# Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-acute-medicine/9b120975-1427-4b38-bb7f-b8e1719cb7cb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-acute-medicine/9b120975-1427-4b38-bb7f-b8e1719cb7cb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Carlisle - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Acute Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** Locum: 12 months (Option to extend by mutual agreement) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-04T13:13:31.527Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cumbria/Whitehaven/North_Cumbria_Integrated_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Emergency_Services/Emergency_Services-v8027877 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8027877?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ncic.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you considering your next career opportunity?  If so, we’d love to show you why should consider joining us here in North Cumbria. We're investing into Acute Medicine services, and we can invest in you, too. We support Locum Consultants to transition into substantive posts with us through our outstanding Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) pathway. At NCIC, we are proud of our track record, with a 100% success rate in supporting doctors from a wide range of specialties achieve their career goals. We offer a highly supportive development environment, having successfully helped doctors from specialities including emergency medicine, anaesthetics, endocrinology, gastroenterology, histopathology, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology, and radiology. Joining us means benefiting from structured guidance, proven success, and a genuine commitment to helping you progress to a substantive consultant position. ### Main duties of the job There is real scope to shape your role… around what you do best If you have a special interest in frailty, virtual wards, hospital admission avoidance, front-door streaming or ambulatory care, we would actively welcome a conversation. We are flexible in how roles are built and happy to tailor job plans to align with your interests, experience and development goals. Whether you are passionate about clinical leadership, pathway development, education, or system working across primary and secondary care, there is space here for you to make a meaningful impact. This is an opportunity to join a service with momentum… and ambition You will be joining a team that is honest about the challenges of acute care, but equally committed to doing things better: for patients and for staff. Our vision is clear: the right patient, in the right place, at the right time, led by the right clinician. If you’re looking for a role where your expertise is valued, your ideas welcomed, and the service is genuinely evolving rather than standing still, we’d encourage you to get in touch for an informal discussion. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities JOB DESCRIPTION: Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants. CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL).  Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview. Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies. Disclosure and Barring Service: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post: Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment. Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment. NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits: 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years Flexible working Scheme NHS Discounts* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work* Excellent opportunities for development* Competitive NHS Pension scheme Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems *Subject to eligibility Important Information Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information. If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered. Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date. ## Job Details Are you considering your next career opportunity? If so, we’d love to show you why should consider joining us here in North Cumbria. We're investing into Acute Medicine services, and we can invest in you, too. We support Locum Consultants to transition into substantive posts with us through our outstanding Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) pathway. At NCIC, we are proud of our track record, with a 100% success rate in supporting doctors from a wide range of specialties achieve their career goals. We offer a highly supportive development environment, having successfully helped doctors from specialities including emergency medicine, anaesthetics, endocrinology, gastroenterology, histopathology, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology, and radiology. Joining us means benefiting from structured guidance, proven success, and a genuine commitment to helping you progress to a substantive consultant position. ## Job Description There is real scope to shape your role… around what you do best If you have a special interest in frailty, virtual wards, hospital admission avoidance, front-door streaming or ambulatory care, we would actively welcome a conversation. We are flexible in how roles are built and happy to tailor job plans to align with your interests, experience and development goals. Whether you are passionate about clinical leadership, pathway development, education, or system working across primary and secondary care, there is space here for you to make a meaningful impact. This is an opportunity to join a service with momentum… and ambition You will be joining a team that is honest about the challenges of acute care, but equally committed to doing things better: for patients and for staff. Our vision is clear: the right patient, in the right place, at the right time, led by the right clinician. If you’re looking for a role where your expertise is valued, your ideas welcomed, and the service is genuinely evolving rather than standing still, we’d encourage you to get in touch for an informal discussion. ## Responsibilities JOB DESCRIPTION: Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants. CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview. Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies. Disclosure and Barring Service: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post: Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment. Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment. NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits: 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years Flexible working Scheme NHS Discounts* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work* Excellent opportunities for development* Competitive NHS Pension scheme Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems *Subject to eligibility Important Information Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information. If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered. Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date. ## Person Specification ### Teaching **Essential** - Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff. **Desirable** - Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates - Teaching of non-medical health professionals. - Educational Qualification ### Experience and Knowledge **Essential** - High level of clinical experience and competence in Acute Medicine - Excellent communication skills with patients, colleagues, managers and other staff - Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients **Desirable** - A commitment to, and experience of teaching - An interest in developing links with Primary Care - Completed Higher Specialist Training (CCT) in General (Internal) Medicine, Acute Internal Medicine or evidence of equivalent competency. ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Full Registration with the General Medical Council. - Member of the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent - Proof of competency in emergency and elective index cases **Desirable** - Special interest or certification in any medical specialty. - Entry on the GMC specialist register via relevant CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview), relevant CESR or European Community Rights ### Research, Audit and Clinical Governance **Essential** - Experience of, and commitment to, medical audit. - Experience of research and Clinical Governance **Desirable** - Publications in referred journals - Ability to supervise postgraduate research ## Documents - [ncic acute medicine locum (pdf, 568.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10315034) ## 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.