Overview
As a Consultant Acute Physician, you join a forward-thinking NHS team delivering acute medical care across Medical Assessment, Short Stay and Ambulatory Care Units. You will work across Peterborough City Hospital with cross-site duties, contributing to a multidisciplinary, safety-focused environment. You’ll balance high-quality patient care with teaching, governance and service development in a ground-breaking care pathway landscape.
Pay / Benefits
- flexible and Less than Full Time working
- opportunity to work additional shifts via Trust bank
- competitive salary with uplift potential
- central role in a supportive leadership community
- cross-site work experience
- teaching and professional development opportunities
Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality, safe, compassionate care to acutely ill patients
- Teach, train and supervise doctors, nurses and students
- Lead and participate in clinical governance activities (audits, mortality review, appraisals)
- Develop and implement evidence-based guidelines and pathways
- Contribute to educational supervision and trainee support
- Engage in cross-site, flexible scheduling including on-call duties
- Support and evolve Same Day Emergency Care pathways and rapid assessment workflows
- Participate in service planning and performance improvement initiatives
- Negotiate and adapt job plans to balance service demand and personal flexibility
Key requirements
- MBBS or equivalent; MRCP or General Medicine accreditation; Full GMC Registration
- Completed training in General or Acute Medicine
- Ability to provide expert clinical opinion across adult acute medicine
- Calm under pressure and able to organize workload
- Management experience or training; good IT skills; NHS structure awareness
- Effective written and verbal communication; fluent in English
- Teaching capability across grades of doctors and medical students
- Participation in clinical governance activities; willingness to engage in audits
- UK professional registration and ability to obtain sponsorship if needed
- Effective written and verbal communication
- Calm under pressure
- Team collaboration and collegiality
- Acute Internal Medicine expertise
- Clinical governance and audit processes
- Education supervision and medical teaching
Consultant Acute Physician - Peterborough employer: National Health Service
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work environment for healthcare professionals in North Wales. With a commitment to employee development and a focus on compassionate care, staff have access to continuous professional development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact in both acute and community paediatrics. The Health Board's integrated approach ensures that employees are part of a dynamic team dedicated to improving health outcomes for the local population.
