Locum Consultant - Cardiology & Acute Medicine | Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust; Walsall; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Locum Consultant in both Cardiology and Acute Medicine. The role involves delivering high-quality acute medical interventions and managing emergency admissions. The ideal candidate will support teaching, continuous professional development, and patient care quality assurance. This position includes participation in a 1:7 on-call schedule and offers 10 Programmed Activities per week. Applications close on September 26, 2025.

Benefits

Access to NHS Leadership programs

Clinical courses for professional development

Qualifications

• Experience in acute medical care and cardiology.
• Ability to lead and deliver comprehensive patient care.
• Commitment to continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of acute medical interventions.
• Manage admissions and emergency medical care.
• Support teaching and training of medical staff.

Skills

High-quality acute medical intervention

Evidence-based clinical standards

Leadership in acute care

Commitment to cardiology service

Teaching and training expertise

Education

Medical degree

Fellowship in Cardiology or Acute Medicine

Job description

Overview

This is a Locum Consultant position across both Cardiology and Acute Medicine for 10 Programmed Activities per week with an additional PA available subject to negotiation and will include participation in a 1:7 Cardiology hot week on-call. Typically, a consultant will spend 7.5 PA’s on Direct Clinical Care (this includes 1.5 PA’s on Supporting Professional Activities and 1 PA for admin). Plus 1.25 additional PA’s for weekend on call 1 in 7 and 1 PA for GIM on call as per the rota.

The trust and the Acute Care Team have a robust program for mentoring the new Consultant appointment including access to NHS Leadership programs and clinical courses. The Acute medical team work on a rotational basis covering Ward 29 – Short stay, AMU and Ambulatory care.

Acute - 5 PA out of 4 is DCC and 1 PA is SPA + Admin.

Cardiology - 5 PA out of 4 is DCC and 1 PA is SPA & Admin.

Further details in the job description attached. Advert may close earlier upon receipt of suitable number of applications.

Acute

• Definitive care of patient attendances and admissions
• To lead the delivery of high quality acute medical intervention to patients in all Acute areas by continued development of practice in the light of evidence-based clinical standards.
• To lead the provision of comprehensive medical service to AMU and develop comprehensive plans for patient care in the acute phase, taking active involvement in the management of all unscheduled emergency medical admissions to the Trust.
• To develop and provide acute medical services to assist in the admission avoidance and early safe discharges strategies of the Trust.
• To lead and direct the AMU to facilitate substantial reform in the management of emergency medical patients, establishing links with GPs and other consultant staff.
• To monitor the delivery of emergency medical care to ensure high quality, evidence-based care at all times.
• To ensure safe high quality acute medical intervention including procedures required for patients and is responsive and in line with best practice.

Further details in the JD.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. A new Urgent Emergency Care Centre was opened in March 2023. The two-storey development has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity and has provided almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.

Cardiology

• To be responsible for ensuring a commitment in providing a high-quality cardiology service to patients by continual development of practice in the light of research evidence and by audit against Clinical standards.
• To provide advice to primary and secondary care colleagues in other specialities in relation to cardiac problems and overseeing the internal referrals assessed by junior and specialist cardiac team.
• To provide a comprehensive outpatient service from clinics provided in both the main outpatients and specialist clinics held within the Clinical Measurement Unit.
• To support teaching and training of junior medical staff, medical students Postgraduate Medical Education; in general. The Trust will strongly Support and allow time for CPD for the Successful candidate.
• To support and encourage audit and research and develop close links with academic initiatives.
• To actively participate in CME and personal development programmes.
• To complement non-invasive imaging in addition to overseeing and addressing clinically urgent cardiology reporting within the Clinical Measurement Unit.
• To develop an interest in coronary interventions.
• To support the on-going development of services for cardiology in line with the existing programmes for management of coronary heart disease, angina and heart failure liaising with community and primary care services.

This advert closes on Friday 26 Sep 2025