Consultant in Acute Medicine
Job overview
Consultant in Acute Medicine
The successful applicant will form an expanded team of 14 whole time equivalent Consultants in Acute Medicine taking it to full establishment and will be based at East Surrey Hospital. The Acute Medicine team and service have been developed significantly over the last 10 years and its onwards development is in line with RCP guidance across the trust.The department is now looking to develop its services in short stay medicine and sub specialty interests. Opportunities for special interests are available within the job plan including ambulatory care, point of care ultrasound and teaching and in additional specialty areas such Stroke, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Rheumatology and Elderly care and Frailty services.
These posts are a substantive appointment and we would welcome applications from those who are post CCT in Acute Medicine. The applicant would be assigned a senior Consultant mentor to support their development.
For more information regarding the post/informal visits, please contact: Dr Martin Dachsel, Clinical Lead for Acute Medicine ([email protected])Interviews: 21st May 2025
Main duties of the job
We are looking for applicants with a wide experience in Acute and General Medicine who have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional skills to lead service developments in the Trust. We are keen to expand on our provision of bedside focused acute medical ultrasound with three in house FAMUS supervisors and FUSIC mentors and 1 BSE accredited supervisor so would welcome candidates with experience or those that are interested to develop this skill or consolidate existing experience.
We have currently 3 state of the art Point of Care Ultrasound devices and 1 departmental Echocardiography device in Acute Medicine. We are keen to promote education and learning and provide a good educational experience to trainees and have been as top in the KSS region by Acute Internal Medicine Specialty trainees attached to us in the 2019 GMC Trainee survey.We would welcome those teaching skills and help support applications for honorary teaching posts at our associated medical school.
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:- Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
- National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
- We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information, regarding the role please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.
Person specification
Criteria
Essential criteria- Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
- A complete and accurate application
- Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
- Evidence of essential experience for role
- Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
- Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
- Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
- Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
Additional information
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust operates a 24-hour service, 365 days a year. As such, all nursing, clinical, and operational roles may involve working on a 24/7 shift basis, unless otherwise specified during the recruitment process. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workforce and actively encourage applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, race and ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation.We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process.
Successful candidates will be appointed to the first pay step within the band when they start with the Trust (unless they have previous relevant NHS continuous service), thereafter individuals will progress up the pay steps in accordance with NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) terms and conditions.For part time roles you will receive a pro rata'd (proportional) salary payment based on the appropriate pay step/point and hours worked in accordance with AfC and all medical and dental terms and conditions.
Note: Some vacancies may receive a high volume of applications. In such cases, the vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
We take our responsibilities to the environment extremely seriously and have an ambitious Green Plan that we’re delivering. Actions include having uniforms made from recycled plastic, 100% renewable electricity and planting 150 trees at East Surrey Hospital.Read our plan here.