# Locum Consultant in Acute and General Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-acute-and-general-medicine/579752ac-9cc5-4ac1-8ea5-98a4a7f065c7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-acute-and-general-medicine/579752ac-9cc5-4ac1-8ea5-98a4a7f065c7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Location:** Newham University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Acute Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term) - **Employment type:** 10 sessions per week (Full time) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-12T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-14T20:01:27.995Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/Acute_Medicine/Acute_Medicine-v8295271 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8295271?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Consultant Physician in Acute and General Medicine Newham University Hospital · Barts Health NHS Trust Fixed term – 12 months | Full time (10 PAs) | With a view to substantive appointment Newham University Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust, is seeking a Consultant Physician in Acute and General (Internal) Medicine to join our growing Acute Medicine team on a 12-month fixed-term, full-time basis (10 PAs). The post has been created to strengthen consultant staffing at the hospital’s front door and comes at an exciting time: the Division of Medicine has adopted a newly agreed two-directorate operating model, with Acute Medicine now sitting within the new Urgent & Emergency Care (UEC) Directorate alongside the Emergency Department and Same Day Emergency Care. Substantive recruitment to this and further Acute Medicine consultant posts is expected within the next few months, and the post-holder would be warmly encouraged to apply. ### Main duties of the job Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care. To oversee the Acute Medical take, performing mid and post-take ward rounds, facilitating specialty referrals and triage. To provide an immediate medical opinion for seriously ill patients at the request of junior medical staff. 2. Leadership, development and organisation of the services in their charge in line with the Trusts’ business plans. Liaison and communication with the Lead Clinician and Clinical Director for Acute Medicine and the General Manager for Medicine 3. Development of their own interests and sub-specialties within the specialty, including active participation in Research, Audit and Quality Improvement Programmes. 4. Corporate and individual responsibility for the professional management of doctors in training. 5. To provide evidence-based care. 6. To have regard at all times to the clinical and quality standards set out within the site and Trust guidelines. 7. To liaise effectively and on a timely basis with colleagues within the department, other clinical specialties within the Trust, General Practitioners, community services, and all healthcare agencies. 8. To maintain and promote team and multi-disciplinary work, working closely and regularly with the consultant medical staff. 9. To provide cover for annual and study leave colleagues so far as is practicable. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team - Experience of supervising medical staff - Ability to teach medical students and junior medical and nursing staff. - Ability to manage staff and resources effectively - Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs nurses and other agencies - IT Skills **Desirable** - Ability to motivate busy clinicians to engage in teaching - Ability to develop research projects and supervise trainees in their research ### Knowledge **Essential** - GIM and of the specialist skills required for this post - Knowledge of multidisciplinary clinical audit and demonstrable commitment to improving quality of care to patients - Understanding of modern medical curricula and commitment to life-long learning ### Qualifications **Essential** - MRCP or Equivalent Specialist qualification - Full GMC Registration with license to practice - Entry on the GMC Specialist register or eligibility for entry within 6 months of date of advisory appointments committee via one of the following: a. Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) - European Community Rights **Desirable** - Evidence of participation in research (peer reviewed publications etc.) - A higher degree (MD,PhD) ### Clinical Experience **Essential** - Higher specialist training in Specialty Interest and General Internal Medicine or Acute Medicine - Broad experience in GIM/Acute Medicine - Current ALS certificate **Desirable** - Experience in Same Day Emergency Care. ### Teaching Experience **Essential** - Bed side teaching **Desirable** - Formal teaching experiences on courses e.g. PACES ## Documents - [job description and ps (pdf, 794.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10613896) - [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120) ## 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.