Specialty Doctor -Acute medicine
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Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Specialty Doctor - Acute MedicineThe closing date is 30 January 2026
This post aims to support senior clinical decision-making and same-day emergency care predominantly on the Acute Medical Unit (AMU). Reporting to the consultants, the post holder will be crucial to the day-to-day management of the service. Responsibility for named inpatient care and post-take ward round review will remain with the consultant team.
We are looking for a colleague:
- To provide senior-level, high quality care to patients requiring our service, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care are met
- To provide teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and to supervise and train the junior clinical team
- To be proactive in the Department's clinical governance agenda and take on roles to support continuous learning and improvement, thereby abiding by the clinical and corporate governance policies of the Trust
- To participate in relevant audit and quality assurance processes
- Taking telephone referrals for medical admissions
- Providing clinical advice over the phone
- Suggesting alternatives to admission where appropriate
- Directing caller to specialist teams if available
- Deciding appropriate admission destination (ED or AMU)
- Identifying and seeing patients from the take that could be rapidly seen and discharged
- Reviewing patients seen by junior clinicians
- Opportunistic bedside teaching and assessments for resident doctors/medical students
- Providing support to nursing staff on the unit with clinical or management queries
- Managing flow through the unit by monitoring the O drive and admissions board
- Ensuring effective handover between medical and nursing teams and evening clerking doctors
- Supporting junior clinicians in ensuring effective communication with Primary Care colleagues
- Seeking opportunities to make changes to improve the efficacy of the unit and patient experience
- Working alongside consultant colleagues as senior decision makers and to oversee the running of the unit
Why Work With Us
Acute Medicine benefits from an experienced and knowledgeable leadership team that has a strong working relationship with the Trust senior leadership and executive team through its work in development of our acute services.
Acute Medicine is well known as a nurturing and supportive department both for senior medical staff and for doctors in training. We work collaboratively with the well-established multidisciplinary teams of nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and discharge co-ordinators on our Emergency Assessment Unit and Acute Medical Unit, all of which maintain a strong culture of safety and professionalism.
Job responsibilitiesThe Trust believes everyone has a role to play in improving and contributing to the quality of care provided to our clients. You are expected to take a proactive role in supporting the Trusts clinical governance agenda by:
- Taking part in activities for improving quality such as Valuing Everyones Experience training or clinical audit
- Identifying and managing risks through incident and near miss reporting and undertaking risk assessments
- Following Trust polices, guidelines and procedures
- Maintaining and improving your skills through continued professional development/your personal development plan agreed annually with your line manager
- Full GMC Registration (with licence to practice)
- ALS
- Proven experience at Specialty Doctor level in Acute Medicine, General Medicine or similar specialty
- Minimum of English Level 2 (GCSE grade C/4 or equivalent), IELTS or graduate of a UK Medical School
- Extensive post graduate NHS experience
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust