Consultant in Acute Medicine | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £105,504 - £139,882 pa |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 July 2025 |
| Location: | Basingstoke, RG24 9NA |
| Company: | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7224228/251-MD25077 |
Summary
Wearelookingtoappoint ConsultantPhysiciansforourAcuteMedicine department.TheTrustsees these appointmentasakeypartofanexcitingopportunitytodevelopaninnovativeapproachto acutemedical care that places unscheduled care as the central function of the Trust in collaboration with local community partners. The posts will support the existing Consultants in Acute Medicine at Hampshire Hospitals. They will bepivotal in delivering a consultant lead service for our Emergency Medical Assessment Units. It will bolster the current model of care provided by Acute Medicine specialists and increase the scope and the quality of our front-line service.
The successful applicants will be expected to:
• Join the Acute General Medicine team and deliver the Trusts urgent care strategy. This will mean working in close co-operation with Emergency and Specialist Physicians, Older persons services and Primary care, to build an efficient and seamless system of care.
• Provide Consultant service on the Acute Medical Assessment Unit and in reach to the Emergency Department. Rapid Same Day Emergency services and direct GP admission services are active. The post holder would be supported in further developing pathways of care for ambulatory patients.
• On-going Consultant support to short stay patients, general medical patients remaining on the assessment units.
• To participate in teaching and training of junior staff.
• Participate in audit and responsibility for clinical governance
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
For further information, please see attached job description and person specification.
For further information, please contact the team to discuss.
This advert closes on Wednesday 30 Jul 2025