# Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-acute-medicine/d14b20d7-15c3-4b60-863f-370103bd8148 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-acute-medicine/d14b20d7-15c3-4b60-863f-370103bd8148.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Crewe - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Acute Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Pro Rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Including on-call participation after a period of induction) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 10 sessions per week (Participate in on-call rota) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-30T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-16T13:01:03.881Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cheshire/Crewe/Mid_Cheshire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Acute_Medicine/Acute_Medicine-v8161430 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8161430?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.mcht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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 ## Documents - [welcome to mcht (pdf, 1.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2862) - [job description (pdf, 431.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10462234) - [welcome to mchft (pdf, 654.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2009) - [an applicant's guide to trust benefits (pdf, 296.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2010) - [mid cheshire hospitals benefits brochure (pdf, 1.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2791) - [guide to recruitment process & timescales (pdf, 237.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2011) ## 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.