# Acute Consultant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/acute-consultant/5ca12b60-0e7b-44e1-b320-43086ca1ff8f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/acute-consultant/5ca12b60-0e7b-44e1-b320-43086ca1ff8f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Warrington - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Acute Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Acute Consultant) - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week (Out of hours working and On Call) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-13T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-08T16:52:10.945Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cheshire/Warrington/North_Cheshire_Mersey_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Acute_Medicine/Acute_Medicine-v7906848 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7906848?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.whh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview 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. Substantive and 12 month fixed term positions are available. (Fixed term consultant post will will be offered opportunity to progress to substantive position subject to pending terms and conditions. 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. 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. ### Main duties of the job 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. 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. 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. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full details of this role are available within the Job Description and Person Specification  --- ## Job Details 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. Substantive and 12 month fixed term positions are available. (Fixed term consultant post will will be offered opportunity to progress to substantive position subject to pending terms and conditions. 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. 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. ## Job Description 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. 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. 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. ## Responsibilities The full details of this role are available within the Job Description and Person Specification --- ## Person Specification ### Management Skills **Essential** - - Participation in clinical audit - - Good knowledge / understanding of Clinical governance - - Effective leadership and organisational skills **Desirable** - - Attended management training ### Qualification and Training **Essential** - - Full GMC registration with a license to practice - - Membership of Royal College of Physicians; CST general medicine - - 6 months NHS experience **Desirable** - - CST Acute Medicine - - Higher degree - - ALS ### Skills, Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - - Highly motivated and enthusiastic with a ‘can do attitude’ and to make decisions - - High standard of clinical skill & expertise in specialty - - Ability to work efficiently and accept a high degree of diagnostic uncertainty in acute medical care - - Ability to lead and inspire the clinical team - - Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team - - Ability to gain satisfaction from collective team working rather than the rewards of individual patient care pathways - - Advanced communication skills - - Enthusiasm for education for self and others - - Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff - - Be sensitive to the patient experience **Desirable** - - Appropriate research to acute medicine or specialty medicine - - Additional Leadership training - - Training in Educational Supervision ## Documents - [whh staff benefits (pdf, 2.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2892) - [acute medicine consultant - substantive and fixed term (pdf, 532.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10354718) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.