Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine & Acute Medicine
| Posting date: | 03 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £105,504.00 to £139,882.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £105504.00 - £139882.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 December 2025 |
| Location: | Wigan, WN1 2NN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9302-25-0570 |
Summary
The post-holder will perform all the duties and have all responsibilities of a Consultant Intensivist / Acute Physician. The successful applicants will join colleagues to continue the development of improved delivery of emergency care to the acutely ill patient within the settings of the Emergency Floor and Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary. This post may involve the review of medical patients in assessment wards (MAU and Lowton), acute medical take (A&E in reach), and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Unit. This post will involve part of the week working on the Intensive Care Unit, and full participation in the Intensive Care on-call rota (currently 1:8 with 2PAs allocated to on-call and a 5% on-call supplement) Each day, in either area, there is a formal morning ward round of all patients by acute physicians / intensivists. Throughout the day patients are reviewed as they arrive with the junior doctors. The acute physicians also provide senior cover for the Same Day Emergency Care area that accepts ambulatory GP referrals direct to an organised clinic environment. The acute physicians are part of a large team providing unscheduled care and are supported by the general physicians in overnight on call and weekends on call rota. Acute Physicians provide linear consultant presence on AE and assessment areas from 0800 to 20:30 In addition, there are gastroenterology and cardiology in-reach teams providing daily review of complex patients. There is daily support from specialist nurses in several specialties including Oncology, Alcohol, Respiratory, Cardiology, Diabetes and Palliative care. Social support is provided by the Access to community service team (ACST). Hospital at home provides opportunities for continuing some treatment including IV treatment after discharge.