Trust Grade Junior Doctor
For questions about this job, contact
- Name; Dr Steven Parke
- Position; Lead Clinician for General Internal Medicine
- Email; steven.parke@nhs.net
- Phone number; 01132065552
- Shortlisting Date: 05/11/2026
- Interview Date: 10/11/2026
- Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.
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 James’s 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.
Job Summary
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.
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
Sponsorship Eligibility
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.
