Trust Doctor - Medicine
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Cramlington, NE23 6NZ
Salary
£45,715 to £69,976
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
13 September 2026
13 days left
Job description
This post is available to employees of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and resident doctors employed by the Lead Employer Trust within the...
- Provide day-to-day medical care for patients admitted to the Units.
- Undertake clinical assessments, formulate management plans, and review patients' progress throughout their admission.
- Lead on daily ward & board rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings.
- Support safe, timely, and effective discharge planning in collaboration with nursing, therapy, pharmacy, and discharge teams.
- Liaise with specialty teams and community services to ensure continuity of care and appropriate follow-up arrangements.
- Maintain accurate, timely, and comprehensive clinical documentation.
- Request and interpret appropriate investigations and implement treatment plans in line with Trust policies and best practice.
- Recognise and respond appropriately to deteriorating patients, escalating concerns to senior medical staff as required.
- Contribute to maintaining patient flow across the organisation by supporting efficient clinical decision-making and discharge processes.
- Work flexibly across the ward environment to support service delivery during periods of increased operational demand and winter pressures.
- Communicate effectively with patients, carers, and colleagues to ensure a high standard of patient-centred care.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of some aspects of Clinical Governance
Desirable
- Experience of audit or quality improvement projects
- Experience of teaching basic medicine to undergraduates
- Evidence of experience of Clinical Research in Medicine
- Evidence of continuing professional developmen t (CPD) relevant to Acute General Medicine
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration with Licence to Practise - please do not apply if you do not have full GMC registration at the point of application.
- MBBS or equivalent
- Completion of two-year Internal Medical Training (IMT) programme or equivalent
- Paid UK NHS experience working as a doctor
- Advanced life support training from resuscitation council (ALS) or equivalent.
- MRCP part 1 completed
Desirable
- Evidence of continuing professional developmen t (CPD) relevant to Acute General Medicine
- Evidence of teaching experience
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
28 August 2026
Last checked
31 August 2026
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