Consultant In Acute Medicine

East Cheshire Nhs Trust; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

East Cheshire NHS Trust in Macclesfield is seeking a Consultant Acute Physician to join a growing team of five. The role covers MAU, SDEC and AMRU with leadership of junior doctors and responsibility for admissions and patient flow.

The position offers permanent, full-time hours with 10 PAs per week, and a flexible rostering arrangement across GVW, SDEC and AMRU. The salary ranges from £113,565 to £150,569 per year.

Qualifications

• Essential: MRCP (UK) or equivalent.
• Essential: Full GMC registration with licence to practise.
• Essential: CCT or within six months of award.
• Essential: Specialist Register or CESR with GMC confirmation.
• Desirable: MD/PhD.
• Essential: UK CCST or equivalent in General Internal Medicine.
• Essential: Broad range of recent experience in general internal medicine.
• Essential: Training and experience to manage an acute medical 'take'.
• Desirable: Experience at senior grade in emergency/critical care.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor junior medical staff in assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
• Guide MRCP PACES teaching and postgraduate training for foundation doctors.
• Develop services and ensure high-quality clinical governance and audits.
• Co-ordinate and supervise acute medicine service delivery per GIRFT and Royal College frameworks.
• Provide flexible and high-quality care with collaboration with primary care.
• Support development of clinical services in AMU, MAU, SDEC and AMRU.

Education

MRCP (UK) or equivalent

GMC registration with licence to practise

Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)

Specialist Register or CESR with GMC confirmation

MD/PhD

UK CCST equivalent training

Broad experience in general internal medicine

Managing acute medical take experience

Supervising and teaching residents

Job description

Job summary

At Macclesfield District General Hospital we are are excited to welcome a Consultant Acute Physician to join a dynamic and forward thinking team. The successful applicant will join a team of 5 Consultant Acute Physicians during an exciting stage of growth and expansion for the service. With the guidance of our inspiring clinical team, this role will allow you the opportunity to enhance your skills, leadership and confidence while holding management and clinical responsibility for patients on the Medical Admissions Unit (MAU).

The new Consultant Acute Physician will join our outstanding team in the delivery of acute care across the Medical Admissions Unit (MAU), Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), Acute Medical Receiving Unit (AMRU) and will support the Emergency Department staff with assessments of patients with acute medical problems. Your expertise will play a key role in leading and coordinating the junior medical staff to ensure that patients are assessed and admitted or discharged in line with Emergency Department targets.

The team is part of an exciting project in which an extension in the form of a receiving unit (AMRU) has been added to MAU in June 2026.

Offer of dynamic rostering / flexible work spread between General Virtual Ward (GVW), SDEC and AMRU (Acute Medical Receiving Unit). The role outlined will be pivotal in guiding the department toward our long-term vision and strategy of providing excellent care to the local community.

Hours per week: 10 PA's (permanent)

Main duties of the job

• MAU / AMRU ward cover - Managing admissions and flow of between 30 - 35 patients per day.
• Monday to Friday until 8pm, working as the Physician of the Day (POD) 1x weekly.
• Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) cover - on call cover on Friday
• Emergency department in reach
• Weekend post take ward rounds.
• Medical Sub-specialty interest OPD clinics
• General virtual ward rounds

Responsibilities

Play a vital role in the training, mentoring and leading of junior medical staff with the assessment and management of acutely unwell medical patients, and contribute to MRCP PACES teaching. Postgraduate medical training of foundation year doctors and speciality trainees while working towards GIRFT recommendations as well as Royal College frameworks for Acute Medicine patients.

To be able to work flexibly and provide high quality care with particular emphasis on:

• Develop appropriate services to meet clinical needs utilising available resources.
• Collaborative working specifically with colleagues in primary care and the community to ensure effective management of acutely unwell patients.
• Education and training of medical students, doctors and professionals allied to medicine including Advanced Clinical Practitioners
• Demonstration and engagement with the principles of clinical governance. Maintaining robust systems for effective clinical audit in the specialty and general medicine, as appropriate.
• Developing services as indicated by recommendations of the Royal College of Physicians, NICE and specialist societies.

About us

NHS Medical and Dental salaries are set at a national level. For new starters not already working to UK Medical and Dental terms and conditions of service will be appointed to the minimum paypoint. The starting salary paypoint can only be increased when there is evidence of relevant, completed year's experience in terms of nature, type and level of role. The evidence required to increase a starting salary would be Payslips and details noted in the application form i.e. complete employment history

Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate.

If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.

Details

Date posted: 26 October 2026

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Consultant

Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 209-A-26-8381348

Job locations: Macclesfield District General Hospital, Victoria Road, Macclesfield, SK10 3BL, United Kingdom

Person Specification

Registration

• Essential: Full GMC registration with a current license to practice

Qualifications

• Essential: MRCP (UK) or equivalent
• Essential: Applicants must have full and specialist registration (and a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for registration within six months of interview).
• Essential: UK trained applicants are required to be a Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
• Essential: Applicants are required to be on the Specialist Register or due to obtain their CCT within 6 months of interview. CESR candidates must have written GMC confirmation of successful application.
• Desirable: MD/PhD

Clinical Experience

• Essential: Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCST (Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training) in general (internal) medicine
• Essential: Broad range of recent experience in general (internal) medicine
• Essential: Training and experience to manage an acute medical 'take'
• Essential: Expertise in relevant practical procedures eg insertion of intercostal drains, central venous lines, & lumbar puncture
• Essential: Evidence of ability to change clinical practice and service provision
• Essential: Up to date practice in line with recent initiatives
• Desirable: Experience at senior grade of a critical /emergency care specialty or general medical sub-specialty

Teaching

• Essential: Experience of successfully supervising and teaching resident doctors and other staff
• Desirable: Evidence of having developed learning opportunities for others

Other role requirements

• Essential: Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details regarding the role requirements

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: East Cheshire NHS Trust

Employer's website: https://www.eastcheshire.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Clinical Lead, Acute Medicine, Dr Imran Ansari, [e-mail], 01615661455

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post. Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.