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An excellent opportunity for an experienced Consultant Stroke Geriatrician to join an established Stroke service in London. The trust has an enviable reputation within research and academia, making this an attractive place of work.
The Trust provides a broad range of secondary services, including specialist emergency medicine (e.g. trauma, cardiac and stroke). It also provides a number of leading edge tertiary services, such as liver transplantation, neurosciences, haemato-oncology, foetal medicine, cardiology and cardiac surgery, on a regional and national basis.
Overview of the department and post:
The Stroke service is highly performing and it is staffed by a dynamic team. The creation of this post is one of a number of initiatives to meet growing demand within the department, expanding the service. Over the past year, activity from the Emergency Department has increased and a greater number of patients are receiving treatment and rehabilitation on the Stroke Unit (SU).
The post holder will work across both the Hyper-acute Stroke Unit (HASU) and SU and, together with the multi–disciplinary team, provide and further develop care for stroke and other neurovascular patients from the local and regional catchment areas.
Other exciting developments across the service include the addition of a Stroke Specialist Registrar post together with an increase in junior doctor staffing levels, 7 day therapy for patients on both the HASU and SU and provisions for King’s College Hospital to become part of a 24:7 thrombectomy network in London.
You will work in all the major areas of Stroke Medicine that include the hyper acute management of TIA and Stroke, acute care, rehabilitation and prevention. You will work closely with colleagues in the allied specialties of neuroradiology, neurosurgery, neurorehabilitation and vascular surgery.
Local area:
The Trust provides care to the economically diverse boroughs of South and South West London.
Requirements for the role:
Non-EEA:
- MRCP
- Consultant ?????experience in stroke medicine
- Consultant experience in Stroke
- Specialist Diploma
Excellent opportunity for both UK based consultants, or those with MRCP UK / SCE Acute Medicine qualifications from overseas to join an associated teaching hospital with one of the best and highest performing NHS Trusts in the UK.
THE GENERAL MEDICINE CONSULTANT POST:
The post offers broad medical experience across the field of medical specialities. The holder of this post will usually work within one speciality team, however may be asked to cover in other areas across general medicine at times in order to maintain a safe effective service.
There is a firm commitment to continuing professional development and the opportunity to develop further in a chosen sub-specialty.
THE HOSPITAL & GENERAL MEDICINE DEPARTMENTS:
Within General Medicine, there are currently 19 Consultants, of which 13 are substantively employed with special interests in Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Acute Medicine, Stroke, Rheumatology and Care of the Elderly.
An integrated service in general medicine and care of the elderly has matured within the Hospital. The team of consultants are enthusiastic and forward thinking. We pride ourselves in being a small, friendly hospital, with real drive to improve both patient care and the working environment for our staff.
In addition to an acute in-patient and out-patient medical service, specialist diabetic and non-invasive cardiology services are provided.
Acute medical work is focused on 195 beds in eight wards. ITU/HDU facilities are based on five beds. The Trust is recognised as providing efficient and well-organised Cancer services. This has been supported by both Regional, and National Accreditation processes. As part of the Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire Cancer Network, the Trust provides a range of cancer services. Those services already accredited include, Breast Care and Urology.
THE LOCAL AREA:
North Somerset, the surrounding county, has long coastlines with superb cliff tops and English countryside. You\'ll find yourself visiting the Mendip Hills, the Quantocks and Cheddar Gorge sooner or later. The large, diverse cities of Bristol and Bath are only a short journey by car or train and our convenient location just off Junction 21 of the M5 mean the rest of Somerset, Devon and Cornwall are virtually on the doorstep.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS POST:
Requirements for this post are the following:
- Extensive consultant experience in General Medicine, and / or Acute Medicine
- Experience can be gained from overseas or within the UK
- MRCP UK or equivalent
- SCE Acute Medicine desirable
- Eligibility for GMC registration
Any applicants interested in applying should get in touch with the IMG team today!
Those who have not yet attained CESR or CCT will be fully supported through the process and can be offered the role as locum consultant.
An excellent opportunity for a consultant in emergency medicine to join a large integrated care provider in North East England. The trust is high performing with a strong track record of supporting new appointees with career development.
Applications are welcomed from international candidates.
Trust overview:
The Trust is based on two acute sites with most acute medical services and specialties duplicated on each site.
The new appointee could be based at either site, preferences will be accommodated.
Service overview:
The Urgent and Emergency Care team encompasses five Urgent Treatment Centres, two Acute Medical Units including Same Day Emergency Care services and two Emergency Departments (ED).
With over 129000 ED attendances every year, the Trust is one of the largest services in the North East.
Local area:
You can be in the countryside in less than ten minutes from all major towns and cities in the area, with some of the most stunning scenery and outdoor space in the country.
There is a strong sporting and cultural heritage in the north east, so no matter what your interests are, there is something here for you to explore. For families, you will have access to fantastic school and academic institutions as well as very affordable properties.
The region is also known to be friendly, relaxed and welcoming.
Requirements for the post:
UK based applicants:
- Hold CCT, or within 6 months of completing CESR
- Specialist diploma
- Experience in Emergency Medicine
- MRCEM
- Consultant experience in emergency medicine
A fantastic opportunity for specialist in geriatric or elderly care medicine to settle into their first consultant post and work towards their CESR application, if that is the intention.
The hospital will consider senior consultants with no UK experience who are not on the UK specialist register for geriatric medicine.
The Geriatrics department is a small and manageable size with a 28 bedded inpatient ward and various other outlier beds.
Currently no formal geriatric outpatient services are offered with the exception of a Parkinson's / Movement clinic. The department will be looking to develop these in conjunction with skill set of a successful applicant.
The Geriatrics department comprises 3 consultants in elderly care medicine supported by 15 specialty registrars, 9 core medical trainees and FY2's and 9 FY1's working full shifts for GIM on call.
Each consultant will be offered a budget and 30 days of study and professional leave over each 3 year period to pursue their career development activities. Furthermore there is an active Postgraduate Medical Centre which acts as a focus for contract between doctors at all levels an in all disciplines.
Consultants will be encouraged to actively participate in teaching and training of juniors throughout their tenure.
Requirements of this position are:
- MRCP
- IELTS or OET
- Experience working at consultant grade in elderly care
Senior geriatric medicine specialists looking to work towards their CESR application or secure their first consultant role in the NHS are encouraged to apply
A new opportunity to join a high performing Oncology Department in the North East of England.
The post will be an excellent option for experienced consultants to work in a well staffed and organised team, with opportunity for teaching and management in the future.
Department overview:
The department is well staffed and the new appointee will join a team of 20 oncologists. The post is predominantly based in the trusts dedicated cancer centre. The cancer care services have benefited from recent investment of £35million, and you will have the opportunity to work within a state of the art facilities.
The post would focus on colorectal or upper GI cancer and cancer of the unknown primary (CUP) with possible work in other disease sites if needed.
The department boasts an expanded chemotherapy unit designed to meet the increasing demand for systemic treatment with established nurse-led and pharmacy-led chemotherapy clinics.
The trust also houses state of the art radiotherapy facilities.
Local area:
The hospital is set in a large town in the north East of England, with an excellent cost of living making this an attractive place to start in the NHS.
The surrounding areas and nearby coast offer opportunity to spend time in some of the most scenic areas of the North East of England.
Requirements for the post:
UK based applicants:
- CCT or within 6 months of CESR
- Consultant experience in Oncology
- Specialisation
- Consultant Experience in Oncology
- MRCP
- Within 6 months of CESR - extensive consultant experience in Oncology
Applicants for both pure breast radiology or breast and general radiology (or another subspecialty) are encouraged to apply.
Ideally, the applicant will be trained in screening, individuals with symptomatic breast training only will be considered. If the applicant wishes to train in screening this would also be supported by the Trust.
General Radiology duties will be based in the main department at one site, while sessions in breast imaging are located in a seperate site within the larger complex.
Performance:
42,225 women were invited for screening in 2017/18 with an uptake of 78.9% and the very successful High Risk MR breast screening service was implemented in 2014.
Symptomatic breast imaging services are provided by the breast imaging team independently and the symptomatic service receives approximately 4500 referrals per year. All these referrals are seen in a one stop clinic with surgical and imaging assessment in the same visit.
Radiology Team:
You will be part of a team that includes the following:
- Four committed and enthusiastic breast radiologists based in the trust, forming an essential part of the localities Breast Screening Service.
- Two advanced radiographic practitioners will also support performing stereotactic biopsy and wire placement
- Four film reading radiographers providing screen reading.
- The clinics are well supported by specialist breast care nurses.
Equipment & Facilities:
Equipment is as the following:
- They have a fully digital service having 1 brand new GE Pristina mammography unit with DBT, CESM and 2D biopsy.
- There is a further Philips L30 with Diagnostic Scan mammography unit.
- There are 2 breast ultrasound rooms with voice recognition reporting equipped with new Canon Aplio machines.
- Vacuum assisted Encore biopsy is available in addition to standard 14G.
- MRI services are housed in a new diagnostic imaging centre adjacent to Gainsborough Wing.
- New breast coils and software are installed.
- Multi-disciplinary breast care meetings are held in the unit’s dedicated MDT room.
- The unit enjoys excellent working relationships with our colleagues in breast surgery, oncology and nursing care.
Requirements for this position are the following:
- FRCR or equivalent
- Unfortunately no PLAB candidates will be considered unless exceptional circumstances
- IETLS or OET and eligibility for GMC registration
- Extension experience trained in breast screening, whilst individuals with symptomatic breast training only will be considered
The trust will fully support training, development, CESR applications and is particularly welcoming to overseas candidates, though of course UK applicants with NHS experience will be warmly received too!
This may well be the opportunity for you then...
Working for a well established acute medicine team in a progressive and acute medicine team in famousl friendly team environment, led by a forward thinking leadership with integrity and patient care at the forefront of everything they do.
If you are a UK based physician with excellent experience in the field of acute medicine, either with CCT or CESR CP in your sights or attained, you can secure yourself an interview.
Alternatively, if you have worked in the NHS previously and wish to return - this may well be the ideal opportunity for you!
The position will have extensive involvement with teaching and the postholder will be actively & regularly engaged with the affiliated university.
In addition, all sub-specialty interests will be welcomed and accommodated.
The location is excellent for those looking for a more rural lifestyle that is not too far away from the city life. For those with families or a taste for outdoor life, this might offer everything you are looking for.
Get in touch if you are intrigued, and want more details!
Requirements for this position are the following:
- MRCP UK
- UK experience is essential, either current or past
- Active GMC registration
We have a reputation for allowing people to play to their strength and love colleagues who are fabulous clinicians but have other passions in or outside of medicine that need a tailored job-plan.
This is a general histopathology post with great flexibility to accommodate areas of specialist interest.
The Department of Cellular and Anatomical Pathology is the largest provider of Histopathological services in the region and is located within the main hospital site, integrating histopathology, neuropathology and cytology laboratories, and a mortuary.
The workload is diverse and compliant with the hospital’s status as the Regional Cancer and Renal Transplant Centre.
The department has recently been granted funding from NHS England to implement digitization of histopathology within the region, which once implemented will allow more flexible working and further working from home capabilities.
In addition the Department is in the planning stages of designing a purpose built laboratory which will offer good quality offices and a modern laboratory suite. The Department is committed to the development of advanced practitioners to support the role of Consultant Histopathologists.
Requirements for this position are the following:
- FRCPath Histopathology
- IELTS / OET
- Eligibility for GMC registration
- Previous experience at consultant level
This is a general histopathology post with great flexibility to accommodate areas of specialist interest.
The Department of Cellular and Anatomical Pathology is the largest provider of Histopathological services in the region and is located within the main hospital site, integrating histopathology, neuropathology and cytology laboratories, and a mortuary.
The workload is diverse and compliant with the hospital’s status as the Regional Cancer and Renal Transplant Centre.
The department has recently been granted funding from NHS England to implement digitization of histopathology within the region, which once implemented will allow more flexible working and further working from home capabilities.
In addition the Department is in the planning stages of designing a purpose built laboratory which will offer good quality offices and a modern laboratory suite. The Department is committed to the development of advanced practitioners to support the role of Consultant Histopathologists.
Requirements for this position are the following:
- FRCPath Histopathology
- IELTS / OET
- Eligibility for GMC registration
- Previous experience at consultant level
An opportunity has arisen for a respiratory consultant to join this department of Respiratory Medicine within University Hospital based in the North West of England.
This is an opportunity to develop your career & complete CESR in a dynamic and forward thinking department in a vibrant university city.
You can look forward to outstanding quality of life on the doorstep of the stunning Lake District National Park, Yorkshire Dales National Park and Forest of Bowland Outstanding Area of Natural Beauty.
CESR:
International candidates are welcome and CESR will be supported. The team has recent experience of supporting IMGs with the CESR process, benefiting any newly appointed candidate.
Career opportunity:
The posts represent a fantastic career opportunity for clinicians with imagination, drive and commitment to work with the eight existing Respiratory Physicians and community partners to develop clinical services for the population.
The trust boasts a flourishing clinical research portfolio within the respiratory department with an interesting mixture of industry, university and NIHR funded trials. The trust is also proud to be named as one of the 50 national Vanguard sites to promote integrated medical care across our catchment area.
There is considerable opportunity for an appointee to develop sub-specialist services
The department:
The department offers modern and well-resourced inpatient facilities on dedicated wards. This includes NIV, High Flow Nasal Oxygen, Step down ventilatory care and pleural ultrasound.
Outpatient services include bronchoscopy lists across all sites with EBUS provision. They offer comprehensive pulmonary function facilitates across the trust including sleep services and bronchial provocation testing. The lung function labs have recently been upgraded to state of the art equipment including a brand new cardiopulmonary exercise machine with excellent exercise physiology research links at Lancaster University.
Specialist clinics are currently offered for lung cancer, interstitial lung disease, asthma, sleep/ventilation and TB.
Package:
The trust will offer an attractive relocation package, a flexible job plan and a generous SPA allowance as part of the job plan for the right candidate.
Local area:
This is an opportunity to develop your career in a dynamic and forward thinking department set in a vibrant university city. The local are is also surrounded by beautiful countryside, with national parks a short train or car journey away. The coast is a matter of minutes drive.
The hospital is very well connect, with an international airport just over an hours drive away.
The M6 makes travelling by road very easy. Manchester is one hour’s drive away and London two and a half hours by train.
Cost of living in this area is excellent, making this a brilliant location to settle & buy property. The area provides excellent educational, cultural and sporting facilities, making this a fantastic location for families. Morecambe Bay hosts some of the best secondary and grammar schools in the country.
The present consultants have young families and strongly advocate team working and support to ensure a healthy work-life balance.
The existing consultants have a generalist commitment and have developed special interests in line with the Trust’s MDT commitments, and it is anticipated that the new appointee, whilst maintaining generalist commitments, will equally bring or develop their own special interests. It is expected their interests can be flexibly integrated with those of the existing consultants.
You will be joining a team with the following staff numbers:
- 5 substantive consultant Cellular Pathologists
- 4 consultants in haematology
- 2 consultants in microbiology
The department has the following:
- fully computerised with a laboratory-wide system (ACT APEX)
- each consultant has use of a personal computer linked to the pathology and hospital networks.
- uses the SNOMED classification system.
- macro photography facilities in cut-up
- a well-stocked library of contemporary bench books and journals is present in the department. the department also subscribes to the American Journal of Surgical Pathology
- FRCPath in Histopathology
- Extensive experience in Histology and/or Cytology
- Eligibility for GMC registration
Overseas doctors with aspirations to work as NHS Consultants in Emergency Medicine (A&E) - doctors aspiring via the CESR route and particularly urged to apply. Doctors keen to enter Specialty Training at ST4 grade or those wishing to make direct CESR applications are welcome.
Total salaries offered a much higher than other hospitals based in the UK due to a total of 13 sessions available in ED.
These are flexible Specialty Doctor & Senior Clinical Fellow posts within in a busy and supportive Emergency Department in one of the more beautiful parts of the UK, but located within 30 minutes to the second largest city in Wales, Swansea.
The hospital is a District General Hospital with roughly 350 inpatient beds with a full set of ED equipment and facilities.
The hospitals facilities and equipment in the ED consist of resuscitation bays, X-ray, plaster rooms and treatment rooms giving immediate access to primary medical and surgical assessment treatment and care.
The Health Board serves a population of 389,000 and is leading the way for established CESR support and training for international doctors.
An established and successful CESR programme offered for MRCEM qualified doctors in Emergency Medicine.
Contrary to some popular myths - understanding of the Welsh language is not required to work in Wales and everyone speaks English as a first language!
Requirements to join are:
- MRCEM
- IELTS or OET (exemptions can be given)
- At least four years experience in Emergency Medicine
The Health Board offers support for both Tier 2 visa and is particularly welcoming of international candidates.
If you ar looking to start your career in the NHS and attain Specialist Registration and a Substantive Emergency Medicine Consultant positions - these really are fantastic opportunities.
Respiratory consultants with aspirations to attain consultant status in the NHS via CESR or CCT are urged to apply.
Joining an established and settled team of 8 respiratory consultants across both sites in the trust, the department has well managed services in lung cancer, sleep, bronchiectasis and COPD.
Whilst any subspecialty is welcome those with asthma, ILD or cancer interests would be especially desirable.
This hospital in the trust is concentrated on the Respiratory outpatient activity and there are established and proactive day hospitals administering omalizumab and IVIG, flush portacaths in addition to well established pathways for ambulatory care of PE and cellulitis.
The hospital has 182 acute medical beds and Monday - Friday all admissions are assessed by the dedicated acute physicians team which allows for a steady and controlled follow of mostly respiratory patients with some general medical patients to the respiratory team.
There is some on call with this position.
Successful applicants will be encouraged to contribute to the teaching provision at the neighboring hospital in the trust.
Requirements for this position are:
- MRCP desirable not essential
- Extensive experience in Respiratory Medicine
- At least 3 years consultant experience, even if outside the UK
- IELTS or OET
Specialists looking for consultant work in the NHS with a clear path to attaining CESR are invited to apply today.