Job summary
- Main area
- Acute Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent: GIM on call element
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 230-25137412-MED-AB
- Employer
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- George Eliot Hospital
- Town
- Nuneaton
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/08/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 09/10/2025
Employer heading
Acute Medicine Consultant
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.
The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot.
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Job overview
Acute Medicine Consultant
10 sessions per week (GIM on call element)
Permanent
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Closing Date: 22nd August 2025
Interview Date: 9th October 2025
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly**
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
#JoinTeamEliot
An exciting opportunity for a highly skilled and motivated individual has arisen at the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust to join the Acute Medicine Department as a Consultant Physician. The successful candidate will play a key role in continuing development of the Department, the Division of Medicine and the wider organisation as the Trust strives to continue to improve the services available to our local community through the engagement of high quality clinical leadership.
Acute Medicine is being reconfigured with the aim of offering 7 day service in order that our patients are provided with high quality clinical care at the front door and beyond, in partnership with our Accident and Emergency Department team. Applicants should see this opening as an opportunity to be part of the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust’s drive to innovate for the development of improved services for the benefit of our local community.
Main duties of the job
- The purpose of this role is to support and further develop the acute medicine service and to provide daily review of patients with unselected medical illness and senior decision making to ensure optimal and early review of patients.
- The successful candidate will be a team player with experience of and enthusiasm for Acute Medicine, focused interests in Ambulatory Emergency Care and High Acuity patients are of particular interest. We welcome applicants who may wish to work within their own current medical specialty as well as Acute Medicine
- This post of Consultant in Acute Medicine based at The George Eliot NHS Trust in Nuneaton will form part of the ongoing development of the Acute Medicine Department, giving exciting opportunities to shape the service for the future. You will join the existing acute medical team in providing a first class service for the population of Nuneaton and Bedworth, North Warwickshire, North Coventry and South West Leicestershire.
- Within our community based hospital we are proud to host a unit boasting dedicated rapid access clinic facilities and co-located Accident and Emergency Department, Clinical Decisions Unit and Intensive Care. These posts are a key part of the Trusts strategy to deliver a step change in the clinical model for managing unplanned medical attendances. With established close working relationships between the Accident and Emergency Department and the medical specialties, the appointee will join a highly motivated team.
Working for our organisation
Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘excel at patient care’ takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Deliver day-to-day clinical care and leadership on the Acute Medical Unit.
- Support the Same Day Emergency Care and Ambulatory Care Unit (ACU) carrying out review of ACU patients and helping to develop and expand patient pathways to deliver high quality clinical care in the right environment
- Look at current acute medicine practice and patient pathways within George Eliot Hospital and in conjunction with Clinical lead and Clinical Director further develop the service in line with best practice
- Participate in ongoing development of clinical guidelines in acute medicine, audit and other key aspects of clinical governance agenda
- Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks at the request of the Clinical Lead, as the need arises
- Actively participate in the teaching programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multi-professional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies
- There will be the potential to continue to develop your specialty interest within or outside of Acute Medicine if the post holder has an area of expertise and it is a service requirement of the Trust.
- Develop and maintain good communications with General Practitioners and appropriate external agencies.
- Comply with all relevant Trust Policies and Procedures
- Ensure that all trust wide standards are maintained to improve the quality of total care to all who come in contact with services provided by GEH.
- Ensure compliance with all appropriate legal and statutory requirements, including Health and Safety, Standing financial Instructions and Incident Reporting
- Share responsibility for data protection arising out of the use of computers
- Demonstrate a firm involvement in Clinical Governance, Risk Management and Clinical Audit – this will include the development and maintenance of appropriate systems and practices to ensure continued safe clinical practice.
- Take responsibility for the professional supervision and development of trainee doctors and other staff within the specialty. This will include the appraisal of doctors in training, and the Certificates of Satisfaction in respect of foundation year doctors.
- Ensure own practice is up-to-date which will include taking responsibility for own Continuous Professional Development and participating in the Trust’s Performance and Annual Review system.
- Participate in the continuing professional development scheme of an appropriate medical college and the Trust & University Joint Appraisal scheme. The Trust supports the requirements for Continuing Medical Education as laid down by the Royal College of Physicians and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.
**For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached**
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCP or equivalent
- Full GMC Registration
Training
Essential criteria
- ALS Certification
- Eligibility for inclusion on the Specialist Register within 6 months of interview date
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Completion or near completion of a Specialist Training programme in General Medicine
- Broad clinical experience in General Medicine
Desirable criteria
- Broad clinical experience in Acute Medicine
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to lead, communicate, liaise and negotiate with others
- Ability to manage and lead clinical team
- Ability to supervise, appraise, coach and mentor trainee and other doctors
Desirable criteria
- Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service
- Ability to motivate, innovate and support staff of all disciplines
- Understanding of the concepts of management
- Experience of service development
Teaching & Education
Essential criteria
- Ability to deliver teaching sessions effectively for both undergraduate and postgraduate students
- Experienced in performing clinical procedures relevant to Acute Medicine.
- Commitment to continuing medical education
Audit / Research & Publications
Essential criteria
- Undertaken complete audit cycle or QIP
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical practice
- Knowledge of clinical governance processes
- Interest and awareness of research methodology
Desirable criteria
- Ability to demonstrate recent evidence of relevant and continued research
- Published research in peer-reviewed journals
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Caring attitude to patients
- Ability to listen and communicate effectively (written, public speaking and presentational)
- Ability to work within a multi-professional and multi-disciplinary framework
- Good organisational skills
- Excellent personal time and management skills
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 Pradeep Mallisetty
- Job title
- Acute Medicine Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 024 76351351
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