Job summary
- Main area
- Acute Medicine
- Grade
- Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- 12 months (1 year fixed term contract)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 PA - 9 DCC and 1 SPA but can be increased to 2 PA and 8 DCC if actively working towards CESR pathway - additional SPA pro rata if LTFT.)
- Job ref
- 269-MD915
- Employer
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Salisbury
- Salary
- £59,175 - £95,400 Per annum pro rata if part-time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

AMU/SDEC Specialty Doctor
Specialty Doctor
Job overview
Join our dynamic Acute Medical Unit (AMU) team as a doctor dedicated to improving patient care and service delivery. You’ll collaborate closely with our multidisciplinary team to optimize medical admissions, support efficient patient flow, and drive service improvements within your specialty. In this role, you'll mentor junior doctors, contribute to front-door services, and participate in the on-call SDEC rota, all while helping to meet key performance targets and ensure excellent outcomes for short-stay inpatients.
Main duties of the job
The appointed doctor would be expected to:
- Work in close collaboration with the AMU team to improve the management of medical admissions, to support the achievement of departmental and trust key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Work within your own area of subspecialty interest to influence change and service improvement within this area of medicine.
- Support the Trust in the delivery of an effective front door service to support with patient flow and length of stay.
- To continue to support the AMU in the delivery of excellent length of stay for their short stay inpatients.
- Provide teaching to junior medical staff colleagues to support in their learning and development.
- Participate in the on call SDEC rota
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
n/a
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- Minimum 2 years NHS experience
- Ability to perform effectively as a member of a team, including a multidisciplinary team and to motivate and develop staff
- Commitment to active clinical governance and learning from errors
- Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems: demonstrates clear, logical thinking/analytical approach
- Evidence of wide experience and a high level of competence in medicine.
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in Acute Medicine and Same Day Emergency Care
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lyndsey Adamek
- Job title
- Service Manager for UEC
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01722336262
- Additional information
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