Consultant in Acute and General Medicine

University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

Job summary

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Job Title: Consultant in Acute and General Medicine

Start Date: October 2026

Contract Type: Permanent

Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

This is a replacement post for a colleague who has left the Trust and will enable the Acute Medical Team to continue the current level of service. The department currently employs 13 consultants in Acute Medicine, providing a hands-on consultant service on the Acute Medical Unit between 8am and 9pm.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Training & Experience

Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
  • GMC registration with a licence to practise
  • Appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
  • MRCP (UK) or equivalent
  • Substantive posts in Acute Medicine, General Medicine or Medical Specialty
  • Current or recent participation in audit and clinical governance
  • Experience of working in an Ambulatory Care unit (SDEC)

Desirable

  • CCT in Acute Medicine (and/or General Medicine)
  • Research Qualification
  • Education/training qualification
  • Leadership/management qualification
  • Clinical Skill Training qualification e.g. Echo/FAMUS
  • Higher Degree
  • Trained/GMC Registered Educational Supervisor
  • Research and Teaching hospital experience
  • Experience of developing Ambulatory Care pathways
  • NHS Experience
  • NHS Acute Medical Unit and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) experience

Aptitudes and Skills

Essential

  • Evidence and ability to work effectively in multi-professional teams
  • Understanding of equality and diversity and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
  • Evidence and ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and colleagues (verbal and written communication skills in English)
  • Demonstrate good organisational skills including ability to prioritise effectively and meet deadlines
  • Demonstrate the ability to be calm, compassionate, and able to respond efficiently to various circumstances, which may change rapidly
  • Evidence of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching

Desirable

  • Management skills and evidence of formal management or leadership training

Living the Trust Values

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate behaviours that meet the Trust Values: Patients First
  • Able to demonstrate behaviours that meet the Trust Values: Always Improving
  • Able to demonstrate behaviours that meet the Trust Values: Working Together

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 4 August 2026

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