Consultant in Acute Medicine

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, passionate, innovative and progressive Consultant who share our vision, to join our Acute Medical Consultant team in the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital.

The appointee will cover all areas of Acute Internal Medicine which include the Acute Medical Unit, Short Stay Unit, Medical SDEC, Virtual Clinics and our Acute Hospital At Home service- EPICENTRE. We are looking for individuals who will lead, teach, innovate, and continue to develop our acute medicine services. There is also opportunity to be involved in research.

Applicants need to demonstrate a wide breadth of knowledge, experience and skills in acute internal medicine. This would include POCUS, leadership and QIP delivery. We also offer a specialty session outside acute medicine and we are willing to consider at joint specialty job plans including frailty, intensive care medicine and toxicology. We are also very keen to accommodate flexible working.

Main duties of the job

The Acute Medicine department is a popular site for Acute Medical trainees and is a national centre for POCUS training and accreditation. We have a dedicated AMU Clinical Skills Lab where trainees receive training in POCUS, leadership, and are involved heavily in teaching and education. Feedback from our trainees is that this team provides one of the best training within the Trust. This has been credited to the teamwork "family" ethos that has been created and sustained. The department has been recognised with local, national and international awards/recognition of work, services and innovation including our Epicentre work by HSJ and the Parliamentary Awards.

This job is a substantive job.

Closing date: 30th June 2026

Job responsibilities

• To collaborate and work to maintain Acute Medicine services in line with strategic requirements.
• To provide, with the other Consultants in the specialty, routine and emergency Acute Medical services to the Trust, operating a system of mutual out-of-hours cover, and cover for leave.
• To provide a consultation and advisory service to medical colleagues in other specialties in the Trust.
• To develop a special interest to complement those of the existing Consultants in Acute Medicine and in accordance with the priorities of the Trust.
• To develop appropriate services required to fulfil clinical needs, within available resources.
• To take responsibility for the educational supervision, education, training and appraisal of resident doctors (of all grades including registrars), medical students and other AHPs.
• To participate in clinical meetings and postgraduate activities in the Trust.

Person SpecificationQualifications:

• Entry on the Specialist Register in Acute Internal Medicine and/or General Internal Medicine (or CCT expected within 6 months from the date of interview)
• MRCP (UK) or equivalent
• Higher Degree
• SCE Acute Medicine

Clinical Experience:

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining CCT in Acute Medicine
• Special interest that complements the existing consultants

Management and Administrative Experience:

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively

Clinical Effectiveness

• Experience of conducting clinical audit

Teaching and Training experience:

• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical and nursing staff and other disciplines.
• Formal training in teaching

Research, Innovation and Service Improvement Experience:

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• Knowledge and experience of the application of information technology to management of flow of patients
• Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last five years.
• Evidence of having undertaken original research

Other Requirements:

• Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practise.
• Knowledge and experience of the application of information technology to management of flow of patients

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.

Clinical Director Acute Med & Toxi & Consultant