Main area Acute Medicine Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Pro rata) Hours
* Full time
* Part time
10 sessions per week (Participate in on-call rota) Job ref 412-MED-7730965
Employer Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Leighton Hospital Town Crewe Salary £109,725 - £145,478 Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 18/03/2026 23:59
Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant in the Acute Medicine Department at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity for the successful motivated and enthusiastic candidate to join the team based at Leighton Hospital in Crewe.
There are two opportunities available:
1 x 12 months fixed term to cover a vacancy 8PAs
1 x fixed term May 2026 – February 2027 to cover Sabbatical Leave 10PAs
The successful candidate will be highly motivated with a passion to improve the quality of patient care. They will have strong communication skills and be an excellent ‘Team Player’. They will value training and education.
The successful applicants must have full registration with the GMC and continue to hold a License to Practice.
Main duties of the job
The vision of the Acute Medical Unit is to consistently provide a caring, professional, high quality, efficient clinical service for patients who present with an acute medical condition to secondary care from the community, Emergency Department or following a clinic attendance.
Our values, alongside professional codes of conduct, will empower staff to deliver a high quality service.
Working for our organisation
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
The Trust is one of a small number of hospitals nationally confirmed to be in an early phase of the national New Hospital Build Programme. This will result in the acute hospital on the Leighton site being completely rebuilt and operational by 2031, providing fantastic opportunities for development and transformation of elective and acute surgical services at MCHFT.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
9 PAs (DCC): which includes 1.25 PAs to cover scheduled on-call work (identified as on-call on job plan timetable).
1 core SPA PA per week to support appraisal and revalidation.
further details about the role can be found within the attached JD.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC Registration
* MBBS or equivalent
* MRCP or equivalent
* Additional higher degrees relevant to this post
* Other postgraduate qualification e.g. MD, PhD
* Qualified educational supervisor
Experince
* Extensive experience in Acute / General Internal Medicine
* Other specialties will be considered but especially desirable would be Respiratory Medicine, Care of the Elderly/Frailty, Diabetes or Rheumatology
Ability
* Recognised ability to work within, and provide leadership to, the multidisciplinary team
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Flexibility of approach
* Commitment to clinical risk management and implementation of clinical governance
* Effective team leader
Audit and Research
* Relevant experience in clinical audit
* Relevant experience in research and evidence of publications
* Ability to develop evidence based practice
* Research leading to MD or PhD
Teachhing and Education
* Evidence to allow accreditation as a Consultant Clinical Supervisor for trainee doctors with the GMC
* Experience and interest in teaching both junior medical and non-medical staff
* Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development and lifelong learning
* Commitment to teaching
* Membership of Society of Acute Medicine
* Recognised teaching skills course Special interest in role development and staff training
* Evidence to allow accreditation as a Consultant Educational Supervisor for trainee doctors with the GMC
* Membership of relevant medical associations/learned societies
Other
* Ability to communicate effectively with patients and staff at all levels of the organisation
* Meets professional health requirements (in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice)
Key Messages
Not all NHS roles are eligible for sponsorship. Candidates that require sponsorship to work in the UK are strongly advised to check the Government website for up to date and job specific information. The salary threshold for sponsorship is £25,000 for Health and Care Visas and £41,700 (with limited exceptions) for Skilled Worker visas. The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet these immigration rules.
Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process and we'll be happy to discuss this with you.
We actively promote flexible working so please discuss any requirements you may have with us.
Secondments will be considered for fixed term positions when both parties agree. Candidates should seek approval from their current line manager before application.
* All correspondence will be sent via the email address you have registered as your TRAC account. Selection is based on the Trust's values, and the criteria outlined in the Job Description for the role.
* Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the entry point (bottom) of the pay band.
* Appointments are subject to a 6-month probationary period. LED Doctors are subject to a 3-month probationary period.
* You are required to pay for a DBS disclosure where the post requires one, and we encourage applicants to join and remain registered with the DBS update service.
* We do not reimburse travel to interview expenses.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Contact Information
* Name: Dr Shirley Hammersley | Job title: Associate Medical Director | Email: shirley.hammersley@mcht.nhs.uk | Telephone: 01270 273584
* Additional information:
o Dr Sarah Kay
o Consultant Acute Physician and Clinical Lead for Acute Medicine
o Email: sarah.kay@mcht.nhs.uk
o Tel: 01270 612092
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