Consultant Acute Medicine
The closing date is 08 July 2026.
The Acute Medicine Unit (& SDEC) at Furness General Hospital is a Centre of Diagnostic Excellence, managing patients effectively and efficiently through senior clinical decision makers present throughout the day.
This post allows the successful candidate to contribute to the further development of a well established service, making sound clinical decisions and ensuring diagnostic accuracy in an acute setting.
Medical patients are streamed directly into our SDEC from primary care, ambulance providers and the Emergency Department. The successful candidate will provide support, advice and guidance to the Medical SDEC team while performing Acute Medical Unit duties.
Our SDEC offers a comprehensive service in partnership with general internal medicine specialties, pharmacy and radiology, enabling complex medical diagnoses to be established and referred for continuing care.
Working hours: 10 PA divided into 8.5 PA DCC and 1.5 SPA. One additional PA is available for on call and supplement. Additional roles can be negotiated beyond the basic PA.
Main duties of the job
- Be dedicated to hands on involvement with medical admissions to the Acute Medicine Unit, focusing on timely assessment, management and discharge.
- Supervise junior doctors and ANPs, seeing patients in our medical SDEC & on AMU.
- Co ordinate junior doctors on AMU.
- Teach and train undergraduate medical students and junior doctors.
- Provide leadership and work as part of the team.
- Participate in the on call team.
Part time applicants will have their PA adjusted pro rata with additional sessions or on call sessions discussed.
About us
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust operates from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal-plus community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital, GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
Our hospitals provide full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and a range of specialist services, as well as planned care such as outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. We also deliver community services across Morecambe Bay.
Person Specification Educational Qualifications
- Full registration and licence to practice with the GMC.
- Specialist Registration, or within six months of award at time of interview.
- Current entry on the GMC Specialist register via a Certificate of completion in Specialist Training (CTT) or within six months of completion of training, or a Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) or within six months of successful CESR.
- MD or PhD degree.
- Substantial ( 5 years) acute internal medical experience.
- Speciality certificate examinations in Acute Internal Medicine.
Experience
- Broad exposure to medical diseases and their management.
- Comprehensive patient management and ability to train/supervise junior medical staff and medical students.
- Confidence in the care of acutely ill patients.
Ability / skills
- Ability to supervise Junior Doctors.
- Ability to plan and conduct audit and research projects.
- Keen and enthusiastic in the field of Acute medicine.
- IT literate and able to use a fully digital patient record system.
- Evidence of recent research with relevant publications.
Research and Audit
- Evidence of audit and of the implementation of change following the audit.
- Relevant research published in peer reviewed journals.
Management Skills
- Demonstrate effective team working skills.
- Time management and organisational ability, with examples such as developing and running training programmes.
- Proven knowledge of NHS systems and processes.
- Commitment to corporate responsibility.
Leadership
- Understanding and ability to empower others, lead through change, influence strategically, collaborate, drive improvement, and act with integrity.
Other
- Demonstrate innovation and problem solving abilities.
- Effective communication skills.
- Ability to form and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues and patients.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required to confirm no previous criminal convictions.