Job summary
- Main area
- Acute Medicine
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent Contract
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (on calls)
- Job ref
- 265-7176455
- Employer
- Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northampton General Hospital
- Town
- Northampton
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 Per Annum / Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Consultant in Acute Medicine
Consultant
Job overview
This is an opportunity to join our ambitious and forward looking Acute Medicine Service as a Consultant Physician, based at Northampton General Hospital.
The post is a new substantive appointment for a full time Acute Physician (10 PAs), with opportunities for part time work for applicants who may prefer this option. The post includes sessions providing high quality care for our patients in the Same Day Emergency Care Unit, acute medical take and within our modern 66-bed Nye Bevan Acute Assessment Unit.
We welcome any candidates with sub specialty interests. We have potential roles in Medical Education, Ultrasound training and Digital Health but any specialist interest will be considered and accommodated if possible. These can be discussed on an individual basis depending on your personal ambitions. You will of course be working as part of a wider MDT, but also autonomously.
Main duties of the job
Clinical
Duties entail provision of a comprehensive acute medical service alongside Consultant colleagues, provision of reciprocal cover for periods of annual/study leave; and continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of the department.
During the medical take, the appointee will be responsible for the management of those patients admitted under their care. The Consultant’s role is to assess and review patients, sometimes prior to junior review and sometimes afterwards facilitating earlier ‘senior’ decision-making and high quality clinical care. All duties within Acute Medicine are rostered and other clinical commitments must be timed so that they do not clash with these duties.
Other Duties
Any positions offered by bodies outside the Trust, (e.g. Training Programme Director, Regional College Advisor, Royal College Representative etc.) must be discussed and agreed by the Head of Service in advance of the position being accepted.
Working for our organisation
NGH is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we modernise and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
With over 200 consultants, a similar number of trainees and approximately 60 medical undergraduates throughout the year, NGH provides comprehensive care and extensive training opportunities.
With this in mind, we have built a state of the art emergency assessment unit (Nye Bevan building) and are developing new ways of working to streamline in-patient care and optimize working with our partners.
NGH has an excellent social centre with a large library, gym with swimming pool and the Cripps Education Centre where lunch and snacks are available away from the main hospital. Frequent educational sessions run in the Centre for all levels of staff and it serves as an oasis from the clinical areas.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A formal job plan will be mutually agreed between the appointee and the Clinical Director of Urgent Care (on behalf of the Medical Director), within three months of the commencement date of the appointee. The job plan for the first three months will be based on a provisional/indicative timetable. The job plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out the Consultant’s duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year. It will also cover all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments both internal and external. In addition, it will include personal objectives including details of their link to wider service objectives; the support required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objectives.
See attached JD for further information.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Relevant specialty degree qualification
Desirable criteria
- MD, PhD or other higher degree
- Education / Medical Education Qualification (preferably at Masters level)
- Completion of Specialty Training (CST or equivalent) or within 6 months of achieving it in relevant specialty
TEACHING / AUDIT / QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
Essential criteria
- Experience of Audit and Quality Improvement
- Experience of Teaching Junior Staff
- Experience of Undergraduate Teaching
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Curriculum development and delivery
MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Effective Team worker, valuing the experience and contributing
- Demonstrable Team Leadership skills and experience
Desirable criteria
- Understanding and experience of delivering organisational change
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND RESEARCH
Desirable criteria
- Publications in recognised Medicine / Medical Education Journals or Presentations at National Level
- Research experience relating to quality improvement
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
Essential criteria
- High level Organisational Skills
- Communication Skills
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential criteria
- Full registration with General Medical Council
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant ED or SDEC experience
- Experience of Clinical Governance processes
Desirable criteria
- Competent with IT systems
Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Tristan Dyer
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01604 545605
- Additional information
Alternatively please contact Kelly Ratcliffe, Directorate & Deputy Divisional Manager for Urgent Care on [email protected]
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