Job overview

This is an innovative post for an individual looking to develop their role in a dynamic and well-equipped Acute Medicine Unit.  The service is delivered on the Emergency Floor, and we are at an exciting point in time with a brand new stand alone Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit set to open in July 2025 at St Richard's Hospital. 

We recently recruited two new Acute Medical Consultants and are keen to expand our team further to help us in future service development including medical high care. We therefore have a number of areas ripe for service development, and we encourage applicants to discuss the model with our current team.

We aim to provide first class care for our patients from arrival, ensuring rapid access to the right service at the right time.  Our high ‘Friends and Family’ recommendation reflects our commitment to patient care using the ‘Patient First’ approach, with excellent opportunities for service-redesign.

This post includes a £20,000 retention bonus for the successful applicant, payable in line with our Retention Bonus Scheme policy. Please note that the retention bonus does not apply to candidates currently engaged by the Trust at the same grade as the advertised post, or to those who have been engaged at the same grade within the Trust in the past 24 months.  For more information on Retention Bonus Scheme, please contact: [email protected]

Main duties of the job

The appointed consultant will be a committed team member striving to improve, deliver good patient care and respond to ongoing challenges in Acute Medicine.
Full-time / Part-time including participation in a 10 PA job plan 
The clinical duties of the post include the following: 
- Post take ward rounds, patient reviews (which includes review of results as well as seeing patients and their relatives), 
- Once weekly evening consultant review shift, 
- Supporting junior doctors, 
- Facilitating discharges, 
- Service development, 
- Clinical and managerial leadership. 

This is Acute Medicine the way you always imagined it would be – interesting, dynamic, exciting and requiring flexibility and adaptability. The nature of the Emergency Floor concept means that there is less demarcation between types of DCC activity then in more traditional posts, and this is reflected in the Job Plan, and the ways of working within the team, allowing for attendance at MDT meetings, x-ray discussions, and case presentations. The Emergency Floor rota is designed to provide a good balance between non-clinical and clinical time ensuring continuity and logical allocation of roles during the day.

On Call Commitment: 
At present, fully integrated within the medical on call rota working 1 in 7 weekends with 1 in 14 on call. However there isa  plan to move to an annualised rota system in the near future, which will allow the consultant team to work a more flexible pattern and balance work / life.

Working for our organisation

Join us at UHSussex, every day is different, you can be the change, better never stops

At UHSussex we’re proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of the UK’s largest acute Trusts, we’re a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

Improving lives: We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, with hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals, who work together towards a common goal, to always put our Patient First.  Our mission is summed up by our ‘where better never stops’ motto and no matter the role at UHSussex, you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex.  We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our wellbeing programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

Build a career with us: As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.