Consultant in Acute Internal Medicine: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 113,565 to 150,569 £ / Year

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Job summary

The Department of Acute Internal Medicine is a dynamic, collaborative, and forward-thinking service, led by consultants from a diverse range of specialty backgrounds, including Acute Internal Medicine, Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine for Older People, and Emergency Medicine. This breadth of expertise creates a stimulating clinical environment that promotes shared learning, innovation, and excellent patient care. The successful applicant will be expected to both contribute to and benefit from this collective knowledge and multidisciplinary approach.

We welcome applications from physicians who are GMC registered with accreditation in General Internal Medicine and who are passionate about delivering high-quality acute medical care within a modern acute medicine service.

Main duties of the job

The clinical duties of the post include the following:

8 Direct Clinical Care (DCC) Programmed Activities (PAs) within Acute Medicine, delivered across both hospital sites as required. Duties include the assessment and management of patients within Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) and the Acute Floor; reviewing patients referred from Primary Care and the Emergency Department; providing advice and guidance to community clinicians regarding acute medical presentations; and delivering senior supervision, support and teaching to junior medical staff.

General Internal Medicine (GIM) on-call commitment, currently 1:8, attracting a Category B low-frequency availability supplement (1% of basic salary). The on-call commitment is undertaken overnight (19:00-08:00) and is primarily advisory, providing senior telephone support to the resident medical team. Attendance on site is rarely required but may be necessary in exceptional circumstances.

2 Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) Programmed Activities, providing protected time for appraisal and revalidation, continuing professional development (CPD), clinical supervision, education and training, audit, quality improvement, clinical governance, and other professional or leadership responsibilities.

Person Specification

Experience/Qualifications

Essential

  • oBasic medical degree
  • oFRC/MRCP or its recognised equivalent
  • oFull and specialist registration (with a licence to practise) with the GMC or be eligible for registration within six months of the interview. o If you trained in the UK, you must also have a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Acute Internal Medicine or be within six months of receiving it by the interview date. o If you trained outside the UK, you must provide evidence that your qualifications are equivalent to the UK CCT. (Equivalence must be confirmed by GMC by date of AAC)

Desirable

  • oHigher Degree
  • oAdditional postgraduate qualifications, such as BSc, MSc, MD, PhD, or equivalent higher degree

Clinical Skills & Experience

Essential

  • oExperience working in and leading an Acute Medicine Unit or equivalent.
  • oExperience carrying out medical procedures, including, but not limited to, pleural procedures, ascitic drains, and lumbar punctures

Desirable

  • oExperience working in other acute services, such as cardiology, respiratory, frailty, and intensive care medicine
  • oAccreditation in use of point of care ultrasound (POCUS)

Knowledge

Desirable

  • oBreadth of experience in and outside specialty

Organisation & Planning

Essential

  • oExperience and ability to work in multi-professional teams.
  • oUnderstanding of: NHS / Clinical governance / Resource constraints

Desirable

  • oEvidence of managerial skills: Achievements / Course attended

Teaching Skills

Essential

  • oEvidence of an interest and commitment to teaching

Desirable

  • oRecognised teaching qualification

Academic & Research

Essential

  • oEvidence of participation in audit

Desirable

  • oResearch experience
  • oPublications
  • oPrizes and honours

Career Progression

Essential

  • oAppropriate progression of career to date

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • oEvidence of:- Good communication skills both oral and written

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: 27 November 2026

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