Consultant in Acute Medicine

Job summary

Virtual Services, Same Day Emergency Care, Dedicated Medical Day Case and Award Winning Inpatient Care....We are moving towards a new model of delivering acute medicine in our hospital. There are exciting times ahead here at Bradford Teaching Hospitals.

We are looking for Consultants, to join our team, who have with drive, commitment and enthusiasm. Consultants who will bring a consistent focus to deliver high quality of care and performance

Our team has the drive to move from good to outstanding. If you can work collaboratively with colleagues and provide clinical leadership to the wider team to support the service realise its vision then we are the team for you.

In return we do not just look at what you have achieved so far; we aim to support you through your future career aims and nurture your future development. You may want to be a research or an education lead, or bring fresh ideas on how to develop the service; we will do our utmost to help you achieve your potential. We take training and development seriously and encourage you to do the same and participate in our programmes of improvement and development.

Main duties of the job

The Trust is a University Teaching Hospital as part of the University of Leeds Medical School and undergraduate education and training is regarded as a core activity alongside service provision. There are also opportunities for collaboration in both training and research with departments at the nearby University of Bradford and within the Trust at the Bradford Institute for Health Research.

About us

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides acute services for the City of Bradford and surrounding areas, and has two large Hospitals; Bradford Royal Infirmary and St. Luke's Hospital. All main specialties are represented in Bradford, and the Trust has a base of 900 beds. For further information regarding the Trust please go to: www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk.

Bradford has excellent road, rail and air links and boasts a wide variety of Art and Culture, as well as sports facilities and a vibrant social scene. It is also within easy reach of the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire Moors, the Lake District, Peak District and Northumberland.

The Trust is committed to improving the working lives of its staff; we aim for a flexible approach to working hours, and have a number of family friendly policies.