Locum Sho Doctor jobs in West Yorkshire

The Division of Medicine is looking to fill a vacancy within Acute/General Medicine in order to increase the consultant capacity within the acute medical team. A ‘special’ interest (as defined by the Acute Internal Medicine curriculum or dual CCT) will be considered.

The Trust is based on two Acute sites with Acute Medical services on each site. The Acute Stroke unit is based at Calderdale Hospital along with specialist Cardiology and Respiratory wards and the
specialist Gastroenterology and Oncology/Haematology wards are based at Huddersfield with specialist Frailty and Care of the Elderly services.

The successful applicant will form part of our Acute Medical Consultant team, providing Acute services across the two Trust sites, Successful candidates will be expected to cover our two Acute Floors, Short Stay/outlying wards, Medical Same Day Emergency Care (MSDEC) unit and EDs (Admission Avoidance).

The Acute teams run the Acute Medical Units (AMUs) with a total bed base of 106 (60 CRH, 46 HRI – including Frailty). These are planned as ‘acute floors’ incorporating both Acute assessment beds but also short stay beds. The Huddersfield ‘floor’ is shared with the Acute Frailty team who have ongoing responsibility for 22 patients. Successful candidates will be expected to cover Acute/Short Stay and outlying wards. There is a consultant led ward round of the AMUs each morning, followed by continual assessment on the AMUs until 8pm on most days of the week.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust are proud providers of acute hospital services, where we value our staff and recognise that they are our greatest asset. CHFT is at the forefront of Digital Health utilising a number of electronic solutions to improve patient care. The CQC rated us as Good in June 2018. In their report they confirmed that; “Staff were caring and provided compassionate care. Patients were treated with dignity and respect and their privacy was respected. Patients spoke positively about the care they received”.

Our Future Plans

The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit Our Future Plans - CHFT (cht.nhs.uk)

The Trust wishes to ensure that Consultants have time in their job plan to undertake Supporting Professional Activities which underpin and maintain high quality patient care. The Trust Board and Local Negotiating Committee have agreed that a Core allocation of 1.5 SPAs should be allocated to undertake CPD, appraisal, clinical supervision, audit and clinical governance, mandatory training and the general management of the service. Objectives should be agreed at the Job Plan review meeting with regards to this SPA.

Please see the attached person spec and job description for a full description of the role and responsibilities.