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The post offers an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and to develop new models of working and services that support all patients attending the hospital and within the local community. This is an exciting opportunity to play a role in developing the department and wider services for the future.

You must hold full registration with the General Medical Council and be on the Specialist Registrar or within 6 months of obtaining CCT.

• MRCP or Equivalent Specialist qualification


• Full GMC Registration with license to practice


• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview)


• Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)


Desirable

• Evidence of participation in research (peer reviewed publications etc.)


• A higher degree (MD, PhD), Higher specialist training in Speciality Interest and G(I)Medicine or Acute Medicine


• Broad experience in Speciality and G(I)M/Acute Medicine


• Current ALS certificate


Desirable

• Ability to organise and deliver a teaching programme


• Experience in SDEC and/or ambulatory care


Knowledge
Essential

• G(I)M and of the specialist skills required for this post


• Knowledge of multidisciplinary clinical audit and demonstrable commitment to improving quality of care to patients


• Understanding of modern medical curricula and commitment to lifelong learning


Skills
Essential

• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team


• Experience of supervising medical staff


• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs nurses and other agencies


Desirable

• Ability to motivate busy clinicians to engage in teaching


• Ability to develop research projects and supervise trainees in their research, Flexible and co-operative approach to colleagues


• Innovative approaches to problem solving


• Self-motivated with an enquiring, critical approach to work


• Good Leadership Skills


• Enthusiasm and ability to work under pressure


• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national level


Management and administrative experience
Essential

• Attendance on management or leadership course


Circumstances
Essential

• Prepared to live within 10 miles or 30 minutes of the hospital


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Whipps Cross University Hospital, part of the Barts Health NHS Trust Group is looking for a full time Consultant Physician in Acute and General Medicine in a substantive post. You will be joining a department that currently has 10 Consultant Acute Physicians with Specialty Interest.

The post offers an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and to develop new models of working and services that support all patients attending the hospital and within the local community. This is an exciting opportunity to play a role in developing the department and wider services for the future., Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.