Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Whitehaven

On-site

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes including car

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Vivup counselling service

Job summary

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine. The post offers opportunities to progress via the CESR pathway, with a track record of supporting doctors towards substantive consultant roles.

There is active investment in Acute Medicine services, enabling senior decision making, expanded SDEC facilities, and a single point of access hub. Candidates with leadership interests in education or system working across care settings are encouraged to

Qualifications

Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC).
Member of the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent.
Proof of competency in emergency and elective index cases.
Completed Higher Specialist Training (CCT) in General Internal Medicine, Acute Internal Medicine or equivalent.

Responsibilities

See attached job description for essential criteria and duties.
CANDIDATES are expected to contribute to service development and clinical governance.
Participate in teaching and training of junior medical staff.

Education

Full GMC registration

Royal College of Physicians membership

Emergency and elective index case competency

Higher Specialist Training (CCT) in General/ Acute Internal Medicine or equivalent

Job description

Go back North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine

The closing date is 05 October 2026

Are you considering your next opportunity? If so, we'd love to show you why should consider joining us here in North Cumbria. We're investing into Acute Medicine services, and we can invest in you, too.

We support Locum Consultants to transition into substantive posts with us through our outstanding Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) pathway. At NCIC, we are proud of our track record, with a 100% success rate in supporting doctors from a wide range of specialties achieve their career goals. We offer a highly supportive development environment, having successfully helped doctors from specialities including emergency medicine, anaesthetics, endocrinology, gastroenterology, histopathology, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology, and radiology. Joining us means benefiting from structured guidance, proven success, and a genuine commitment to helping you progress to a substantive consultant position.

There is real scope to shape your role... around what you do best

If you have a special interest in frailty, virtual wards, hospital admission avoidance, front-door streaming or ambulatory care, we would actively welcome a conversation. We are flexible in how roles are built and happy to tailor job plans to align with your interests, experience and development goals. Whether you are passionate about clinical leadership, pathway development, education, or system working across primary and secondary care, there is space here for you to make a meaningful impact.

Main duties of the job

This is an opportunity to join a service with momentum... and ambition

You will be joining a team that is honest about the challenges of acute care, but equally committed to doing things better: for patients and for staff. Our vision is clear: the right patient, in the right place, at the right time, led by the right clinician. If you're looking for a role where your expertise is valued, your ideas welcomed, and the service is genuinely evolving rather than standing still, we'd encourage you to get in touch for an informal discussion.

New leadership and investment at North Cumbria Integrated Care has created an opportunity for 5 new Acute Medical Consultants who will be integral to the redesign of our Acute Medicine services.

New funding will mean we can facilitate early senior decision making, expand Medical SDEC facilities and advise from the point of referral in our new single point of access Hub.

Working for NCIC, you will benefit from:

Joining an established, but expanding Acute Medicine Consultant team who are engaged, passionate and driven to deliver high quality care across North Cumbria
Excellent research, teaching and innovative opportunities from our partnerships with the Pears Cumbria School of Medicine and our regional providers in the Great North Healthcare Alliance.
A leadership development pathway for Consultants, right through to Executive Medical Director.

About us

The Trust Board has recently approved a £4 million investment into our Urgent and Emergency Care services.

The investment will support a modern Acute Medical service, including a significantly expanded and purpose-built Medical Same Day Emergency Care unit, with protected consultant presence and strengthened multidisciplinary working.

Our future model prioritises early senior review, ambulatory pathways, frailty-focused care and better use of virtual wards and community services. This is about delivering safer care, reducing unnecessary admissions, and improving across the whole hospital.

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
NHS Discounts*
Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
*Subject to eligibility

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Full Registration with the General Medical Council.
Member of the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent
Proof of competency in emergency and elective index cases
Special interest or certification in any medical specialty.

Experience and Knowledge

High level of clinical experience and competence in Acute Medicine
Excellent communication skills with patients, colleagues, managers and other staff
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
A commitment to, and experience of teaching
An interest in developing links with Primary Care
Completed Higher Specialist Training (CCT) in General (Internal) Medicine, Acute Internal Medicine or evidence of equivalent competency.

Teaching

Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff.
Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates
Teaching of non-medical health professionals.
Educational Qualification

Research, Audit and Clinical Governance

Experience of, and commitment to, medical audit.
Experience of research and Clinical Governance
Publications in referred journals
Ability to supervise postgraduate research

Management & Administrative

Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of the service.
Ability to organise and manage own workload efficiently
Experience of audit management

Communication skills and abilities

Empathetic and sensitive approach to patient needs
Approachable and effective Multi disciplinary team member with excellent interpersonal skills
Team loyalty
Positive approach to lessons learned
Confident approach without being arrogant
IT Skills

Continued Professional / Personal Development

Demonstrable evidence of lifelong learning.
Reflective approach to personal development with an ability to acknowledge and effectively manage poor performance.
Participation in appropriate peer review processes.
Continued Professional / Personal Development

Personal Attributes