Job requirements
Essential
4 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Registration
Full registration with the General Medical Council with a licence to practise, and evidence of continued registration
- Registration
Specialist Registration: Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in General (Internal) Medicine, or eligibility for entry within six months of the date of interview, via CCT, the Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR), or a relevant European or recognised specialist qualification
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Qualification: MRCP(UK) or an equivalent qualification recognised as such
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Clinical experience: Broad training and experience in general internal medicine sufficient to take independent consultant responsibility for the acute medical take and for general medical inpatients; competence in the management of the acutely unwell medical patient; competence in the practical procedures expected of a general physician
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Registration
Dual accreditation in General (Internal) Medicine and a medical specialty
- Registration
FRCP; an appropriate higher degree (MD, PhD or equivalent); postgraduate qualification in medical education, quality improvement, patient safety or leadership
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Experience of a consultant-of-the-week or continuity-of-care inpatient model; experience of same day emergency care, frailty or ambulatory pathways; experience of virtual ward or hospital at home care
Job overview
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant Physician in General Internal Medicine to join the Trust’s General Internal Medicine (GIM) Directorate at New Cross Hospital. This is a locum consultant post created to strengthen consultant-delivered inpatient care for the acute medical take and its downstream GIM bed base.
The post is a dedicated General Internal Medicine appointment. The successful candidate will hold a base GIM ward, deliver daily consultant-led board rounds and ward rounds, and contribute to the acute medical take through the consultant GIM on-call rota. The post carries no subspecialty outpatient commitment: the design deliberately separates generalist inpatient care from specialty activity so that GIM inpatients receive continuous, named consultant care that is not interrupted by competing specialty sessions.
The job plan comprises 10.0 programmed activities: 8.5 PAs of direct clinical care and 1.5 PAs of supporting professional activities. The 1.5 SPA allocation is required for continuing professional development, appraisal, audit and revalidation.
The appointee will join a consultant GIM on-call rota at an expected frequency of 1 in 8, Category A, attracting an availability supplement of 5% of full-time basic salary.
Main duties of the job
- To provide consultant-delivered care to general internal medicine inpatients on an allocated base ward at New Cross Hospital, acting as the named responsible consultant for those patients. as per job description
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to work less than full time or as part of a job share. The Trust will construct a proportionate job plan on the same principles, retaining the full 1.5 core SPA allocation and a minimum of 2.0 SPAs for any post of 6 PAs or more, in line with RCP guidance.
Please see attached job description
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.
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This advert is for Locum Consultant Physician in General Internal Medicine with The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust in Wolverhampton, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor General Internal Medicine role. The advertised salary is per annum. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed term). The application deadline is 23 Oct 2026.
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