Job requirements
Essential
4 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Completed FY2 or equivalent experience.
- Qualifications
MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- Qualifications
Full GMC registration (or eligibility at time of appointment).
- Value Based Question
How would you ensure you represent MFT in a positive way?
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Transport
Car driver with access to a vehicle for home visits (or ability to travel to patients’ homes via trust policy arrangements).
- Experience
Prior experience in Acute Medicine, General Practice, Community Care, or Urgent Care.
- Experience
Experience with remote monitoring systems or digital clinical tools.
- Experience
Evidence of involvement in audit/QI work.
Job overview
Job Overview
Job Title: CTF ST1/ST2 Smart Virtual Ward
Division: Operations Directorate
Salary: £45,715 - £48,309 per annum pro rata
Interview Date: TBC
We are recruiting for an CTF ST1/ST2 for Smart Virtual Ward who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The postholder will join a rapidly expanding 24-hour Virtual Ward Service providing safe, effective, and patient-centred care to patients who can be treated outside traditional inpatient settings. The service has a 200-bed virtual capacity, supported by remote monitoring technologies and an integrated multidisciplinary team.
The role combines virtual clinical assessment, remote monitoring, face-to-face reviews (in hospital or patients’ homes when required), and active involvement in patient flow, including reviewing and accepting referrals from across the hospital.
The doctor will work at CTF–ST1–ST2 level, making independent clinical decisions appropriate to grade, with direct access to senior support from Virtual Ward Registrars and Consultants.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for CTF ST1 ST2 Smart Virtual Ward with Medway NHS Foundation Trust in Gillingham, England. It is listed as a Junior Medical doctor General Internal Medicine role. The advertised salary is £45,715 - £48,309 per annum pro rata. The contract type is 23 months (Fixed Term period of 23 months). The application deadline is 05 Nov 2026.
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