Consultant – Acute Medicine: Sponsorship Available

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

Job summary

We are looking for enthusiastic colleagues to join our existing team of Acute Medicine Consultants. We currently have a team of 10 Consultants and 8 Speciality Doctors with areas of special interest including Respiratory, Diabetes, Renal, Gastroenterology and Intensive Care.

This post offers an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and to develop new models of care and services that support all patients attending the hospital and within the local community.

Opportunities for teaching are available as part of the University of Exeter Medical School.

Other areas of special interest are encouraged and those that may wish to work part time.

Cornwall is famous as a beautiful county and a fabulous place to live. To be able to combine this whilst working in an innovative department with huge opportunities for professional and service development is relatively unique.

Please note: This is a permanent consultant post and will require an AAC panel interview. As such, you must be on the specialist register or have a pending a CCT date. You can view your registration status via gmc-uk.org/doctors/ before applying. Applications with no specialist registration will be rejected. Do however speak to the specialty contact for potential locum or non-consultant variations of this post.

Main duties of the job

We are dedicated to developing a sustainable department delivering high quality care to our patients and allowing for work life balance. For new consultants the job plan for this post will include 2.5 SPAs for the first year.Applicants are required to be on the GMC Specialist Register, or within six months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT / EU equivalent certification at the time of interview. Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full time for personal reasons or those wishing to job-share.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GMC Registration with a Licence to Practice
  • GMC Specialist Register or within six months of obtaining CCT (or equivalent) at time of interview.
  • MRCP (UK) or equivalent qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in an Acute Medical Admissions Unit
  • Teaching (Medical students, peers, MDT).

Desirable

  • Experience supporting Emergency Department.

Disposition/Attitude

Essential

  • Flexible in approach and able to adapt quickly to changing priorities. which will include shift working.
  • Able to operate as a change agent and ability to work collaboratively with peers, MDT

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: 18 October 2026

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