Consultant in Acute Medicine

NHS Scotland; Paisley; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Scotland is seeking an Acute Medical Consultant for the Royal Alexandra Hospital. The role includes managing the acute receiving floor and providing services across various medical specialties. Candidates are encouraged to contact for a confidential discussion regarding the position and responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Responsibility for the Acute receiving floor and medical beds in a shared High Dependency Unit.
• Provide acute services in general medicine and various specialties.

Job description

Overview

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

A vacancy has arisen within the Medical Receiving team for an Acute Medical Consultant, based at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. Our team has responsibility for the Acute receiving floor (Level 2) and a flexible number of medical beds in a shared High Dependency Unit.

Medical receiving in the Royal Alexandra Hospital is spread across two areas across a 60 bed receiving floor - the Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) and the Acute Medical Unit (AMU). There is an adjacent Ambulatory Emergency Care area operating between 9am and 5pm.

The Medical Unit at the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) has 209 beds. The medical unit provides acute services in general medicine, diabetes and endocrinology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, cardiology, respiratory medicine and haematology including VTE follow up. The 12 bed Coronary Care Unit is covered by a cardiologist on weekdays 9-5 and the weekends on a rotational basis.

Role and responsibilities

For more information on the role and the site, please see the attached job description and if interested, please get in touch for a confidential conversation.

Informal contact

Informal Contact: Hannah Simpson - Clinical Lead 0141 314 6872 / [e-mail]

Details

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs

Interview date

Interview Date: 22/10/25

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