Consultant in Acute and General Medicine

Government of Jersey; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

We will be conducting interviews for this post on Wednesday 9th July 2025.

Health & Care Jersey is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic substantive Consultant Physician in General Medicine to join an enthusiastic consultant body managing general internal medicine.

The primary commitment is to general medical services but there are opportunities for suitably qualified candidates to have a special interest in one of Respiratory, Renal Medicine, Acute Medicine, Frailty and Stroke.

Main duties of the job

1. Lead the care of inpatients on a General Internal Medicine/ Specialty ward.
2. Work within and strive to improve standards, procedures and systems to ensure safe, high quality and efficient patient care from the point of entry to admission or discharge.
3. Work within the multidisciplinary team to ensure effective team working in the provision of acute medical care to patients on a day-to-day basis.
4. Practice within and participate in developing clinical guidelines to ensure best practice for the management of wide range medical conditions.
5. Participate in clinical governance including audit and quality assurance processes, incident investigation and quality improvement, risk management.
6. Work collaboratively within the department, the emergency and acute medical teams, other in-patient teams and primary and community services to maximize benefits to patient care.
7. Teach and train junior doctors and students.
8. Become a qualified educational supervisor and work as Clinical and/or Educational Supervisor to a number of trainees dependant on job plan.
9. To teach and train staff in other medical disciplines, nursing and support staff as appropriate.
10. Take part in the administration of the department and the involvement in the management of resources will be regarded as important.
11. To promote General medicine as a Specialty both within the organisation and externally.

About us

We aim to enable Islanders to live longer, healthier and productive lives. We provide safe, sustainable, affordable and integrated services in partnership with others.

These include the provision of a wide array of hospital services, social care and support in the community, such as:

• providing hospital care including emergency care, intensive care and maternity services and in the UK when needed
• providing social care services, and services in the community
• monitoring and improvement of the quality of all services
• the education and development of medical professionals
• the provision of a coordinated approach to mental health care
• offering free, private and confidential counselling services
• influencing and creating conditions that allow people to improve their health

Job description
Job responsibilities

Here in Jersey, we have our own Health Care system, separate from the NHS. We are looking to develop and improve our healthcare services towards a modern, fully digitised and future-proof system, in advance of our new hospital (planned to open in 2029). To do so we need fresh eyes, new ways of working and the next generation of consultants to make our healthcare the best it can be. We aim to provide high quality, safe and effective care to the 110,000 people living on the Island and those who visit. The hospital benefits from a fantastic educational centre with a full SIM lab and dedicated time for all to learn.

Aligned to the Wessex Deanery, we support and develop Foundation trainees as well as Clinical Fellows and SAS doctors. We encourage all our consultants to fully engage with the education and training of our future generation of consultants.

Health & Care Jersey is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic substantive Acute and General Medicine Consultant to join our already passionate consultant body.

Jersey is easily accessible from most regional airports in the UK and has good links with NHS tertiary centres especially in Southampton and London, which affords the successful candidates to maintain links within the NHS and the private sector working. To support your transition to Jersey, we can provide a generous relocation and remuneration package, which is benefitted by lower taxation than within the UK.

The Government of Jersey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people (to include children) and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As this position will work with vulnerable people, the selection process will involve safeguarding measures and include an enhanced DBS check.

Person Specification
Leadership and Management Skills
Essential

• Evidence of Clinical Leadership
• Ability to Work Flexibly with Colleagues to provide services
• Ability to Work Effectively with a Multi-Disciplinary Team, motivating and influencing others through their enthusiasm.
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, management and other agencies
• Highly motivated
• Experience of Teaching, Training & Supervision of Junior Medical Staff and undergraduate students
• An understanding of and ability to demonstrate your ability to:
• Empower others
• Lead through change
• Influence strategically
• Collaborative working
• Drive for Improvement
• Integrity

Qualifications
Essential

• Primary Medical Degree
• Higher Specialty qualification: MRCP or equivalent
• Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a Licence to practise (for overseas candidates it is mandatory that a licence is obtained prior to appointment)
• Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register/Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) for General Medicine / Certificate of Eligibility to Specialist Registration (CESR) (or be within 6 months of obtaining this at the date of the interview - documentary evidence of this must be provided to support your application)
• Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register/Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)/ Certificate of Eligibility to Specialist Registration (CESR) in any sub-speciality in which the applicant wishes also to practice (or be within 6 months of obtaining this at the date of the interview - documentary evidence of this must be provided to support your application)
• Clinical Experience in similar NHS environment or equivalent
• MS or MD
• ALS

Other
Essential

• Participation in Clinical Audit & Risk Management Activities
• Demonstrates a commitment to safeguarding young people and vulnerable adults
• Evidence of annual appraisal
• Evidence of research and publication in peer reviewed journals
• IT literate

Desirable

• Experience of Service Planning

Personal Attributes
Essential

• Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Effective communicator

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