Acute & General Medicine Lead - Flexible Hours & AAU

NHS Jobs; Grimsby, Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialist in Acute and General (Internal) Medicine. The post supports a non-hierarchical, consultant-led service with rounds, reviews, and on-call duties across AAU, HDU/ITU, and SDEC.

The role entails leadership of the acute/general medicine team, development of community links, and ensuring timely documentation and patient handover, with flexible working patterns discussed to support work-life balance.

Responsibilities

• Undertake board rounds and patient reviews of the allocated acute/general medicine area/bed base.
• Review new medical admissions when rostered for Acute Care Physician (ACP) on-call duty within the AAU timeframe; manage care until discharge or transfer.
• Manage short stay acute medical admissions.
• Assess admissions to HDU/ITU and refer to appropriate specialty with required transfers of care.
• Direct and manage the team to deliver safe, timely care aligning with AAU operating standards.
• Ensure robust handover of care at end of shift to next clinician.
• Provide leadership in specialty and liaise with clinicians for early involvement.
• Develop links with the community to facilitate patient transfer between hospital and community.
• Ensure timely completion of documentation for admission, transfer, discharge or death in line with hospital standards.
• Fulfil Acute Frailty assessment and Same Day Emergency Care as per shift; supervise hospital handover at 09:00 (or 7 days when service extends).
• Provide acute physician cover for out-of-hours via SDEC, OO H, and ambulance/community access.

Job description

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialist in Acute and General (Internal) Medicine. The post supports a non-hierarchical, consultant-led service with rounds, reviews, and on-call duties across AAU, HDU/ITU, and SDEC.

The role entails leadership of the acute/general medicine team, development of community links, and ensuring timely documentation and patient handover, with flexible working patterns discussed to support work-life balance.