# Locum Consultant in General Internal Medicine

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** John Radcliffe Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** General Internal Medicine
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Per Annum (Plus on-call enhancement)
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term - vacancy commences 15/12/2026 provisional for 1 year)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week (+ 5% on-call suplement)
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-27T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-11-13T14:30:40.414Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Oxford/Oxford_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Acute_General_Medicine/Acute_General_Medicine-v8392167
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8392167?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.ouh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Applications are invited for a consultant post in Acute General Medicine (AGM) and Ambulatory Care Medicine at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUHFT). The OUH NHS Trust comprises four hospitals: the John Radcliffe, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Churchill Hospital and the Horton General Hospital. Applicants will be based mainly at the John Radcliffe Hospital and Horton Hospital.

This is an exciting time to join AGM and Ambulatory Care Medicine at OUHFT and become part of a consultant workforce with a reputation for excellence. We are seeking enthusiastic colleagues who are skilled in the delivery of acute medical care and the interface with the Emergency Department and other hospital specialties.

### Main duties of the job

The post-holder’s duties will be delivered across both acute hospital sites, but it is a condition of the appointment that the post-holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations. The post-holder will provide consultant physician services for the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, including care of acute admissions, care of outpatients, leading ward rounds and other professional activities relating to Acute General Medicine and Ambulatory Care.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification Document.

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### 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

### Work Experience

**Essential**

- General training in medicine to specialist level or equivalent.
- Experience in acute general medicine (minimum of 12 months at SpR or consultant level)
- Broad experience of acute general medicine
- Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.

**Desirable**

- Evidence of completed and published research.
- Experience in management of frail elderly in acute setting

### Other Requirements

**Desirable**

- Full driving licence

### Skills and Knowledge

**Essential**

- Excellent leadership skills / Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital
- Sufficient organisational skills to function as a consultant
- Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
- Evidence of interdisciplinary and multi-professional working
- Evidence of flexibility and open to innovative ways of working
- Excellent spoken and written English /Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
- Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
- Ability to support departmental research.

**Desirable**

- Evidence of leadership in NHS, research, teaching, professional bodies, or service development.
- Management qualification.
- Ability to use word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation programs.
- Prior experience with clinical information systems.
- Proven ability to communicate in written form (publications, reports etc).
- Education qualification Experience as clinical or educational supervisor
- Peer reviewed publications Research grants

### Qualifications/Training

**Essential**

- GMC registration
- CCT/CCST/CESR in Geriatric and General Internal Medicine
- Medical Degree (MBChB, MBBS) MRCP or equivalent

**Desirable**

- Higher medical degree

## Documents

- [job description - locum consultant agm october 2026 (pdf, 272.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10722400)
- [person spec - substantive consultant agm august 2025 (pdf, 88.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10722394)

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