Consultant – Acute Medicine

Company: National Health Service
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Overview

In this role you will contribute to a fast-paced, improvement-driven acute medicine service at Croydon University Hospital. You will cover structured on-call duties and oversee AMU care, ensuring rapid assessment, stabilization, and early treatment before downstream referral to zoned wards. The position supports cross-functional collaboration to deliver safe, timely medical care and improvement of patient flow. This is an opportunity to influence acute care delivery in a busy hospital setting.

Pay / Benefits

  • parking
  • gym
  • health and wellbeing programme
  • on-site nursery
  • cycle to work scheme

Responsibilities

  • On-call commitments (12-hour weekday, 5 in 9 weeks; weekend on-call in AMU and GIM duties)
  • Lead clinical care in the Acute Medical Unit, with rapid initiation of evidence-based treatments
  • Coordinate referral and movement of acutely ill patients to zoned specialty wards
  • Provide senior clinical input to ensure appropriate, timely patient care across the Trust

Key requirements

  • Full registration with the GMC
  • MB BS or equivalent (and registrable with the GDC MFDS or equivalent)

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Posted: October 10th, 2026