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Doctors – Hospitals and Outpatients

Doctors delivering clinical excellence

This is an opportunity to work with dedicated, highly-skilled colleagues and some of the most advanced equipment in healthcare. You’ll be part of a culture that’s truly inspiring.

Doctor careers at HCA UK

“Putting patients first” was the founding philosophy of the doctors who established HCA in 1968. Since then, we have worked closely with medical professionals to put the health and wellbeing of all patients at the centre of what we do. Working closely with doctors is integral to our delivery of excellent patient care across all our hospital facilities.

Latest vacancies

Ankle Research Fellow The Wellington Hospital – London Clinical Full time Read more and apply Clinical Research Fellow Sarah Cannon Research Institute – London Clinical Full time Read more and apply Resident Doctor Oncology HCA UK at The Christie Private Care – Manchester, Greater Manchester Clinical Full time Read more and apply Resident Doctor Critical Care HCA UK at the Harborne Hospital – Birmingham, West Midlands Clinical Part time Read more and apply Resident Doctor Critical Care Lister Hospital – London Clinical Full time Read more and apply Resident Doctor Generalist HCA UK at the Harborne Hospital – Birmingham, West Midlands Clinical Part time Read more and apply

Specialisms

We have a vast range of career opportunities for physicians. We’ll support your development or progression, enabling you to carve a career that meets your ambitions. Ranging from support for funded fellowships in clinical research or medical management or part time flexible service provisions shifts to support outside interests or your other commitments.

RMOs and Clinical Fellows

Trained Specialist Registrars will benefit from working alongside leading consultants, exposed to cutting-edge technology, innovative therapy treatments and the most advanced medical equipment with a diverse range of complex patient cases. Which you generally do not see in with other private healthcare providers. At HCA we are also able to offer additional training, through our network of partnerships with Universities, Business Schools and Teaching Hospitals, fully funding Medical Research programmes, PhDs, or MSc in Clinical Leadership and Management as out of programme activity.

Consultants and Leads

Delivering better outcomes for patients is what HCA UK is all about. Through an ever expanding network of partnerships facilities, we have developed specialist medical teams with unrivalled expertise, investing in a number highly skilled medical professionals to lead our clinical teams. Our career pathway offers a number of employed substantive positions to Consultants and Lead Doctors, ranging from; RMO Lead Doctors, Specialist Lead Doctors, Associate Directors and Medical Chief Officers, who lead, educate, promote and support all our medical professionals in providing an outstanding patient service that sets us apart as world leaders in Private Healthcare.

Physician Associates

Whilst not a doctor, the physician associate is its own healthcare professional who performs to a medical model, with the skills, knowledge and attitudes base to deliver medical treatment and holistic care within general medicine under defined levels of supervision by a doctor.

Executive Medical Masters Degree

The Executive Master’s in Medical Leadership (EMML) is a specialised degree that offers advanced leadership training to doctors. Sponsored by HCA Healthcare UK, any employed Doctor at HCA will be considered to be sponsored and fully funded into this programme, whilst receiving a competitive salary whilst practicing in their specialist field at HCA. The programme develops leaders who can transform healthcare systems in ways that ultimately help people live longer, healthier lives. Grounded in research that shows that medical leadership improves healthcare system performance, this degree is distinct in targeting doctors.

Working environment and technology

This is an opportunity to be part of a stimulating working environment with the kind of well-appointed surroundings and advanced equipment that will enable you to be at your best.

Working environment

This is your opportunity to help us change the face of healthcare as you progress your career alongside inspirational colleagues. Our facilities are some of the best in the UK – and beyond. Expect high-spec surroundings, equipment and technologies. Most importantly of all, you’ll be given the time you need to deliver the kind of patient care that makes a real difference to the people you treat, and to the already well-established reputation of HCA UK.

Our technology

Over the last 10 years, we’ve invested over £500m in advanced facilities and equipment. Many of the therapies we offer aren’t available elsewhere in the UK.

CyberKnife® da Vinci© Surgical System extremity MRI scanner Gamma Knife PET-CT scanners TrueBeam™ linear accelerator RapidArc MAKOplasty robotic arm Visualase™ system

Health facts podcast with Anna Richardson

As a world-class healthcare provider, we do our best to keep the nation aware of their health. That’s why we’ve created an illuminating podcast in which we can share our expert knowledge. TV personality Anna Richardson brings together celebrity guests and leading healthcare consultants to get to the heart of different medical topics.

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Shift information

This varies between Primary and Secondary care. However, flexible working, part time and full time hours are considered. We also offer paid study time to support specialist interests as well as further training.

Personal development

Whatever your level, we’ll make sure you have the training and development you need to further hone your skills and progress your career.

Through our network of partnerships with Universities, Business Schools and Teaching Hospitals, we are able to sponsor Medical Research programmes, PhDs, or MSc in Clinical Leadership and Management as out of programme training activity. Some of our unique fellowships are recognised for training and are led by world-class Consultants recognised in their field.

The equivalent to NHS training grade ST3 or above, we have opportunities which spread across a vast range of specialist areas such as Medical Oncology, Critical Care, Cardiology, Haematology, Paediatrics, General Surgery, Neurology, Oncology Clinical Trials, Obstetrics and Gynaecology to name a few.

Whether you choose to take a gap year from your training, take up one of our sponsored Fellowships or need variable shifts to combine your research projects with clinical practice, or looking for long term career progression, HCA UK can cater for all your needs and interests by offering full time, part time, bank or annualised hours contracts with continuous CPD and mentorship.

Locations

Many of our doctors are based at our six renowned London hospitals and four specialist care clinics in London as well as The Christie Private Care in Manchester.

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