Consultant in Acute Medicine: Sponsorship Available

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

As part of the Royal Free London NHS Trust, we are seeking to appoint a permanent Consultant in Acute Medicine.

This position will be based at Barnet General Hospital. If appointed you will join a committed team of consultants, in our well-developed and respected service. We also pride ourselves on our supportive and forward-thinking culture

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Main duties of the job

If appointed, you would support the Enhanced Care Unit, the acute medical ward and the AAU hub (through which run the acute medical take and SDEC pathways). You will also support the Acute medical team in other areas of service delivery, as and when opportunities arise.

When working in the AAU, you would become part of a team involved in running the fast turnaround bed base in the unit, and also in providing an adjoining same day/same week hot clinic.

You would also play a role in running the virtual ward service, a very exciting and expanding development for patients at our hospital.

You would be on the acute integrated medical on-call rota, supporting weekend and out of hours provision on a 1:8 rota.

Person Specification

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential

  • Full GMC registration
  • MRCP or equivalent
  • CCT (in GIM and Ger)or Interview within 6 months of CCT date

Royal Free London Shared Commitments

Essential

  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Shared Commitments

Experience

Essential

  • Broad experience in General Internal and Acute Medicine
  • Sub-specialty experience desirable
  • Training and education of undergraduate and postgraduate students

Desirable

  • Experience in integrated care service development and delivery

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

  • Strong teaching skills and experience
  • Understanding of quality improvement, clinical governance and audit procedures

Personal Qualities & attributes

Essential

  • Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team
  • Motivated, flexible and enthusiastic

Others

Desirable

  • Reconfiguration of services or clinical innovation

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: 11 October 2026

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