Consultant Physician in Acute and General Medicine

A high performing organisation, rated good by the CQC, with a track record of success. This is an exciting time to join the Acute Medicine and Medicine Specialties Teams at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. The aspirations for our patient focused services are bold. We are a forward thinking team that prides itself on providing high quality clinical care. We aim to have a true 7 day service and, to realise that aim, we are increasing our consultant physician workforce by 50% over the next 2 years. There will also be a marked increase in junior medical staff to support this development. We are looking for dynamic and motivated Acute and General Physicians to join our friendly team at the County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT), to develop and embed high quality medical care for patients in a number of different clinical settings., The basic whole-time contract is for 10 programmed activities (PAs); 8.5 DCC (1 PA for on call and 1.5 PAs admin time and educational supervision time included within this) + additional 1.5 SPA.

The job plan is indicative only and is negotiable to take the candidates aspirations/special interest/part time working into account. There will be a discussion with successful candidates regarding the final job plan/on-call arrangements, prior to the interview and appointment to ensure the job plan reflects both the individuals and organisation goals.

Additional programmed PAs may be available for additional activities and specialist interests if desired including a combination of acute work and back of house medicine specialty work. Additional SPA time may be available depending on individual and service requirements.

The post-holder will have a well-developed acute and general medical knowledge, allowing the ability and confidence to function decisively and autonomously. Candidates must be hard-working, dependable and professional in keeping with GMC good medical practice.

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.