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Main area General Medicine Grade Local Appointment Nodal Point 4 (MT04) Contract 12 months (Fixed term, plus additional hours, nights and weekend allowances (where applicable)) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (Plus additional rostered hours (where applicable)) Job
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Employer Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Town Blackpool Salary £65,048 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 02/03/2026 23:59

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.

We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year.

We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.

We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our friendly and dynamic general medicine team at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to develop and embed high quality care for our patients.

We are looking to recruit ST3 or above level doctors with passion for excellent care to join our diverse and supportive team which also includes advanced clinical practitioners, non-medical consultants and pharmacists.

The post holder will be employed by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is covered by NHS Terms and Conditions of Service. The post will also support those applicants who wish to progress Specialist registration via the portfolio pathway.

The successful candidate will provide support to the care of inpatients in our wards, attend outpatient clinics where required and support requests for specialist review from other subspecialities, as well participating in the general medicine on call rota.

Successful applicants will work predominantly on general medical wards providing direct care to patients and supervising junior colleagues. There will be opportunities for successful candidates to be involved in outpatient clinics. There will be protected teaching time and the opportunity to be involved in medical education.

Your main duties will include providing a clinical service in conjunction with your colleagues and under the direction of your Lead Consultant on the Ward. Duties will include the responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness.

You will be expected to deputise for absent colleagues and in exceptional unforeseen circumstances may have to perform additional duties to ensure the safe running of the department and hospital. Where such duties arise outside of your normal contracted duties, you will receive with an equivalent off duty period or will be remunerated appropriately. You will be expected to participate in the acute on call, covering either the acute assessment area or the wards on a rotational basis.

You will provide advice to clinicians in hospital and primary care, originating either from telephone calls or ward referrals.

See JD/PS attached for more information on duties.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a resident population of approximately 330,000 and the 12 million holidaymakers who visit the area every year. The Trust comprises Blackpool Victoria Hospital which is a large busy acute hospital, a smaller community/ rehabilitation hospital - Clifton Hospital . Outpatient services are also provided in Blackpool, Fleetwood and Lytham Hospital . The Trust is also responsible for the provision of a wide range of community healthcare services, including District Nursing, Community Matrons and therapy services.

We employ approximately 7,500 staff and our budget is in excess of £200m per year. We have around 830 beds across all sites and see more than 56,000 day-case and inpatients, 250,000 outpatients and over 91,000 A & E patients every year.

The hospital has a consultant staff…