Job vacancy: Locum Consultant in Acute Internal Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London

Job summary

Main area: Acute Internal Medicine
Grade: Locum Consultant
Contract: Locum: 12 months
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref: 290-LCONA098

Employer: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: St Mary's Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £105,504 to £139,992 per annum WTE
Closing: 19/08/2025 23:59

Locum Consultant in Acute Internal Medicine

Locum Consultant

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Acute Medicine service works closely with the Emergency Department (ED) and with other Specialist Medicine services. The Acute Medicine service has a fast turnover of patients; our usual length of stay is around 1.5 days, which is due to twice daily consultant input into patient care, great support from imaging and diagnostics, a multidisciplinary approach to patient care (delivered by the Frailty team) and an excellent pharmacy team. In addition, there is daily input from consultant led specialties such as gastroenterology, hepatology, frailty, respiratory, infectious diseases, endocrinology and psychiatry for patients who require further input.

The post holder is expected to help deliver consultant led care to all patients managed by the Acute Medicine team regardless of their location. The care of medical patients outlying on non-medical wards during the winter months is shared between the different firm-based teams.

Regular teaching and training of under-graduate and post-graduate students is firmly embedded within the working routine of the Acute Medicine team and the post holder will be expected to take part in this.

A team of consultant physicians from various medical specialties take part in the Acute Medicine rota and provide daily support and specialist opinions to patients under Acute Medicine, including gastroenterology, infectious disease, respiratory, neurology, endocrinology, medicine for the elderly and other specialties.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

GMC registered Medical Practitioner
GMC specialist registration, or within 6 months of being admitted to the GMC’s specialist register
Appropriate Royal College Membership

Knowledge/ Skills

Essential criteria

CCT in General/Acute Internal Medicine
Experience of managing patients admitted during an Acute unselected medical take
IT Skills and computer literacy

Leadership / Management skills

Essential criteria

Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues
Knowledge of finance/budgets

Teaching & Training

Essential criteria

Experience of teaching and training undergraduates / postgraduates and junior medical staff

Audit

Essential criteria

Understanding of the principles of clinical audit
Leading audits

Academic achievements including research / publications

Essential criteria

Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level

Language

Essential criteria

Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Rangaprakash Muthukumarasamy

Job title

Business Manager for Acute Medicine and Hepatology

Email address

[email protected]

Telephone number

07810 857 245

Additional information

For further information or an informal visit, candidates are welcome to contact Dr Kaenat Mulla, Head of Specialty for Acute Medicine at St Mary’s Hospital [email protected]

Closing date: 18^th August

It is envisaged shortlisting will take place during w/c 25^th August 2025

If you have problems applying, contact

Address: 1st Floor Education Centre
Charing Cross Hospital
W6 8RF
Telephone: 07789 171 622

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Locum Consultant in Acute Internal Medicine

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Knowledge/ Skills

Essential criteria

Leadership / Management skills

Essential criteria

Teaching & Training

Essential criteria

Audit

Essential criteria

Academic achievements including research / publications

Essential criteria

Language

Essential criteria

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Documents to download

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