Consultant Acute Care Physician YC72
| Posting date: | 03 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £109,725.00 to £145,478.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £109725.00 - £145478.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 March 2026 |
| Location: | Watford, WD18 0HB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9360-26-0097 |
Summary
a) Providing a consultant level service in Acute Medicine at Watford General Hospital, with responsibility for the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department b)Liaising with Consultants in the departments of Emergency Medicine, Care of the Elderly, and other Medical Specialties, as well as with the Trusts community partners to ensure that patients receive optimal management consistently across the Trust The Medical Take is managed by the Acute Physician team in hours (08:00 to 17:00 on weekdays), with support from dedicated ANPs and junior doctors. On average an Acute Physician will post take 15-20 patients from 08:00-17:00. In addition to the Acute Physicians, consultant Cardiologists post take all acute cardiology admission on the Take. Evening (17:00 to 21:00) and on-call responsibility for the Medical Take during the week is undertaken by a rota of other medical specialty consultants. There is a separate Care of the Elderly post taking consultant Monday to Thursday 13:00 to 21:00 and Friday 13:00 to 17:00, who see all patients 80 years old and above. c) Out-of-hours responsibilities, including participation in consultant emergency general medical on-call rota and providing consultant leadership to acute beds and ambulatory care at Watford General Hospital