JOB DESCRIPTION AND FURTHER DETAILS OF THE POSTS ...

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THE DEPARTMENTS
Appendix B
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General Medicine
There are 11 consultant physicians covering a number of specialties within medicine – Gastroenterology,
Cardiology, Respiratory, Elderly Care, Endocrinology and Acute Care. We provide a comprehensive medical
service both at the North Devon District Hospital and the local community hospitals. There are close links
with Exeter, Plymouth and Bristol, which are likely to increase in the future with developments in services
and the Peninsula Medical School project.
Emergency Rota
There is a fully integrated emergency medical take with all admissions under a single physician of the day.
Referral to the appropriate speciality is done according to need on the post take ward round.
The admitting junior doctor team currently comprises two specialty trainees and one F1 on the day shift and
a specialty trainee and F1 overnight. A hospital at night scheme has started. A STR takes the place of the
second specialty trainee on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Adjustments to this pattern of
care will be made in the light of modernising medical careers and expansion in STR numbers.
The average combined acute medical take is approximately 25 patients per day. The majority of these are
admitted through the medical assessment unit that is open 24 hours per day. The intention is to combine
the medical and surgical assessment units, in a larger clinical area.
The beds are distributed as follows:
NDDH 3 acute medical wards Staples 30 beds
Level 5 (all ages) Glossop 30 beds
Level 1 MAU 13 beds
Level 3 ITU, HDU 4 & 3 beds flexible
Level 1 Stroke Unit, Budd 16 beds
Rehabilitation/Palliative care Alexandra 16 beds
4 Community Hospitals: 84 beds
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