Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine

NHS; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a locum consultant in Acute Medicine to join their team at West Middlesex University Hospital. The role involves providing high-quality patient care, teaching medical trainees, and managing medical staff. Candidates must hold an MBBS or equivalent and have significant NHS experience in Acute/General Internal Medicine. This position offers a salary range of £109,725 to £145,478 per year with a full-time work pattern.

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent with GMC Registration.
• FCEM or equivalent, CCT/CESR in Acute medicine or GIM.
• Significant NHS experience in Acute/General Internal Medicine.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality care to patients as part of the multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to teaching and training of medical trainees and other staff.
• Responsible for ongoing assessment and regular appraisal of doctors in training.

Job description

Overview

The Department of Acute Medicine at West Middlesex University Hospital is recruiting a locum consultant to join a well-established, forward-thinking team. The successful candidate will broaden the collective skill set and actively contribute to, and support, true multi-disciplinary working in line with the Royal College of Physicians and the Department of Health's strategy for modernising acute care within the NHS.

Main duties

The Acute Assessment Unit (AMU) at West Middlesex University Hospital is comprised of 64 beds: 58 inpatient beds and 6 enhanced care beds. Telemetry is provided for patients requiring it. The ITU is located on the same floor. The Ambulatory Emergency Care (AEC) unit offers high-quality same-day emergency care (SDEC) with a trolley-based area for assessment and treatment, treatment chairs and rooms, and allocated outpatient clinic space.

Emergency medical admissions are rapidly assessed in the Emergency Department and, if admission is required, directly transferred to AMU for further management. All cases, unless requiring CCU or critical care, are managed on the Unit until discharge back to the community or transfer to the appropriate specialty area for further in-patient care.

About us

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services from two main hospitals—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. We have over 6,000 staff who are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services including maternity, emergency and children’s services, in addition to community-based services across London. We are one of the safest and best-performing Trusts in the country and one of the top trusts to work for, with staff who are engaged and motivated.

In 2020, the Trust was rated by the Care Quality Commission as Outstanding in the well-led and use of resources domains and Good in the safe, effective, caring and responsive domains. The Trust as a whole was Good, with the Chelsea site rated as Outstanding. Our facilities are among the best in the country, with significant investments in estate expansion and development in partnership with our charity, CW+.

Details

Date posted: 24 September 2025

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Consultant

Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year

Contract: Locum

Duration: 6 months

Working pattern: Full-time, Home or remote working

Reference number: 289-EI-55

Job location: West Middlesex University Hospital, Twickenham Road, Isleworth, TW7 6AF

Job responsibilities

Key Result Areas, Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide high quality care to patients
• The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and revalidation.
• Develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
• Ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care programmed activities.
• Ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and respond to their views.
• Adhere to the Trust Customer Service Commitment and maintain a professional approach to customer care at all times.
• Develop clinical practice through self-reflection, learning from experience, application of research into practice, and active contribution within the multidisciplinary team.

Research, teaching and training

• Contribute to high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and other health care professionals.
• Contribute to training and teaching of medical trainees, medical students, other doctors in training and other staff groups.
• Contribute to teaching and training of non-consultant postgraduate colleagues.
• Contribute to clinical and/or educational supervision and appraisal of training grade doctors to ensure external accreditation of training posts.
• Collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance translational research and audit portfolio, meeting Research Governance requirements.
• There is flexibility in the job plan to dedicate time to research, teaching and training depending on interests.
• Ensure mandatory training is up to date per Trust policy.

Performance management

Work with medical, nursing, other clinical and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:

• Clinical efficiency: e.g., LOS reductions, same-day admissions, reduced cancelled operations and DNA rates.
• Quality of outcomes: infection control targets, reduced re-admission rates.
• Financial management: cost-improvement programmes, managing locum agency spend, drug budget targeting and accurate clinical data.
• Operational efficiency: day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.

Medical staff management and accountability

• Responsible for ongoing assessment and regular appraisal of all doctors in training, Trust doctors and non-consultant grades as delegated by the Divisional Medical Director/Service Lead/Divisional Director of Operations.
• Adhere to trust/department guidelines on leave and professional/study leave, ensuring staff do the same.
• Participate in team objective setting as part of annual job planning.
• Participate in regular departmental activities including department meetings and team building.

Please refer to our detailed job description for more information.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications – Essential

• MBBS or equivalent
• GMC Registration
• FCEM or equivalent
• CCT/CESR in Acute medicine or GIM
• MRCP/FRCP; publications in peer-reviewed journals

Desirable

• Higher degree
• Additional related qualifications (e.g., BSc, BA)
• Teaching/education qualification
• Level 3 Safeguarding Children as per intercollegiate document

Experience – Essential

• Significant NHS experience in Acute/General Internal Medicine
• Understanding of clinical governance and audit
• Under- and post-graduate teaching experience

Desirable

• Management training
• Understanding of business planning and commissioning

Skills & knowledge – Essential

• Extensive knowledge of the Acute Medicine specialty
• Commitment to the PROUD trust values

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and requires a DBS check.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require Skilled Worker sponsorship will be considered. For details see the UK Visas and Immigration guidance (as applicable).

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Employer: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address: West Middlesex University Hospital, Twickenham Road, Isleworth, TW7 6AF

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