Consultant Medical Liaison with Safeguarding

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust; London Borough of Harrow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in London is seeking a part-time medical liaison consultant. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring effective patient management and safeguarding. Duties include daily patient liaison, managing ward referrals, and supporting non-consultant staff. This role offers the opportunity for professional development in an inclusive environment. The Trust is committed to achieving excellent staff experience and offers numerous benefits including wellbeing support and salary sacrifice schemes.

Benefits

24/7 wellbeing support

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee Assistance Programme

Rewards & Recognition platform

Qualifications

• Must have a medical background suitable for the role.
• Experience in a clinical setting is preferred.
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Support non-consultant staff and manage patient referrals.
• Liaise daily with HDU and attend board rounds.
• Guide the Trust on Safeguarding matters.

Skills

Clinical knowledge

Patient management

Educational supervision

Safeguarding

Education

Relevant medical qualification

Job description

As a medical liaison consultant you will play a key part in supporting the flow of inpatients at RNOH, working with multiple specialist services at RNOH to ensure that patients are safely discharged with appropriate onward care in place. We are looking for a part‑time consultant to grow our team and develop this essential service. Of the 4 PA, 2 PA will be dedicated to Medical Liaison and the other 2 PA to managing Safeguarding across the Trust.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop specialist interests depending on their professional needs and have time working in a teaching capacity with specialist registrars across the Trust.

Key Responsibilities

• Ward referrals
• Support of non‑consultant hospital staff
• Daily HDU liaison, including reviewing step‑down patients
• Weekly ortho‑oncology meeting (with UCLH)
• Daily MDT board rounds for orthopaedic in‑patients
• Weekly complex case MDT (including psychiatry, anaesthetics, and full MDT)
• Weekly anaesthetic complex‑case meeting
• Weekly long‑stayers complex discharge meeting
• Safeguarding adults, and falls
• Educational supervision to NCHDs
• Lead and guide the Trust on Safeguarding matters, working with the Safeguarding team

Additional Role Details

At the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH), we are committed to achieving the best staff experience in the NHS. In the 2023 NHS Staff Survey, we proudly:

• Scored above the national average for the People Promises: “We are recognised and rewarded,” “We are always learning,” “We work flexibly,” “We are a team,” and for staff engagement.
• Ranked #1 among all Trusts in North and Central London for all People Promises and themes.
• Ranked #1 among all Acute Specialist Trusts for “We work flexibly.”

At RNOH, we’re committed to being actively anti‑discriminatory and actively inclusive. We recognise our brilliant people do brilliant work, and we offer rewarding careers, no matter what their background. We continue to strive to break down barriers to be the Trust where people come together because what they do matters, makes a difference and where they can thrive.

Benefits

• 24/7 access to wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• A Rewards & Recognition platform, offering opportunities to thank colleagues, send gifts, and access exclusive discounts.
• A dedicated Staff Wellbeing Hub, providing a space to relax and recharge away from the work environment.
• Salary sacrifice schemes for transport (season ticket loans, car and bike), electrical goods, and childcare.

At RNOH, we are more than a workplace—we are committed to patients, to excellence and the wellbeing of our staff.

This is a 4 PA role responsible for medical liaison and safeguarding. 2 PA will be DCC with involvement in ward huddles, HDU reviews and board rounds as well as reviews of any patients requiring Medical review. SPA is included for CPD, teaching, audit and quality work and service development.

This advert closes on Friday 27 Feb 2026.