Consultant in Acute Medicine

NHS; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant in Acute Medicine to enhance their innovative approach to acute care. The role involves collaboration with various departments to provide exceptional patient care, backed by strong leadership and organizational skills. With a focus on developing effective pathways for patient management, this position offers a chance to significantly impact the delivery of urgent care services.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in a related clinical role.
• Ability to take independent responsibility for clinical care.
• Experience in managing and leading specialist working parties.

Responsibilities

• Join the Acute General Medicine team to deliver urgent care strategy.
• Provide consultant service on the Acute Medical Assessment Unit.
• Participate in teaching and training of junior staff.

Skills

Organisational skills

Leadership

Clinical Audit Engagement

Team Collaboration

Education

MBBS or equivalent

Full GMC Registration

CCT in General Internal Medicine or Acute Medicine

MRCP (UK) or equivalent

Job description

Go back Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant in Acute Medicine

The closing date is 30 July 2025

We are looking to appointConsultant Physicians for our Acute Medicine department. The Trust sees these appointment as a key part of an exciting opportunity to develop an innovative approach to acute medical care that places unscheduled care as the central function of the Trust in collaboration with local community partners. The posts will support the existing Consultants in Acute Medicine at Hampshire Hospitals. Theywill be pivotal in delivering a consultant lead service for our Emergency Medical Assessment Units. It will bolster the current model of care provided by Acute Medicine specialists and increase the scope and the quality of our front-line service.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicants will be expected to:

• Join the Acute General Medicine team and deliver the Trusts urgent care strategy. This will mean working in close co-operation with Emergency and Specialist Physicians, Older persons services and Primary care, to build an efficient and seamless system of care.
• Provide Consultant service on the Acute Medical Assessment Unit and in reach to the Emergency Department. Rapid Same Day Emergency services and direct GP admission services are active. The post holder would be supported in further developing pathways of care for ambulatory patients.
• On-going Consultant support to short stay patients, general medical patients remaining on the assessment units.
• To participate in teaching and training of junior staff.
• Participate in audit and responsibility for clinical governance

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Job responsibilities

For further information, please see attached job description and person specification.

For further information, please contact the team to discuss.

Person Specification

Professional Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise
• Entry on the Specialist Register in General Internal Medicine or Acute Medicine (or CCT expected within 6 months of date of interview)
• MRCP (UK) or equivalent
• NHS Experience

Clinical Experience & Knowledge

• Recent Clinical training & experience equivalent to that required for gaining (UK) CCST in General medicine or Acute medicine
• Expertise in initiatives for reducing admissions
• Guideline and pathway development

Clinical Skills & Ability

• 3 years experience
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Proven ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and display leadership

Other specific requirements

• Ability to understand local and national political agendas and respond accordingly
• Ability to perform effectively and maturely in management roles for the benefit of the service.
• Ability to plan strategically and to demonstrate sound judgement
• Ability to lead, motivate and develop the multidisciplinary team
• Ability to organise work of self and team in an efficient and effective way
• Evidence of experience and active engagement in clinical audit
• Ability to work flexibly with colleagues, sometimes at short notice
• Ability to manage staff and resources
• Experience managing and leading specialist working parties
• Formal training in management and administration
• Experience in managing staff rotas

Research & Teaching

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• Awareness of current acute medical initiatives and developments
• Recent relevant clinical teaching experience within medical and allied disciplines
• Participation in research
• Publications in relevant peer reviewed journals
• Formal training in clinical supervision of junior doctors
• Other educational formal qualifications

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust