# Locally Employed Doctor / Trust Grade Registrar LED - Acute Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locally-employed-doctor-trust-grade-registrar-led-acute-medicine/f84f0ea7-9a73-45b4-9c37-47a76d1ff52a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locally-employed-doctor-trust-grade-registrar-led-acute-medicine/f84f0ea7-9a73-45b4-9c37-47a76d1ff52a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Torquay - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Acute Medicine - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £61,825 pro rata, per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (12 Month Fixed Term. On-Calls) - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week (On-Calls) - **Closing date:** 2025-06-25T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2025-06-18T12:30:55.956Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Devon/Torquay/Torbay_South_Devon_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Acute_Medicine/Acute_Medicine-v7277588 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7277588?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Acute Medicine department at Torbay Hospital, working alongside a dynamic and enthusiastic clinical team. Applicants will be offered a 12-month post at registrar level in Acute Medicine. Working on the specialty doctor rota on AMU, with a commitment to the GIM registrar on-call rota. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate would be working at IMT3-equivalent level within the Acute Medicine department. The role includes participation in the 1:15 General (Internal) Medicine registrar rota, if desired by the successful candidate. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Responsibilities in Acute Medicine include: - Taking telephone referrals for medical admissions: Providing clinical advice over the phone Suggesting alternatives to admission where appropriate Directing caller to specialist teams if available Deciding appropriate admission destination (ED/AMU) - Providing clinical advice over the phone - Suggesting alternatives to admission where appropriate - Directing caller to specialist teams if available - Deciding appropriate admission destination (ED/AMU) - Identifying and reviewing patients from the take that could be rapidly discharged - Daily review of admitted patients who have already been seen by a consultant (post-PTWR) - Opportunistic bedside teaching and assessments for junior clinicians/medical students - Supporting nursing staff on the unit with clinical or management queries - Assisting with procedures as required e.g lumbar punctures - Manage flow through the unit by monitoring the O drive and admissions board - Ensuring effective handover between medical and nursing teams and evening clerking doctors - Supporting junior clinicians in ensuring effective communication with colleagues in primary care - Working alongside consultant colleagues as senior decision makers and to oversee the running of the unit. The rota is a fixed cycle incorporating blocks of nights (4 maximum), on call long days, weekends and Specialty Days.  The weekend commitment is approximately 3 weekends in every 12 weeks. On-call shifts are 12.5 hours long – either day shifts or night shifts. As the on-call registrar, you are expected to manage the medical take, which consists of around 60 medical referrals over a 24-hour period. You will have a junior team of medical trainees working with you (F1 to CT2 grade), and you will be supported by a consultant in Acute or General Medicine between 8am and 8.30pm. In the later evening and overnight, the consultant will be on call from home. ## Job Details This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Acute Medicine department at Torbay Hospital, working alongside a dynamic and enthusiastic clinical team. Applicants will be offered a 12-month post at registrar level in Acute Medicine. Working on the specialty doctor rota on AMU, with a commitment to the GIM registrar on-call rota. ## Job Description The successful candidate would be working at IMT3-equivalent level within the Acute Medicine department. The role includes participation in the 1:15 General (Internal) Medicine registrar rota, if desired by the successful candidate. ## Responsibilities Responsibilities in Acute Medicine include: The rota is a fixed cycle incorporating blocks of nights (4 maximum), on call long days, weekends and Specialty Days.  The weekend commitment is approximately 3 weekends in every 12 weeks. On-call shifts are 12.5 hours long – either day shifts or night shifts. As the on-call registrar, you are expected to manage the medical take, which consists of around 60 medical referrals over a 24-hour period. You will have a junior team of medical trainees working with you (F1 to CT2 grade), and you will be supported by a consultant in Acute or General Medicine between 8am and 8.30pm. In the later evening and overnight, the consultant will be on call from home. ## Person Specification ### Essential **Essential** - Registration with the GMC at time of starting the post - Has achieved MBChB or equivalent medical qualification - Satisfactory completion of core training/post or equivalent - ALS training or equivalent - Ability to assess, recognise and initiate management of the acutely ill patient and play an effective part in advanced life support - Able to establish good working relations with patients, carers and staff - Able to discuss treatment options with patients and carers in a way they can understand - 4 years of postgraduate experience (and not more than 10) - Have worked in UK for at least 12 months - Some time in UK role spent in Acute Medicine **Desirable** - 12 Months continuous experience within the NHS - Knowledge of UK health systems, practices and values; awareness of current issues in the NHS - Evidence of continuous professional development ## Documents - [acute med trust registrar job description (pdf, 416.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9513441) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.