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Reference: 2444754
Job summary
Applications are invited for two Foundation Year 2-equivalent Trust Doctor (TD) positions within the Specialty and Integrated Medicine Clinical Service Unit (CSU) at St Jamess University Hospital (SJUH), Leeds. Our TD posts will be based on our Medically Optimised for Discharge wards. The successful candidates will work alongside a multidisciplinary team including nursing staff, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, specialist discharge coordinators, and social workers. Excellent experience will therefore be provided in on-going in-patient care, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, rehabilitation, and discharge planning. There are no out-of-hours duties associated with these posts. Candidates must be fully registered with the General Medical Council and hold a license to practice by the intended start date.
Main duties of the job
Postholders will contribute to all aspects of the Specialty and Integrated Medicine service. We expect a particular focus on: Good clinical care; Maintaining good medical practice; Good relationships and communication with patients; Good working relationships with colleagues; Good teaching and training; Professional behaviour and probity. The ideal applicants for these positions will therefore be able to demonstrate excellent clinical, interpersonal and communication skills. They will be able to work cooperatively with colleagues across our multidisciplinary teams, managing their time effectively. The successful applicants will be committed to providing expert medical care, including discharge planning, in patients presenting with a wide range of acute and chronic conditions.
About us
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
Details
Date posted
23 October 2026
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Doctor - other
Salary
£47,610 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
002400
Job locations
St James’s University Hospital
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS9 7TF
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
For questions about this job, contact:
Name; Dr Steven Parke Position; Lead Clinician for General Internal Medicine Email; [email protected] Phone number; 01132065552
Why you should join our Team
You will join the Specialty and Integrated Medicine (SIM) and Urgent Care Clinical Service Units (CSUs) at St James’s University Hospital (SJUH) which together cover Acute Internal Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Elderly Medicine, Diabetes & Endocrinology, and Infectious Diseases & Travel Medicine.
Our department at SJUH is currently based across Chancellors Wing and Gledhow Wing. It comprises four Acute Medical Units (one of which incorporates a High Observation Unit (HOBS)), a Same Day Emergency Care service (with both a Medical Unit and Older Person’s Unit), two General Medicine / Diabetes & Endocrinology wards, five Elderly Medicine wards, a combined SIM ward, and an Infectious Diseases & Travel Medicine Unit.
What you will bring to the role
The successful candidates will be based on our MOFD wards, working alongside a multidisciplinary team including nursing staff, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, specialist discharge coordinators, and social workers. Excellent experience will therefore be provided in Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, on-going in-patient care, rehabilitation, and discharge planning. In addition, postholders will be encouraged to undertake QIP work with a focus on preventing / reversing deconditioning.
The department is hard-working, friendly, and co-operative. There is a strong focus on continual improvement, multi-disciplinary teamwork, clinical excellence, and patient safety and quality.
There are excellent training facilities at St James’s. Across the CSUs, educational meetings are held on most days of the week.
Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our Trust values
The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.
Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
Job description
Job responsibilities
For questions about this job, contact:
Name; Dr Steven Parke Position; Lead Clinician for General Internal Medicine Email; [email protected] Phone number; 01132065552
Why you should join our Team
You will join the Specialty and Integrated Medicine (SIM) and Urgent Care Clinical Service Units (CSUs) at St James’s University Hospital (SJUH) which together cover Acute Internal Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Elderly Medicine, Diabetes & Endocrinology, and Infectious Diseases & Travel Medicine.
Our department at SJUH is currently based across Chancellors Wing and Gledhow Wing. It comprises four Acute Medical Units (one of which incorporates a High Observation Unit (HOBS)), a Same Day Emergency Care service (with both a Medical Unit and Older Person’s Unit), two General Medicine / Diabetes & Endocrinology wards, five Elderly Medicine wards, a combined SIM ward, and an Infectious Diseases & Travel Medicine Unit.
What you will bring to the role
The successful candidates will be based on our MOFD wards, working alongside a multidisciplinary team including nursing staff, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, specialist discharge coordinators, and social workers. Excellent experience will therefore be provided in Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, on-going in-patient care, rehabilitation, and discharge planning. In addition, postholders will be encouraged to undertake QIP work with a focus on preventing / reversing deconditioning.
The department is hard-working, friendly, and co-operative. There is a strong focus on continual improvement, multi-disciplinary teamwork, clinical excellence, and patient safety and quality.
There are excellent training facilities at St James’s. Across the CSUs, educational meetings are held on most days of the week.
Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our Trust values
The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.
Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
Person Specification
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Experience
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Person Specification
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Experience
Essential
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Desirable
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
St James’s University Hospital
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS9 7TF
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
St James’s University Hospital
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS9 7TF
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)