Trust Doctor in Specialty and Integrated Medicine

The successful applicants will help to cover all areas of our service, which include Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), Acute Medical Units, and multiple in-patient Specialty Wards. Excellent training will therefore be provided in the management of acutely unwell and deteriorating patients, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, rehabilitation, and complex discharge planning. Out-of-hours, our Registrar-level doctors also contribute to the acute unselected take, providing experience in a broad range of general medical presentations.

Name: Dr Steven Parke

Position: Lead Clinician for General Internal Medicine

Email: steven.parke@nhs.net

Contact Number: 0113 206 5552

Interview date - 30/11/2026

Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.

Why you should join our Team The postholder will contribute to all aspects of the Leeds Centre for Older People’s Medicine service. We expect a particular focus on:

What you will bring to the role The ideal applicants for this position will therefore be able to demonstrate excellent clinical, interpersonal and communication skills. They will be able to work cooperatively with colleagues across our multidisciplinary teams, managing their time effectively. The successful applicants will be committed to providing expert medical care, including discharge planning, in patients presenting with a wide range of acute and chronic conditions.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust You will join the Specialty and Integrated Medicine Clinical Service Unit (CSU) at St James’s University Hospital (SJUH) which covers General Internal Medicine, Elderly Medicine, Diabetes & Endocrinology, and Infectious Diseases & Travel Medicine. We have close working relationships with colleagues in Acute Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine

The department is hard-working, friendly and co-operative. There is a strong focus on continual improvement, multi-disciplinary teamwork, clinical excellence, and patient safety and quality.

Opportunities will be provided to join our audit, quality improvement, and clinical governance programme. There are excellent training facilities at SJUH. Across the CSU, educational meetings are held on most days of the week.

Sponsorship Eligibility To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time.

Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care.

We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page.

Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

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