# Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine - Whiston Hospital > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-emergency-medicine-whiston-hospital/13cde625-1ce2-4c89-8693-a961b169596f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-emergency-medicine-whiston-hospital/13cde625-1ce2-4c89-8693-a961b169596f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** Whiston Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Emergency Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** Locum: 12 months - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 PA per week) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-13T15:56:04.047Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Prescot/Mersey_West_Lancashire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Medical_Dental/Medical_Dental-v8316984 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8316984?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sthk.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This post is for a Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine. This is a full-time fixed term post for 12 months offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Medic to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. Applicants are required to be fully registered with the General Medical Council at the time of appointment. ### Main duties of the job Medical Care Group The emergency department is managed within the medical care group which includes medical specialities and paediatrics. Recent developments within the care group include an extensive project, Medicine Redesign, with many developments for improving efficiencies in the ED, acute and speciality medical wards. The Trust is very engaged in delivering egress from the Emergency Department. An expansion of consultant physicians has allowed progress to move towards 7 day working throughout all medical wards. Job Plan (days not fixed and negotiable with new employee and current staff) You will work a 10 PA fixed term contract for one year. 1PA SPA, 9 PA clinical working both in paediatrics and adults You will be required to work Monday evenings starting at 4pm and finishing at midnight You will be required to work 1 in 6 weekends There will be no on call commitment ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please find attached detailed job description and person specification for main responsibilities and requirements. ### 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 ### Other **Essential** - Is up to date and fit to practise safely ### Our Values **Essential** - We are Kind - We are Open - We are Inclusive ### Qualifications **Essential** - Full GMC registration at the time of appointment - MBBS or equivalent medical qualification - FRCEM or equivalent medical qualification - ALS, ATLS or ETC and APLS or equivalent qualification **Desirable** - Instructor status for one or more of the life support courses ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Evidence of achievement of competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice including: - Good clinical care - Maintaining good medical practice - Good relationships and communication with patients - Good working relationships with colleagues - Good teaching and training - Professional behaviour and probity - Delivery of good acute clinical - Clinical training and experience to manage, supervise and offer expert clinical opinion on patients of all ages presenting to the Emergency Department - Taking full independent responsibility for all patients in the Emergency Department - Advise and manage the efficient running of the Emergency Department including leadership for junior doctors / clinical practitioners within the department - Experience of supervising doctors and practitioners with the ability to teach clinical and practical skills as required - Evidence of appropriate teaching experience **Desirable** - Demonstrates ability to undertake robust audit within team structure - Evidence of feedback or peer review on these skills - Experience of formally supervising medical students, F1, F2, ACCS and specialist trainees - Evidence of relevant research e.g. presentations, publications in peer reviewed journals - The ability to apply outcomes to clinical problems ## Documents - [risk assess (pdf, 384.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10638238) - [job description (pdf, 272.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10692061) - [staff benefits at mwl (pdf, 5.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2916) - [person specification (pdf, 168.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10692062) - [mwl recruitment journey (pdf, 884.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2902) - [important information for candidates (pdf, 128.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=663) - [helpful tips to complete your application form (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2901) ## 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.