Job summary
As a Consultant in Acute Medicine at Torbay Hospital, you will provide the highest quality patient care across our Acute Medicine domain, which includes our Acute Medicine Unit (AMU), Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) and the Acute Assessment Area.

Patient safety, dignity and care are central to our ethos, and as a senior member of the team, you will be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients with acute medical conditions, ensuring that they receive a 'second-to-none' standard of care from admission to discharge. You will work closely with other consultants, resident doctors, and multi-disciplinary teams to ensure patient pathways operate unhindered.

Main duties of the job

• To provide high quality consultant delivered care to patients requiring our service, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care are met
• Take responsibility for the management of patients admitted on the medical take, post-take ward round (PTWR), Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) and Acute Assessment Area.
• To provide teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level
• To supervise and train the junior clinical team and our specialty doctor
• To be proactive in the Department's clinical governance agenda and take on leadership roles to support continuous learning and improvement, thereby abiding by the clinical and corporate governance policies of the Trust

Date posted: 19 October 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: Depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 388-8283602-MUEC
Closing date: 16 November 2026

Job responsibilities
The Acute Medicine team is responsible for the care of patients on the Acute Medical Unit and SDEC, alongside providing an Acute Medicine in-reach service in the Emergency Department during daytime hours. The general medical on-call work is shared with general medical colleagues from a range of specialties. We have excellent working relationships with the specialty physicians, with specialty advice easily available via a hot phone system.

There is a well-established multi-disciplinary team structure in our clinical areas, with daily business MDT board rounds. The emergency assessment ward receives excellent Friends and Family feedback, and the nursing staff maintain a strong, caring team approach in a busy, high turnover environment. Feedback has particularly highlighted the excellent team communication. The therapy and discharge team take a proactive role in discharge planning and can access a range of intermediate care services to support discharge to the community. We also benefit from in-reach support from critical care, acute oncology and a range of other specialist nursing services.

The Acute Medical Unit is adjacent to the Emergency Department and Outpatient facilities. This is a dedicated non-ward area as an assessment unit and includes purpose-built same-day emergency care and frailty facilities.

Person Specification
Essential

• Full GMC Registration (with licence to practice).
• CCT Specialist Registration
• Minimum of English Level 2
• CESR
• Years experience

Desirable

• Distinctions, scholarships, prizes
• ALS

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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.

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

Employer details
Employer name: Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Torbay Hospital, Newton Road, Torquay, TQ2 7AA, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk

For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Service Lead, Acute Medicine, Dr Kestutis Straukas, kestutis.straukas@nhs.net, 01803656937

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