wholetime Consultant for NHS Highland based at Belford Hospital. Although based at Belford Hospital Fort William you may be required to work in other NHS Highland Healthcare facilities in order to meet the requirements of the service.
2. Those wishing to work flexibly or part time can be accommodated following discussion.
3. You will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues in the efficient running of the service and will share with Consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management. Subject to the provisions of the Terms and Conditions of Service you are expected to observe the NHS Highland Board s agreed policies and procedures drawn up in consultation with the profession on clinical matters and to follow the standing orders and financial instructions of NHS Highland. In particular where you formally manage employees of NHS Highland you will be expected to follow the local and national employment and personnel policies and procedures. You will be expected to make sure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of your patients to be able to contact you when necessary.
4. You are required to comply with the NHS Highland Board s Health & Safety Policies.
5. You have agreed that you will be responsible for the training and supervision of the junior medical staff who work with you and you will be expected to devote time to this activity on a regular basis. In addition you will be expected to ensure that junior staff have access to advice and counselling. If appropriate you will be named in the contracts of doctors in training grades as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as the initial source of advice to such doctors on their careers.
Duties and Responsibilities
5. The main duties and responsibilities for your post include:
a) Provision with consultant colleagues of a service in General Medicine to NHS Highland with responsibility for the prevention diagnosis and treatment of illness and for the proper functioning of the Department.
b) OutofHours Responsibilities:
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c) Requirements agreed for the provision of cover for consultant colleagues in an emergency.
d) Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff.
e) Responsibilities for carrying out teaching accreditation and examination duties as required and for contributing to postgraduate and continuing medical education activity.
f) Responsibilities which relate to a special interest.
g) Requirements to participate in medical audit and in continuing medical education (where appropriate and agreed)
h) Work on behalf of the NHS Highland Board such as domiciliary consultation or services provided but NHS Highland for other agencies e.g. Prison Service (where appropriate and agreed)
Job Plans
6. It is a requirement for all consultants to have a job plan. Agreed job plans will be prospective and will set out:
All professional commitments
Time and service commitments
Accountability and management arrangements
Objectives
Resources
Any agreed extra programmed activities
All job plans will follow the model format contained at Appendix 4 of the New Consultant Contract.
The job plan will be subject to review at least annually or more often if changes to staffing resources or working practices or the consultant s circumstances require it.
Requirements
Eligibility Substantive NHS Consultant
Appointment to a substantive consultant post in the UK National Health Service requires the applicant to be listed on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register.
Doctors with a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or a Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration via the Combine Programme (CESR)(CP) who have completed an approved training programme in the UK and are eligible for entry onto the Specialist Register. Applicants can be shortlisted if they are within six months of obtaining a CCT and must have written evidence of the confirmed date.
You may be eligible for direct entry onto the Specialist Register if you are a national of an EEA country (or Switzerland) and you have a specialist medical qualification that is acceptable for mutual recognition.
Alternatively the applicant should possess a Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR). A CESR enables doctors who have not completed an approved UK training programme to demonstrate their knowledge skills and experience are equivalent to the relevant CCT curriculum to join the Specialist Register. The CESR application requires you to prepare evidence and it can take six to nine months to process. You should submit your evidence to the GMC who will forward on to the Royal College for consideration. You will be advised that you will hear an outcome within three months. You cannot be considered for a substantive appointment during this process you must be on the specialist register.
Applications from doctors with appropriate specialist training and experience who are not listed on the GMC Specialist Register can be considered for a locum consultant post (up to two years) if no substantive consultant appointment is made. Whilst in locum employment an application to obtain a CESR and entry onto the Specialist Register can be made.
Benefits
We offer:
Policies to help balance commitments at work and home and flexible family friendly working arrangements
Excellent training and development opportunities.
Onsite library services in the Belford Hospital and at the Centre for Health Sciences
Access to NHS staff benefits/staff discounts
Cycle to Work Scheme
Excellent student support
Access to NHS Pension scheme
Employment Type
Full Time
