Consultant Acute Medicine

Main area: Acute Medicine

Grade: Consultant

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (1:11 on-call)

Job ref: 331-B0330626

Site: Barrow in Furness

Salary: £113,565 - £150,569 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 08/07/2026 23:59

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce and therefore welcomes and encourages applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.

The Acute Medicine Unit (SDEC) at Furness General Hospital prides itself as a Centre of Diagnostic Excellence. Patients are managed effectively and efficiently due to the ethos of the team and the presence of senior clinical decision makers throughout the day. This post offers the successful candidate an opportunity to contribute to the further development of a well-established service. The post will suit candidates who are passionate about diagnostic accuracy, are motivated to partake in an acute service and can make sound clinical decisions.

We stream medical patients 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, alongside their Acute Medical Unit duties. Our SDEC provides a comprehensive service aided by our excellent relationship with general internal medicine specialties, pharmacy, and radiology. Complex medical diagnoses can be established and then referred to the relevant specialty for continuing care. There is an emphasis on the ability of the team members to excel as General Internal Medicine Physicians.

Working hours: 10 PAs divided into 8.5 PA DCC and 1.5 SPA. 1 additional PA will be provided for on call and supplement. Additional roles can be negotiated in addition to basic PA’s.

Main duties of the job:

• The Acute Medicine team comprises of a Consultant led team covering 20 Acute Medical Unit beds and a Medical SDEC.
• The team is assisted by the on-call consultant, ST3+ on call for medicine and intermediate grade doctors on call for medicine.
• The successful candidate will have completed and or awaiting completion of a CCT/CESR in GIM/Specialty area and have the opportunity for a joint job plan designed with them to accommodate their continued practice in a sub-specialty interest, Acute Medicine and their parent specialty.
• 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.
• Supervise & coordinate junior doctors on AMU.
• Teach & train undergraduate medical students & junior doctors.
• Provide leadership & work as part of our team.
• Be part of the on-call team.

Part-time applicants will have their PAs adjusted pro rata and additional sessions/on call to be discussed.

Working for our organisation:

We operate from three main hospitals – Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre. FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services. WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses. All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day-case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay. Our Community Service for adults is provided in people’s homes, community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent, improve their health and manage their conditions through high-quality care, advice and support.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

Application for this substantive post will only be accepted if you hold full GMC registration with a licence to practise and entry on the Specialist Register or are anticipating being in receipt of CCT/Professional Portfolio (CESR) within six months of interview.

Person specification:

• Full registration and a licence to practise with the GMC.
• Specialist Registration, or within 6 months of award at time of interview.
• Current entry on the GMC Specialist register via: Certificate of completion in Specialist Training (CTT) or within 6 months of completion of training at the time of interview, or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) or within 6 months of successful CESR.
• European Community Rights MD or PhD degree.
• Substantial (5 years +) Acute internal medical experience.
• Speciality certificate Examinations in Acute Internal Medicine.

• Broad exposure to medical diseases and the management of these.
• Comprehensive patient management, ability to train/supervise junior medical staff and medical students.
• Confident in the care of acutely ill patients.

• Ability to supervise Junior Doctors.
• Ability to plan and conduct audit +/- research projects.
• Keen and enthusiastic in the field of Acute medicine.
• IT literate and able to use a fully digital Patient Record system as part of operating practice.
• Evidence of recent research with relevant publications.

• Evidence of audit and the implementation of change following the audit.
• Relevant research published in peer-reviewed journal.

• Demonstrate effective team working skills.
• Time management/organisational ability.
• An example may be they have developed and run training programmes.
• Proven knowledge of systems and process of NHS or equivalent.
• Sense of understanding and commitment to corporate responsibility.

• An understanding of and ability to demonstrate your ability to: Empower others, Lead through change, Influence strategically, Collaborative working, Drive for improvement, Integrity.

• Demonstrate innovation and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to form and maintain good working relations with colleagues and patients.

The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities wherever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be Effortlessly Inclusive.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.