General Medicine Locum Consultant – With Interest in Stroke Medicine

Southend University Hospital NHS Trust; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A national healthcare service provider seeks a Locum Consultant Physician in General Medicine with an interest in Stroke. The role involves supporting patient care, supervising junior staff, and liaising with multidisciplinary teams. Ideal candidates will contribute to improving acute medical services and patient outcomes. This is a significant opportunity for those keen on advancing their careers in a collaborative healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Strong interest in Stroke medicine.
• Experience in acute medical care and multidisciplinary working.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of patient care within the General Medicine team.
• Liaise with various medical teams to ensure collaborative care.
• Train and supervise junior medical staff.

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for a Locum Consultant Physician in General Medicine to join our Medicine Directorate with an interest in Stroke.

Our General Medicine team will be responsible for delivering high end acute medical care to patients promptly with discharge back to the community quickly from our wards. If you desire quick patient turnover with a variety of acute medical problems to care for, then this is an ideal job for you.

The successful candidate with Stroke interest will provide individualised care based on multi-disciplinary holistic assessment of the individual care needs of people who present with stroke.

The components of the service which the successful applicant will help to provide are:

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of patient care within our General Medicine team in line with national standards and Care Quality Commission requirements.
• Have clinical and administrative responsibility for General Medicine team.
• Liaise closely with Emergency Medicine, medical and critical care, in-patient teams and primary and community services to ensure collaborative working arrangements are in place, which maximise benefits to patient care.
• Appoint and supervise our junior medical staff.
• Train and help to develop nursing and junior medical staff and students.
• Rapid Assessment Clinic for TIA/minor stroke patients held five days a week where 20 - 25 suspected new stroke/TIA patients are seen per week. There is also a service for high risk TIA patients at weekends and bank holidays. The seven day a week service includes same day CT or MRI scan and Carotid Doppler. We are currently achieving our performance targets for high risk and low risk patients, and looking to adapt this service in view of the latest RCP guidelines.
• Multidisciplinary rehabilitation of stroke patients on the stroke ward including meetings with relatives.
• Weekly outpatient clinics providing for new referrals and medical follow up for recently discharged stroke patients and other patients.

Our Ambition

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the post.

Please do not hesitate to contact us.

We look forward to your application.

This advert closes on Tuesday 21 Oct 2025