Acute Medicine Consultant

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Working Full time: 10 Sessions per week

We are looking for applicants to join an expanding team of Acute Medicine Consultants who are interested in progressing our journey of service development and innovative working within Acute Medicine.

Acute Medicine works closely with the Emergency Medicine Team and all Medical Specialities, and you will be involved in the development of clinical processes to improve patient outcomes and experience.

The successful applicant, along with the other Acute Medicine Consultants, will be responsible for the care of patients on our Acute Medicine Unit and Acute Medicine Assessment Centre (Assessment and SDEC/Ambulatory care). You will be supported by a full multi-disciplinary team, which includes a Junior Medical Team and Advanced Nurse Practitioners.

The Trust has a strong Medical Education department, and the post holder would have a significant educational role, particularly in educational supervision of our IMT doctors and students.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate extensive experience in Acute Medicine, and we would entertain applicants seeking to work in Acute Medicine and another specialty.

Applications are welcome from those who wish to work flexibly or on a less than full time basis.

Main duties of the job

  • Leading ward rounds on the AMU, supporting junior doctors and the multidisciplinary team.
  • Post taking patients within ED and SDEC
  • Supervision of patients returning to SDEC (ambulatory clinic)
  • Acute Medicine outpatients
  • Educational and clinical supervision of junior doctors
  • Attendance and input into departmental and medical meetings

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered with the GMC with a licence to Practice
  • MRCP (or equivalent) and active ALS

Desirable

  • CCT in Acute Medicine or General Medicine (or expected within 6 months of interview) or alternative route to specialist register (e.g. CESR)
  • Registered on the GMC Specialist Register
  • An appropriate higher degree (eg an MD, PhD or equivalent)

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Experience of working in acute medicine
  • Evidence of teaching
  • Relevant experience in undertaking and organization of an audit or quality improvement project
  • Knowledge of appropriate clinical guidelines to acute medicine
  • Understand importance of management skills
  • Ability to integrate, motivate and provide professional lead in multidisciplinary team
  • Excellent communication skills

Desirable

  • Registrar level experience in Cardiology, Respiratory, Care of the Elderly and Intensive Care Medicine
  • Experience of ambulatory emergency care
  • Recognised Teaching Skill Course or Qualification
  • Research and publications relevant to acute medicine
  • Undertaken any relevant management courses or qualifications

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: 13 July 2026

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