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. This is a 12 month fixed term post.
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.
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
Other
Essential
- 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)
Ability
Essential
- Recognised ability to work within, and provide leadership to, the multidisciplinary team
- Effective communicator
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Flexibility of approach
- Commitment to clinical risk management and implementation of clinical governance
- Effective team leader
Experince
Essential
- Extensive experience in Acute / General Internal Medicine
Desirable
- Other specialties will be considered but especially desirable would be Respiratory Medicine, Care of the Elderly/Frailty, Diabetes or Rheumatology
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCP or equivalent
Desirable
- Additional higher degrees relevant to this post
- Other postgraduate qualification e.g. MD, PhD
- Qualified educational supervisor
Audit and Research
Essential
- Relevant experience in clinical audit
- Relevant experience in research and evidence of publications
- Ability to develop evidence based practice
Desirable
- Research leading to MD or PhD
Teachhing and Education
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- 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
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This advert is for Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine with Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Crewe, North West, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Acute Medicine role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 Pro Rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Including on-call participation after a period of induction). The application deadline is 30 Jul 2026.
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