Job summary
- Main area
- General Medicine
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent: from start date
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 384-PD-EMF20996A
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £113,565 - £150,569 per annum, pro rata, DoE
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in General Medicine (with SI)
Consultant
Job overview
The Royal Surrey is one of the few hospitals in the country to be rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and we are excited to invite applications to join our trust as a Consultant in General Medicine with a specialist interest!
Successful candidates will oversee a dedicated team of health professionals who provide care to general and acute medical patients on a ward consisting of 20 isolation cubicles in addition to medical outliers on two wards. Built during the pandemic, Guildford ward comprises a strong nursing and allied health professional team with advanced capabilities in managing acutely unwell patients including those requiring non-invasive ventilation. The clinical team on Guildford ward are anticipated to play a part in delivering a high quality general medical service across the division of Access and Medicine. The focus of the general medical teams will be to reduce length of stay and prolonged admissions, liaise with ITU and work closely with the site team to ensure that the right patients are in the right beds.
Interviews will take place W/C 9th November.
Main duties of the job
The Consultant will be responsible for providing cover for the medical patients on Guildford ward. The key duties and responsibilities of the post will be:
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Clinical and administrative responsibility for patients.
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Leadership of the medical staff to include development, training, recruitment, supervision and discipline of resident doctors.
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Collaboration with senior nursing staff and the specialty manager to ensure the safe and effective running of the ward.
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Supervision of medical admissions on the ward to include prompt review of new admissions and daily board rounds.
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Promoting flow through the emergency floor by helping the site team with bed allocations
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Recruitment, supervision and training of resident medical staff and allied health professionals working on the ward.
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Ensuring that resuscitation and end of life care issues are appropriately and sensitively managed.
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Development of clinical pathways that support early discharge
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Delivery of clinical audits and quality improvement relevant to the needs of the department.
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Recruitment and active involvement with clinical trials.
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Participate on the GIM on call rota.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.
We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients’ homes across Guildford and Waverley.
We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility and development opportunities.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure.
To learn more about life at Royal Surrey, please watch our short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are committed to multi-professional development and the job will entail a negotiable number of programmed activities to be delivered in an area of your interest across the Division of Access and Medicine. Areas encouraged are Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), enhanced level and remote care, cardiology, gastroenterology, academic medicine, undergraduate education, research and development and quality improvement. We support part-time, and flexible working patterns and are embedding self-rostering to maximize autonomy and well-being.
Please refer to the advert and attached job description for full details of the role, job plan and person specification.
Please note - although the Job Plan is part time (8.5 PA), those interested in working full time will be considered and need not be deterred from applying.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration and a license to practice with the GMC
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for General Internal Medicine (GIM) via CCT (CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview date) or Portfolio Pathway (previously CESR)
- MBBS or equivalent
- Educational Supervisor qualification
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate degree e.g. MSc MD PhD
- Out of programme management experience (e.g. Deanery secondment)
- Teaching/Education qualification
- Appraiser qualification
- Qualification in leadership and/ or clinical management.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Wide experience of General Internal Medicine including multidisciplinary working
- Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience
- Specialist interest in Same Day Emergency Care, Enhanced Level Care, Cardiology, Renal medicine, Care of the Elderly, Acute Medicine, Respiratory Medicine or relevant
- Experience of general medicine working at consultant level in the UK
Desirable criteria
- Significant evidence of experience in clinical leadership
- Research experience & delivery of clinical trials
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Dr Will Niven
- Job title
- Chief of Service for Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
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