Acute Medicine - Consultant
Posted Today by Remedium Partners Limited
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Greater Leicester Area
Summary: This role seeks an Acute Medicine Consultant to join a growing team in the East Midlands, focusing on high-quality acute medical care across various units. The candidate must have at least one year of NHS experience and will engage in service transformation, clinical governance, and education while ensuring patient-centered care. The position involves leading ward rounds, providing clinical support, and participating in governance activities. The successful applicant will also contribute to teaching and supervision within the department.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead post-take ward rounds across EAU and SSU.
- Provide consultant-led ward rounds and multidisciplinary board rounds.
- Deliver consultant presence within SDEC, supporting ambulatory emergency care pathways.
- Provide direct input into the Emergency Department, supporting front-door medical decision-making.
- Participate in the General Internal Medicine (GIM) rota and Acute Medicine on-call commitments, including weekend consultant cover.
- Provide timely advice and clinical support to GPs and other specialities.
- Maintain continuous responsibility for patients under their care, ensuring safe, effective and efficient management.
- Ensure compliance with safeguarding responsibilities for children and vulnerable adults.
- Work closely with ED, speciality teams, frailty services, therapy teams and discharge teams to optimise patient flow and outcomes.
- Contribute actively to the development and improvement of Acute Medicine services.
- Participate in strategic planning alongside the Head of Service and Clinical leadership.
- Engage in clinical governance activities, including audit, morbidity and mortality review, and quality improvement projects.
- Implement audit findings and research evidence into clinical practice.
- Support performance management requirements, including coding, documentation standards and data quality.
- Provide clinical and educational supervision to IMT doctors, Speciality Registrars, Clinical Development Fellows and Foundation Doctors.
- Participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes.
- Contribute to CPD activities and educational development within the department.
- Actively participate in divisional and departmental meetings.
- Contribute to protocol development and clinical pathway redesign.
- Support workforce development, including mentoring trainees and ACPs.
- Promote a culture of safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Maintain GMC registration and comply with revalidation requirements.
- Participate in annual appraisal and job planning review.
- Adhere to infection prevention, data protection, and Trust governance policies.
- Engage in continuing professional development and research interests where appropriate.
Key Skills:
- Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practise.
- MRCP (or equivalent).
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months of CCT).
- Demonstrable experience in Acute or General Medicine.
- Minimum 1 year NHS experience.
- Strong leadership, communication, and multidisciplinary team-working skills.
- Evidence of participation in audit and clinical governance.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Greater Leicester Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and forward-thinking Acute Medicine Consultant to join a well-established and expanding Acute Medicine team in the East Midlands. The successful candidate will have at least 1 year of NHS experience and will play a central role in delivering high-quality acute medical care across the Emergency Admission Unit (EAU), Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), and Short Stay Unit (SSU). Working collaboratively within the Division of Urgent & Emergency Care, the appointee will contribute to service transformation, clinical governance, and education while maintaining excellence in patient-centred care.
Main Duties of the Role
- Clinical Responsibilities
- Lead post-take ward rounds across EAU and SSU.
- Provide consultant-led ward rounds and multidisciplinary board rounds.
- Deliver consultant presence within SDEC, supporting ambulatory emergency care pathways.
- Provide direct input into the Emergency Department, supporting front-door medical decision-making.
- Participate in the General Internal Medicine (GIM) rota and Acute Medicine on-call commitments, including weekend consultant cover.
- Provide timely advice and clinical support to GPs and other specialities.
- Maintain continuous responsibility for patients under their care, ensuring safe, effective and efficient management.
- Ensure compliance with safeguarding responsibilities for children and vulnerable adults.
- Work closely with ED, speciality teams, frailty services, therapy teams and discharge teams to optimise patient flow and outcomes.
- Service Development & Governance
- Contribute actively to the development and improvement of Acute Medicine services.
- Participate in strategic planning alongside the Head of Service and Clinical leadership.
- Engage in clinical governance activities, including audit, morbidity and mortality review, and quality improvement projects.
- Implement audit findings and research evidence into clinical practice.
- Support performance management requirements, including coding, documentation standards and data quality.
- Teaching & Supervision
- Provide clinical and educational supervision to IMT doctors, Speciality Registrars, Clinical Development Fellows and Foundation Doctors.
- Participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes.
- Contribute to CPD activities and educational development within the department.
- Management & Leadership
- Actively participate in divisional and departmental meetings.
- Contribute to protocol development and clinical pathway redesign.
- Support workforce development, including mentoring trainees and ACPs.
- Promote a culture of safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Professional Responsibilities
- Maintain GMC registration and comply with revalidation requirements.
- Participate in annual appraisal and job planning review.
- Adhere to infection prevention, data protection, and Trust governance policies.
- Engage in continuing professional development and research interests where appropriate.
Person Specification – Key Requirements
- Essential:
- Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practise
- MRCP (or equivalent)
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months of CCT)
- Demonstrable experience in Acute or General Medicine
- Minimum 1 year NHS experience
- Strong leadership, communication, and multidisciplinary team-working skills
- Evidence of participation in audit and clinical governance