<div><p>Main area Acute Medicine Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Acute Consultant) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (Out of hours working and On Call) Job ref 370-MEDCMAC-1409/1779</p><p>Employer North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Teaching Hospital Town Warrington Salary £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 13/06/2026 08:00</p><h3>Acute Consultant</h3><h3>NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant</h3><h3>Job overview</h3><p>An opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, enthusiastic clinician to join our team in Acute Medicine at Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.</p><p>Substantive and 12 month fixed term positions are available.</p><p>(Fixed term consultant post will be offered opportunity to progress to substantive position subject to pending terms and conditions.</p><p>Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation trust comprises of Warrington Hospital which has 570 beds and Halton Hospital which has community beds. The Emergency Department (ED) at Warrington serves a population of over 310,000 people; it is open 24 hours daily and sees 85,000 new patients per year. There are a wide range of specialties on site including medicine, surgery, orthopaedics, ENT, ophthalmology, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology. Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospital has been rated ‘Good’ in its most recent CQC inspection.</p><p>Acute Medicine at Warrington Hospital offers the opportunity to work on a dynamic, fast paced 36 bedded Acute Medicine Unit and Same Day Emergency Care Unit with an Acute Medicine follow up clinic.</p><h3>Main duties of the job</h3><p>The successful applicant appointed to a substantive or a fixed term contract for the period of 12 months, will have a mixed experience of Acute Medical Unit ward rounds, assessment of patients in the SDEC unit, and first consultant reviews in ED. Time for administration and SPA has been factored into the job plan. The job attracts payment at 10 PAs per week.</p><p>The successful applicant will form part of the senior doctor presence within the Acute Medicine Team working across all areas within Acute Medicine including the Acute Medicine Unit, Same Day Emergency Care Unit, and Acute Medicine patients within ED (Emergency Department). There will be the opportunity to support with training and education within Acute Medicine, delivering teaching sessions as part of the weekly Acute Medicine Teaching Programme. The successful applicant will be encouraged to take an active role in service development and Quality Improvement Projects to improve patient care and safety.</p><p>This post offers an exciting opportunity for a motivated Acute Medicine Consultant to deliver high quality, effective clinical care in a busy modern District General Hospital. Applicants must be on the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining a Certificate of Completion of Training at the time of interview.</p><h3>Person specification</h3><h3>Qualification and Training</h3><ul><li>Full GMC registration with a license to practice</li><li>Membership of Royal College of Physicians; CST general medicine</li></ul><h3>Skills, Knowledge and Experience</h3><ul><li>Highly motivated and enthusiastic with a ‘can do attitude’ and to make decisions</li><li>High standard of clinical skill & expertise in specialty</li><li>Ability to work efficiently and accept a high degree of diagnostic uncertainty in acute medical care</li><li>Ability to lead and inspire the clinical team</li><li>Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team</li><li>Ability to gain satisfaction from collective team working rather than the rewards of individual patient care pathways</li><li>Advanced communication skills</li><li>Enthusiasm for education for self and others</li><li>Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff</li><li>Be sensitive to the patient experience</li><li>Appropriate research to acute medicine or specialty medicine</li></ul><h3>Management Skills</h3><ul><li>Participation in clinical audit</li><li>Good knowledge / understanding of Clinical governance</li><li>Effective leadership and organisational skills</li><li>Attended management training</li></ul><h3>Further Information</h3><b>Further Information</b><p>NCM hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship, there is a minimum set of criteria that must be met and not all roles are eligible. You can find more information on the Government website</p><p>Please review your eligibility and the eligibility of the role before submitting your application.</p><p>All advertised roles may close early if there are high numbers of suitable candidates.</p><p>Pre‑employment checks for applicants with previous NHS service will include confirmation of any Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme (MARS), Voluntary Redundancy or Compulsory Redundancy payments received.</p><h3>Employer certification / accreditation badges</h3><p>You must have appropriate UK professional registration.</p><p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.</p><p>Name Dr Saagar Patel Job title Clinical Director for Urgent and Emergency Care Email address saagarpatel@nhs.net Telephone number 01925 635911</p></div>