Consultant Acute Medicine | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Lancashire invites applications for a Consultant in Acute Medicine. The post leads daily reviews of medical take, supports patient care across the service, and promotes safe discharge and timely ward rounds.

The department offers clinical governance involvement, teaching opportunities, and potential flexible job plans within the Division of Integrated Medicine and Emergency Care. Evening and weekend commitments are part of the role.

Responsibilities

• Maintain knowledge and skills essential for fulfilling the job plan.
• Responsible for timely review of all medical patients attending the services.
• Facilitate rapid triage, assessment and discharge for ambulatory patients and coordinate clinic appointments.
• Daily ward rounds and identify morning discharges ensuring safe discharge from the department.
• Provide high quality care to patients including clinical leadership and supervision of junior medical staff.
• Ensure supervision of junior staff including break supervision and adherence to European Working Time Directive.
• Undertake re-validation and participate in multi-source feedback and reflective practice.
• Adhere to Trust policies and procedures and participate in Clinical Governance.
• Liaise with clinicians and managers to address issues affecting the service.
• Participate in audits and quality assurance processes.
• Manage the department to maintain efficient patient flow and meet standards.
• Contribute to teaching of medical trainees and students.

Job description

Consultant Acute Medicine | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Company: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £113,565 - £150,569 Evening and Weekend working required.

An exciting opportunity to join the Acute Medicine team at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals within the Division of Integrated Medicine and Emergency Care.

The consultant team oversees and leads in the daily reviews of the medical take through these areas supporting and encouraging patient care being provided in the right place, first time ensuring national and local targets are recognised and achieved.

The service is staffed by a large team of Consultants, Registrars, junior doctors, ACP’s and Physician Associates. The medical on call service is also coordinated through here that is staffed by a mixture of trainees and substantive colleagues. Many students also have their placements in the service making us a busy, fast-paced learning environment.

Please contact us to arrange an informal visit to meet the department and team.

• Maintain the knowledge and skills essential for fulfilling the job plan.
• Responsible for the timely review of all medical patients attending the services.
• Responsible to facilitate a rapid triage, assessment and discharge for the ambulatory patients and coordinate a clinic appointment if required.
• Daily ward rounds and identifying morning discharges ensuring the patient is safely discharged from the department.
• Administrative duties within the department.
• Provide high quality care to patients including clinical leadership and supervision of junior medical staff.
• To ensure adequate supervision of junior staff including break supervision and adherence to European Working Time Directive.
• Undertake re-validation as per the General Medical Council and will be required to undergo multi-source feedback and participate in reflective practice.
• Adhere to all Trust policies and procedures.
• Attend Clinical Governance and take on leadership roles to support continuous learning and improvement.
• Liaise with clinicians and managers within and outside of the department to address issues arising that affecting the service.
• Participate in relevant audit and quality assurance processes.
• Management of the department to maintain efficient and timely patient flow with specific reference to both local and national standards.
• Contribute towards the teaching of medical trainees and students in the department.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.

As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents – it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.

Please see attached job description for the full details of the main duties and responsibilities for the role of Consultant in Acute Medicine.

There are many opportunities within the Trust for leadership, research and education. We have strong links with Lancaster University and would support flexible job plans linked to other specialities and/or responsibilities.

This advert closes on Thursday 12 Nov 2026.

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