Trust Doctor – Medicine: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

This post is available to employees of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and resident doctors employed by the Lead Employer Trust within the North East and North Cumbria.

We are seeking a Trust Doctor to support the delivery of high-quality patient care and to support flow across the Northumbria Hospital site and/or Wansbeck General Hospital. The posts available will be based within the Discharge Unit / Winter Medical Unit caring for adult medical patients and working as part of a multidisciplinary team to facilitate timely assessment, ongoing management, discharge planning, and patient flow across the organisation.

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting safe and effective discharge processes, reducing length of stay, and maintaining patient flow during periods of increased demand. They will provide medical care for patients with a range of medical conditions, contribute to daily ward rounds, work closely with nursing, therapy and discharge teams, and liaise with specialty services as required to ensure coordinated patient care as well as linking closely with speciality teams on site.

This post offers an excellent opportunity to gain broad experience in managing adult medical inpatients within a dynamic environment focused on improving patient outcomes, supporting operational resilience, and enhancing the patient journey from admission through to discharge.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date.

Main duties of the job

• Provide day-to-day medical care for patients admitted to the Units.
• Undertake clinical assessments, formulate management plans, and review patients’ progress throughout their admission.
• Lead on daily ward & board rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Support safe, timely, and effective discharge planning in collaboration with nursing, therapy, pharmacy, and discharge teams.
• Liaise with specialty teams and community services to ensure continuity of care and appropriate follow-up arrangements.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and comprehensive clinical documentation.
• Request and interpret appropriate investigations and implement treatment plans in line with Trust policies and best practice.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to deteriorating patients, escalating concerns to senior medical staff as required.
• Contribute to maintaining patient flow across the organisation by supporting efficient clinical decision-making and discharge processes.
• Work flexibly across the ward environment to support service delivery during periods of increased operational demand and winter pressures.
• Communicate effectively with patients, carers, and colleagues to ensure a high standard of patient-centred care.

Person Specification

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of some aspects of Clinical Governance

Desirable

• Experience of audit or quality improvement projects
• Experience of teaching basic medicine to undergraduates
• Evidence of experience of Clinical Research in Medicine
• Evidence of continuing professional developmen t (CPD) relevant to Acute General Medicine

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC registration with Licence to Practise – please do not apply if you do not have full GMC registration at the point of application.
• MBBS or equivalent
• Completion of two-year Internal Medical Training (IMT) programme or equivalent
• Paid UK NHS experience working as a doctor
• Advanced life support training from resuscitation council (ALS) or equivalent.
• MRCP part 1 completed

Desirable

• Evidence of continuing professional developmen t (CPD) relevant to Acute General Medicine
• Evidence of teaching experience

Closing Date: 13 September 2026