Abigail Hill

I perform detailed medical assessments for prospective Royal Marines, applying rigorous clinical standards to evaluate physical and mental fitness for military service.

• Deliver high-quality medical evaluations aligned with Ministry of Defence (MoD) standards, supporting one of the UK’s most elite military branches.
• Exercise autonomous clinical judgment in determining candidate suitability, managing complex cases and making fitness-for-service decisions with significant long-term impact.
• Provide clear, evidence-based recommendations regarding enlistment, deferment, or further investigation, ensuring both candidate welfare and operational readiness.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary recruitment teams and maintain meticulous medical documentation in accordance with MoD governance protocols.
• Remain up-to-date with evolving military medical guidelines (PULHHEEMS), consistently applying best practice in a fast-paced, outcome-focused environment.

This role has sharpened my ability to assess clinical fitness in diverse populations, reinforced my independent decision-making skills, and deepened my experience in occupational and military medicine.

• Referred patients to specialists as necessary for optimal treatment outcomes.
• Provided comprehensive patient care, improving overall well-being.
• Coordinated multidisciplinary team services to ensure holistic patient care provision.
• Prescribed medications to manage patients' symptoms effectively.

I am currently working as a locum GP. I have experience working in practices of various size and of varying demographics.

I am used to managing clinics of patients that have been pre booked and also same day urgent clinics. I am familiar and comfortable working in practices as a duty doctor if they employ this system.

I am comfortable and competent at reviewing patient of all ages and with all complaints. I am also experienced in reviewing patients at home.

Finally I have worked in a GP surgery that supervises a nurse lead MIU and small inpatient ward so have experience in giving advice and reviewing patients in these facilities too.

My experience working in general practice means that I am good at working as part of a multi disciplinary team. I have good communication skills and awareness of how to work collaboratively to give optimum patient care.

Working in locum capacity means that I have good organizational and time management skills.

I hold the indoor cycling instructor qualification to perform and lead group sessions of indoor cycling.

I have an interest in sports medicine as I am a triathlete and so this qualification has enhanced my learning in anatomy and physiology in regards to cycling and teaching.

I feel this is also complimentary to my medical/clinical work.

Teaching group cycling has improved my communication and leadership skills.

I have been working in the emergency department at the RDE for 7 years now. This was initially as an SHO but for the past 2 years I have been working as a middle grade doctor, a senior doctor in the department.

This has involved working in minors, majors and Resus. I am therefore comfortable seeing patients of varying priority and urgency and with a wide range of presentations. I am again competent in treating a sick patient and also with minor injuries. This has been complementary to my work as a GP as I am more experienced at identifying an unwell patient and need to escalate to secondary care.

This job has further developed my interpersonal skills as working well with members of the team is crucial in this environment.

As a senior doctor in the department I have been supervising the review of patient by doctors with less experience then myself and have taken charge of areas of the department. This has allowed my to develop my clinical leadership skills.

The experience I have in the emergency department has also meant that I have well practiced practical skills some of which are transferrable to general practice.

I have experience working in a foreign health care setting, though the system does not differ greatly to that in the UK this shows my ability to adapt to new work, surroundings and culture. I believe I open minded and aware of how a persons environment can affect their health and am able to consider a diagnosis depending on a persons surroundings and culture.

This was a small hospital where I worked with just one other doctor.

Given the high level of tourism in the area and the demographic being a large proportion of people between the ages of 18-35 I managed a lot of complications from drugs and alcohol.

I also became well practiced in managing minor and major injuries in this hospital again due to the age of patients and the active community.