Specialist Grade in Acute Medicine

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; Outwoods; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in the UK is seeking an enthusiastic Specialist Grade doctor to join its Acute Medicine Department at Queens Hospital, Burton. This role involves providing full 24-hour cover while engaging in guided training and professional development opportunities. The trust values compassion, openness, and excellence and seeks to support its staff with flexibility and comprehensive benefits. Join a dynamic team dedicated to exceptional community health care.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Responsibilities

• Provide cover within the Acute Medicine Department with full 24-hr middle grade service.
• Engage in training, development, and education programs with supportive educational faculty.
• Participate in flexible working arrangements post-interview.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit an enthusiastic Specialist Grade doctor to join the Acute Medicine Department at University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust. The post will be based at Queens Hospital, Burton.

We have recently undergone a period of redesign and refurbishment of our on site Minor Injuries department offering a more streamlined process of managing all walk in patients through appropriate signposting and subsequent management.

Main duties of the job

There is full 24‑hr middle grade cover within the Department whilst also being able to offer a proactive approach to further training, development and education, including a well‑equipped Centre for simulation‑based training and a very supportive educational faculty – our educational supervisors have rated highly in GMC surveys.

We have opportunities for you to undertake flexible working and would be more than happy to discuss this with you prior to interview.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On‑going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4,810 OP appointments per day
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2,077 per week
• An average of 1,115 patients are seen in A&E across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day