Job summary
Are you an ambitious General Medicine trainee looking to develop your expertise in a supportive, high-performing NHS teaching hospital? This 6 month General Medicine IMT3+ role at Southmead Hospital offers exceptional clinical exposure across General Internal Medicine.

You'll take a leading role in managing complex inpatient cases, supervising specialist ward teams, delivering referral services, and developing your outpatient skills through dedicated training opportunities. The post can be tailored to your career ambitions, with additional opportunities in research, quality improvement, medical education and service development.

If you're seeking a role that combines clinical challenge, professional growth, hands-on procedural experience and the chance to make a real difference to patient care, we'd love you to join our team.

Main duties of the job
The post is a full-time fixed-term appointment for an initial period of six months, with the possibility of extension to 12 months, based at Southmead Hospital. It offers an excellent opportunity for doctors wishing to consolidate their experience at IMT3+/registrar level within a supportive and busy teaching hospital environment. Based within the Gastroenterology Department, the successful candidate will gain broad experience in the assessment and management of patients with gastrointestinal and liver disease across inpatient wards, specialty referrals and outpatient clinics, whilst also participating in the acute medical registrar on-call rota and developing their skills in General Internal Medicine.

About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Job responsibilities
Learning Objectives/Specialist Interests
The post holder will:

• Develop confidence and competence working at registrar level in General Internal Medicine.
• Gain experience leading the assessment and management of acutely unwell medical patients through participation in the acute medical registrar on-call rota.
• Develop knowledge and skills in the investigation and management of gastrointestinal and liver disease.
• Participate in outpatient clinics, multidisciplinary working, audit, quality improvement and teaching, while being supported to develop individual educational or specialist interests.

Clinical Experience
This 6-month post offers registrar-level experience in General Internal Medicine, based within the Gastroenterology Department. It is ideally suited to doctors holding full MRCP(UK) (or equivalent) who are seeking to consolidate their experience before higher specialty training or further develop their skills in General Medicine and Gastroenterology.

Although a non-training post, the successful candidate will receive close consultant supervision and gain broad clinical experience across inpatient gastroenterology, specialty referrals, outpatient clinics and the acute medical take. Previous experience in Gastroenterology is not essential, making the post suitable for doctors wishing to develop expertise in the specialty while continuing to build confidence as a medical registrar. There will be opportunities to gain experience across a broad range of gastroenterology and hepatology services, including inflammatory bowel disease, hepatology, gastrointestinal bleeding, nutrition and multidisciplinary care. Candidates will also be encouraged to participate in audit, quality improvement and research.

Post holders will participate fully in the acute medical registrar on-call rota, including AMU, nights, twilight shifts and weekends.

Teaching
Formal teaching responsibilities are not a requirement of the post. However, the successful candidate will work closely with Foundation Doctors, IMTs and medical students and will be expected to contribute to their day-to-day supervision and informal bedside teaching. Those with an interest in medical education will be supported to develop teaching activities where service commitments allow.

Each post holder will be allocated an Educational Supervisor to provide support, appraisal and career development throughout the post.

Person Specification
Qualifications And Registration
Essential

• MBBS or equivalent
• Maintain Full registration with the GMC
• Advanced Life support (ALS) accreditation (or booked to complete before August 2025)

Desirable

• Higher academic qualification (e.g. MD or MSc)

Training and Experience
Essential

• Recent experience working as a doctor in the NHS (or equivalent) within the last 2 years
• Evidence of achieving IMT2 competencies (or equivalent)
• Experience of working within general medical specialities within the last 2 years at IMT2 level as a minimum
• Passed the MRCP in full

Desirable

• Previous experience demonstrating commitment to Gastroenterology medicine
• Previous experience working at Medical Registrar level within medicine

Further Training, Management, Audit
Essential

• Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career
• Experience of completing audit and/or quality improvement
• Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues

Desirable

• Completion of a general management course or programme

Research, Training, Publications
Essential

• Formal, proven teaching ability and experience
• Willingness to undertake teaching of medical under-graduates & postgraduates

Desirable

• Proven track record in research
• Evidence of relevant publications in peer reviewed journals

Personal requirements (e.g Communication, Leadership Skills, Flexibility)
Essential

• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Evidence of good team work, including ability to lead, form effective working relationships and support staff development.
• Ability to work independently, as part of the medicine division.
• Ability to work with professionalism and prioritise patient safety

Any other General Requirements
Essential

• Ability to fulfil all the duties of the post, including on-call commitments

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.