Consultant Acute Physician – Huntingdon: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

The appointees will join with the existing Acute Physicians in the Department of Acute Medicine at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.Though this primarily post is based at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, cross site work may be required at Peterborough City Hospital.Specialists in Acute Internal Medicine or General Internal Medicine recognised by the EEC are eligible to apply. Appropriate office accommodation, secretarial support and IT support will be provided. The post holder will work across our Acute Medicine department on Acute Assessment Unit (AAU), the Short Stay Unit and the Ambulatory Care Unit (ACU). The AAU sees, assesses, and treats patients in our acute unselected medical take. Ambulatory care is overseen by a consultant and staffed by specialty doctors and by advanced nurse practitioners, Short Stay Ward receives medical patients likely to be discharged within 72 hours of admission and achieves a high turnover of patients per day.We are particularly keen to recruit and support candidates willing to develop a clinical leadership role.

Main duties of the job

• Provide a high quality, safe and compassionate care, to the acutely ill medical patients admitted to our hospital and provide them the best possible experience during their admission.
• Active participation in Trust Clinical Governance activities, including audit, mortality review, and appraisal process. The appointee will ensure data collection and processing undertaken is consistently accurate and timely and complies with the Trust Data Quality Policy and Information Governance procedures.
• o Teaching and training and supervision of doctors, nurses, and students in order to promote a positive and supportive atmosphere.
• o Responsible to keep a record of Continuous professional development (CPD), including Trust Mandatory training process.
• Will be responsible to engage in regular appraisal process for revalidation purposes
• Undertake activities, defined, and agreed in Job plan, using the adequate leadership skills to contribute for the achievement of the Trust and Department goals.
• Develop and promote departmental clinical guidelines with colleagues, in line with evidence-based best practice.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• MRCP(UK) CCT and/or eligibility for inclusion on the Specialist Register of GMC Acute Medicine or specialist medicine with general medicine accreditation or within six months at the time of the Appointments Advisory Committee
• MBBS (or equivalent)
• Full GMC Registration and license to practice

Desirable

• Higher qualification (e.g. MD, PhD)
• Valid ALS Certificate

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Completed training programme in General or Acute Medicine
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on the full range of problems in adult acute general medicine
• Ability to remain calm and work effectively, under pressure environment
• Able to organize and prioritize workload

Communication Skills

Essential

• Effective written (including record keeping) and verbal communication skills
• Fluent in verbal and written English
• Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients and relatives dignity, privacy, integrity, cultural and religious beliefs

Clinical Governance

Essential

• Able to demonstrate successful participation in clinical governance activities

Desirable

• Participation in relevant national Audits
• Recent published clinical research in peer reviewed journal

Leadership/Management

Essential

• Evidence of management experience and/or training
• Good IT Skills
• Evidence of knowledge of NHS structure, and current NHS “5 year forward plan”

Desirable

• Attendance on Management course
• Experience in service development

Teaching

Essential

• Knowledge and Ability to teach all grades of doctors and medical students

Desirable

• Educational and Clinical Supervisor Course

Closing Date: 26 October 2026