Sanctuary Health has a permanent job for an experienced and dedicated Specialist Doctor to work within a Rapid Response Team across the Isle of Sheppey and Sittingbourne.
This salary for this permanent Specialist Doctor role is £100,000 per annum. Negotiable for the right candidate.
Job Purpose:
- To provide medical cover within the four Virgin Care Community Hospital wards for adult rehabilitation (including stroke and neuro rehabilitation) within North Kent Community Hospital In-Patient Wards.
- Provide day to day medical care and review of the patients supported and directed by the Clinical Lead Consultant.
- Ward work includes the clerking in of new patients transferred from other hospitals and home with arrangement for appropriate investigations as necessary, daily ward review of inpatients, advice to nursing staff on the ward, writing in the medical notes, referral to other specialists when required and completion of discharge paperwork.
- The specialty doctor will be expected to attend consultant ward rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings where patient rehabilitation progress is reviewed and discharge plans are made.
- The post-holder will be directly involved in communication with patients and relatives and able to offer advice to health and social care colleagues regarding rehabilitation in the unit.
Requirements of the Specialist Doctor:
- Full GMC registration
- At least 4 years' post-graduate training (or its equivalent on a part-time or flexible basis)
- At least two of which will be in a specialty training programme for care of the elderly or as a fixed term specialty trainee in care of the elderly
- Competency in clinical assessment and formulation of appropriate management plans
- Experience of audit in clinical practice.
- Experience of working in teams.
Contact:
This Specialist Doctor job is advertised by Stuart Munns; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
