Overview
We are looking to recruit a full-time Consultant, offering opportunities for a highly motivated Medic to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care.
The successful candidate will help us to continue to develop medical services within the Trust, including responsibility for the acute medical units and the same day emergency care unit.
Responsibilities
* Help develop medical services within the Trust, including responsibility for the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) and the same day emergency care unit.
* Work within the Acute & Emergency Medicine Care Group which encompasses Acute Medicine and Emergency Medicine within the Division of Medicine at the Royal Liverpool Hospital.
* Join an established consultant team, lead from the frontline, and work with doctors in training from the Mersey deanery and a skilled nursing team to provide outstanding 24-hour care.
* Contribute to the management of acute medical admissions (AMU) and related patient pathways, including abstraction of data and involvement in service development and improvement initiatives.
Context and Organization
The Division’s Medical Director is Dr Mark Lawton, with Dr Patricia Cunningham as the Clinical Director for Acute Medicine. Major clinical subspecialties within the Division of Medicine include cardiology, respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, nephrology, diabetes & endocrinology, clinical gerontology, dermatology & allergy, rheumatology, infectious diseases & clinical pharmacology. Neurology is provided by the regional neurological centre (Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust) at the University Hospital Aintree campus.
Acute emergency medical admissions are preferentially handled within the AMU, adjacent to the Emergency Department (ED) at the Royal Liverpool Hospital. The AMU handles the majority of the Division’s acute admissions and currently has 66 beds, plus an acute assessment area with 26 examination spaces. Approximately 40% of admissions are discharged home directly from the unit; the median stay is around 18 hours. Since 2018 there has been significant investment in the ambulatory emergency care service (AEC), including a dedicated space for same-day interventions and a virtual component to improve efficiency and reduce hospital visits.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital and Royal Liverpool University Hospital. The group, formed on 1 Nov 2024, unites LUHFT with Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust to improve patient care. UHLG is a large regional employer with over 16,800 colleagues, serving 630,000 people locally and providing general and emergency hospital care alongside highly specialised regional services for over two million people in the North West.
Hospitals within the group include Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool Women’s Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, each with its own focus on major trauma, elective services, maternity care, and complex planned care.
How to Apply / Contact
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page. For further details or informal visits contact:
Name: Patricia Cunningham
Job title: Clinical Director
Email: patricia.cunningham2@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
Telephone: 0151 706 2000
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