Location
Salary
£113,565 - £150,569 per annum
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
Consultant
Deadline
25 Sep 2026
Contract Type
12 months (Fixed term)
Posted Date
15 Sep 2026
Medical Protection — the side of locally employed doctors from £83

Job requirements

Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.

Essential

12 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Research

    Interest in pursuing collaborative / individual research.

  • Management

    Commitment to participating in and understanding of the management process, and to demonstrating clinical leadership.

  • General Abilities

    Commitment to team approach and multi-disciplinary working

  • General Abilities

    Communication skills

  • Qualifications and Experience

    Full GMC registration with a license to practise (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview).

  • Qualifications and Experience

    Applicants that are UK trained, must also be a holder of a certificate of completion of training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview

  • Qualifications and Experience

    Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.

  • Qualifications and Experience

    MRCP or equivalent.

  • Qualifications and Experience

    Experience in the diagnosis and management of patients with immunodeficiency and allergic disease, consistent with independent practice at consultant level

  • Teaching, Audit and Governance

    Interest in postgraduate and undergraduate teaching.

  • Teaching, Audit and Governance

    Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice.

  • Teaching, Audit and Governance

    Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance

Desirable

5 listed

Additional qualities the employer would prefer.

  • Research

    Research / peer-reviewed publications in allergy

  • Management

    Evidence of management training

  • Management

    Previous involvement in service development

  • Qualifications and Experience

    Evidence of academic excellence in Clinical Immunology – MSc / MD / PhD

  • Teaching, Audit and Governance

    Previous teaching experience.

Job overview

The Trust wishes to appoint a locum Consultant in Allergy/Clinical Immunology Directorates The post is for a period of 12 months.

The role will be based in Broadgreen Hospital and the successful applicant will work alongside members of the Allergy/Clinical Immunology department which sits under the Broadgreen site management team. Much of the work will involve seeing patients referred to the allergy clinic, primarily in an outpatient setting. Clinics are typically held in a structured outpatient environment, allowing for focused, patient-centred care and multidisciplinary support.

The post-holder will be expected to contribute to MDT and teaching during clinical sessions.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

  • participate in, and have a role in maintaining and developing allergy and immunology services, management and triage of the services and participation in the development of the clinical services for accreditation;
  • conduct weekly clinics for the investigation and management of allergy in adults;
  • supervise and manage the long-term treatment of patients with allergy;
  • supervise allergen immunotherapy, and challenge/provocation testing;
  • advise on the care of in-patients, in consultation with colleagues from other specialties;
  • contribute to the updating of clinical guidelines and protocols.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Additionally, Consultants are expected to maintain continuing medical education and CPD adequate to the requirements for GMC revalidation, to participate in clinical audit, clinical governance, relevant quality assurance schemes and proficiency testing, appraisal, job plan review and revalidation.

The Trust supports the concepts of CPD, clinical audit and quality assurance, and encourages all consultants to particpate in these activities by providing time and resources. Consultants are also required to complete the Trust mandatory training.

An example job plan is provided in the attached job description, however flexible working can be discussed.

There is no mandatory out of hours work.

Colleague cross-cover for annual, professional and study leave is expected.

Applicant requirements

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.

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This advert is for Locum Consultant Allergist with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Allergy and Immunology role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed term). The application deadline is 25 Sep 2026.

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