Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals; England; À distance; GBP 114 000 - 151 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals seeks a Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine to join a dynamic AMU team at both St Helier Hospital and Epsom General Hospital. The post is 6 months fixed-term with full-time hours (10 sessions per week) as per the job plan in the JD.

The role includes cross-site work, on-call GIM duties, and opportunities for teaching and professional development within a supportive NHS Trust.

Qualifications

• GMC registration or eligible for GMC registration.
• On-Specialist Register or within six months of CCT.
• MRCP/MRCS or equivalent.
• MD or higher degree or evidence of research.
• Training in Acute Care Common Stem.
• Training in Acute Medical Unit settings.

Responsabilités

• Cross-site duties between AMU services at St Helier and Epsom (likely alternating weekly).
• Maintain basic clinical commitment of 10 programmed sessions per week, with SPA and patient admin time.
• On-call GIM rota participation (1 in 14).
• Provide leadership and support to medical staff and allied professionals.
• Support teaching, education, and research within the service.

Connaissances

Clinical leadership

Teaching

Research

Management

Formation

GMC registration

Specialist Register / CCT within 6 months

MRCP / MRCS or equivalent

MD or higher degree

Acute Care Common Stem training

Acute Medical Unit training

Description du poste

Main area Acute Medicine Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract 6 months (6 months fixed term) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (As per job plan in JD) Job ref 343-LCON-226

Site Trustwide - both St Helier Hospital and Epsom General Hospital Town Carshalton, Surrey Salary £113,565 - £150,569 Dependent on experience Salary period Yearly Closing 10/11/2026 23:59

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a new Locum Consultant into our Acute Medicine Service to join a dynamic and enthusiastic team of acute physicians working across the Epsom and St Helier sites.

We run a consultant led service on the AMU with strong specialty in-reach support and have a newly renovated, dedicated Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC) that runs in collaboration with Emergency Medicine and provides same day medical assessment care to lower acuity patients, strengthening and improving admission avoidance.

Successful applicants will join a team of AMU consultants developing and providing exciting newservices within acute medicine within a trust recently identified as one of the trusts in London toreceive £500 million for a new acute hospital facility in Sutton (expected 2025).This is an excitingtime to join Epsom and St Helier Hospital and play a part in shaping and developing acute medicineservices for thefuture.

For applicants for which achievement of CESR is relevant there is an active supportive structure within the Trust to achieve this and it will be actively encouraged

There are regular grand rounds & educational opportunities

The trust is open to innovative approaches & ideas to continued healthcare & education and we would welcome such thoughts from the successful candidate.

Main duties of the job

The Acute Medicine clinical commitment will be cross site between the two Acute Medicine services of the Trust, likely to be 1 week at each site on an alternate week basis.

The post is a basic 10 programmed sessions (8 DCC- of which 1.6 DCC is patient admin-and 2 SPA). We aim to provide the SPA over 1 day to enable hybrid working.

The job plan incorporates being on the GIM on call rota, a 1 in 14 commitment.

The main duties of the role are:

• To show dynamism, enthusiasm and flexibility in participating in the reshaping of acute medicalservices at the Trust and to work closely with theClinicalLeadandClinicalDirectorofMedicine.
• To help provide a first-class clinical service to all Trust patients.
• To provide high quality leadership and support to medical staff, allied health care professionals, and Trust management and support staff in both the Acute Medicine Service and associated medical specialty areas.
• To support and sustain teaching and research where possible in relevant clinical areas.
• To work within the framework of applicable Trust policies, procedures, and clinical governance framework.
• To work within contractual requirements, and in support of applicable Trust clinical development frameworks, business plans, and development strategies.
• To consistently treat all patients and colleagues with respect and professionalism and to adhere to the principles of the Trust regarding equality and diversity.

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For detailed job description and main responsibilities, please see the attached Job Description for AMU Consultant Cross-site.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Hold a medical qualification or qualification registered with the GMC
• Entry onto the Specialist Register or be within six months of obtaining CCT
• Appropriate higher medical qualification i.e. MRCP/MRCS or equivalent
• MD or equivalent higher degree or evidence of relevant research
• Training in Acute Care Common Stem
• Training within an Acute Medical Unit

Experience

• Clinical Experience in line with person specification
• Management & Administrative Experience in line with person specification
• Teaching Experience in line with person specification
• Research Experience in line with person specification
• Personal Attributes in line with person specification
• Clinical Experience in line with person specification
• Management & Administrative Experience in line with person specification
• Teaching Experience in line with person specification
• Research Experience in line with person specification
• Personal Attributes in line with person specification

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.