Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine

Are you a passionate and enthusiastic Physician striving for a fulfilling career and looking to be part of an innovative service? Why not make that a reality in one of the most beautiful locations in the UK? Swansea Bay University Health Board is situated in one of Wales’ areas of outstanding natural beauty, offering stunning beaches and coastlines whilst the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park is less than an hour away. Local communities are welcoming with many highly ranked independent schools and colleges within the locality. Rail and road links are excellent with all of our Swansea Bay Hospitals being situated along the M4 corridor.

Swansea Bay University Health Board hosts 3 key hospital sites: Morriston, our centre of excellence for complex and acute care; Singleton Hospital, focusing predominantly on Oncology, hosting the South West Wales Cancer Centre; and Neath Port Talbot Hospital, our new centre for Orthopaedics and Stroke Rehabilitation.

The successful candidate will join a team of 10 Consultant Acute Physicians with various subspecialty interests and will support the innovative re-design of Acute Medicine Services for the patients of Swansea Bay. The service is undergoing significant transformation, closely working with our new Frailty Unit, Medical SDEC, and Integrated Discharge Hub.

The Acute Care Physician will focus on assessing, diagnosing, and treating various medical conditions mainly on adult patients who need urgent medical care or are cases of emergencies. The Acute Unit operates 24/7 and is staffed by a multidisciplinary clinical team focused on acute medical care with the objective of providing early expert assessment and treatment of acute medical illnesses.

Consultants and Doctors working in Acute Medicine are responsible for the assessment, investigation, diagnosis, and management of patients who develop severe conditions quickly, which can also be life-threatening. This role will involve developing and improving the activity within acute medicine and also acute medicine within the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC).

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK, we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone, whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity; or whether they are pregnant, recently on maternity leave, married, in a civil partnership, or disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together, and Always Improving - show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do. If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.

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.
• Supervise junior medical staff in the Unit, providing opportunities for learning on a one-to-one basis during formal and informal rounds.
• 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.
• 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.
• Collaborate with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines.

We will support advanced clinical training alongside leadership development for successful candidates. Above all, we are seeking colleagues who will enable a health vision for the population of West Wales by advancing our Acute Medicine service to deliver at the highest level.

The post will involve close collaboration with our newly developing Frailty team to support these 5 posts available alongside our separate recruitment drive for 5 Acute Geriatricians as we aim to deliver a whole system redesign of the Integrated Acute Medical Pathway.

The Department offers many varied opportunities to capture all career aspirations within Acute Medicine, with Research and Development and teaching fundamental to the service as a result of close working links with Swansea University Medical School, currently ranked 4th in the UK.

For further information, please contact: Dr Mark Ramsey, Morriston Service Group Medical Director; Dr Rhodri Edwards, Associate Medical Director for Medicine.