Acute Medicine and Palliative Medicine Trust Doctor

This role will be split 50/50 between Acute Medicine and Palliative Medicine, to provide a unique opportunity for those wishing to pursue a career in either specialty. Training needs will be discussed with an educational supervisor during an initial meeting, to take full advantage of the opportunities highlighted below., Trust Doctor in Acute Medicine

Acute medicine at NSECH encompasses x2 Acute Medicine admission wards that work in parallel to the other specialty admission wards (e.g. respiratory, cardiology etc), plus a large Medical Ambulatory Care / SDEC unit.

The type of work to expect and learning opportunities:

Working on a busy acute medicine unit and medical ambulatory care (MAC) unit

Trust Doctor in Palliative Medicine

Northumbria Healthcare manages three district general hospitals, plus a specialist emergency care hospital (NSECH or The Northumbria), which all have liaison specialist palliative care teams, including Consultants and clinical nurse specialists who help manage patients with palliative care needs who are admitted to hospital.

The type of work to expect and learning opportunities:

You will primarily be working in the hospital liaison team or Palliative Care Unit alongside the multi-disciplinary team (clinical nurse specialists, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, chaplain and social worker) and under supervision of a palliative medicine consultant.

Your role will be to support the liaison team in the assessment and ongoing management of patients referred by other medical providers (wards or primary care teams). This includes a holistic assessment and frequently will entail joint visits with other members of the MDT (eg clinical nurse specialists).

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before