Consultant Acute Physician – Peterborough

Overview

As a Consultant Acute Physician, you will help deliver high-quality acute medical care across ED, MAU/AAU, and Ambulatory Care with cross-site duties at Peterborough City Hospital. You will join a collaborative, innovative team that develops rapid assessment pathways and supports education and governance. You’ll lead in patient care, teaching, and clinical governance while shaping services in acute internal medicine. The role offers flexible working patterns and opportunities to contribute to a growing Same Day Emergency Care initiative. This is a chance to impact patient outcomes and contribute to a forward-looking NHS foundation trust.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible and Less than Full Time working
• opportunity to work additional shifts via Trust bank
• competitive salary
• cross-site working
• educational supervision opportunities
• supportive leadership culture

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, safe, and compassionate care to acutely ill medical patients
• Teach, train, and supervise doctors, nurses, and students
• Participate in clinical governance activities (audits, mortality reviews, appraisals)
• Develop and adhere to evidence-based guidelines and pathways
• Contribute to job planning, including flexible arrangements and on-call rota
• Support cross-site service delivery across ED/AAU/MAU and Ambulatory Care
• Engage in service development and educational supervision where applicable
• Participate in development of integrated Same Day Emergency Care services

Key requirements

• MBBS or equivalent
• MRCP or General Medicine accreditation
• Full GMC Registration and license to practice
• Completed training in General or Acute Medicine
• Ability to provide expert clinical opinion across adult acute medicine
• Ability to work calmly under pressure and prioritize workload
• Evidence of management experience or training
• Good IT Skills
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Willingness to participate in teaching and clinical governance
• UK registration and eligibility for skilled worker sponsorship (as applicable)

• Effective communication
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Leadership and management mindset
• IT skills
• Knowledge of NHS structure and 5-year forward plan
• Clinical governance participation

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