Consultant in Acute Medicine

We are seeking an enthusiastic and forward‑thinking colleague to support the continued evolution of our Acute Medicine service, including further expansion of Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC).

The service is based on the Worthing Emergency Floor--a Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Future Hospitals Commission pilot site--offering excellent opportunities for innovation and service development. We encourage prospective applicants to discuss the model with our current team.

The successful candidate will join a supportive, highly motivated consultant team dedicated to delivering an excellent service, fostering a positive working culture, and providing a strong learning environment. Our focus is to deliver first‑class care from arrival to discharge, innovate in acute medical care, and ensure patients have rapid access to the right services at the right time.

• Post take ward rounds
• Patient reviews (including review of results as well as seeing patients and their relatives)
• Once weekly evening consultant review shift
• Supporting junior doctors
• Facilitating discharges
• Service development
• Clinical and managerial leadership

This is Acute Medicine the way you always imagined it would be – interesting, dynamic, exciting and requiring flexibility and adaptability. The nature of the Emergency Floor concept means that there is less demarcation between types of DCC activity then in more traditional posts, and this is reflected in the Job Plan, and the ways of working within the team, allowing for attendance at MDT meetings, x‑ray discussions, and case presentations.

The Emergency Floor rota is designed to provide a good balance between non‑clinical and clinical time ensuring continuity and logical allocation of roles during the day.

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always deliver Excellent Care Everywhere, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating.

Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of staff networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level
3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.