Job summary
- Main area
- Infectious Diseases
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (1:5/6 on call)
- Job ref
- 328-MEC-MED-001
- Employer
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The James Cook University Hospital
- Town
- Middlesbrough
- Closing
- 08/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Consultant Infectious Diseases & General Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
We are looking for a locum consultant to join a team of 7 consultants, based at the James Cook University Hospital. It is advertised on a whole time (10 PA) basis, although any candidate who is unable to work full time will be eligible to apply and, if appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed in consultation with the Clinical Director, the Medical Director and consultant colleagues
Main duties of the job
Maintain the highest clinical standards in the practice of Infectious Diseases and G(I)M, including infection prevention and control
· Conduct regular ward rounds (General/Acute Medicine and Infectious Diseases)
· Conduct regular specialist clinics (as agreed, to include options of SDEC, OPAT, HIV, viral hepatitis & General ID)
· Attend relevant MDT meetings
· Cover for colleagues’ annual leave and other authorised absences
· Provide professional supervision and management of junior medical staff
· Participation in the on-call service. On Call arrangements are
- Weekdays via telephone and inpatient referrals
- Weekends - on Saturday and Sunday via attendance at hospital site for ward rounds and telephone advice, or telephone advice only (ID) – 1:5 rota
- Banding for On Call is category B (ID/GIM)
· Be actively involved in the management of the department including attendance at the monthly Directorate meetings and regular consultant away days.
· Undertake any responsibility which relates to any agreed special interests
· Active involvement in audit.
· Any other duties which may be required.
Working for our organisation
Since the autumn of 2019, we’ve been empowering our clinicians to take the decisions about how we manage our resources and deliver care across our hospitals and services – supported by our amazing scientific teams, administrative, support staff and volunteers. This is important – not just for our local communities in Teesside and North Yorkshire but for patients across the North East and beyond who rely on us as a specialist centre and regional major trauma centre.
By enabling clinicians to come together to shape and deliver the care they want for their patients, we were rated by our colleagues in the 2020 NHS Staff Survey as the most improved Trust in the country. This clinically-led approach has been at the heart of our response to COVID-19 and the overriding goal set by our experienced clinicians to help keep colleagues, patients and service users safe.
We are an anchor tertiary provider – delivering world-class cancer, cardiothoracic, spinal, cochlear implant, neurosciences, gynaecology and urology care for patients across the region – and one of only three hospital trusts in the UK operating three robotic surgical systems. Our major trauma centre sees half of all trauma cases in the North East and Cumbria. Our role as an anchor tertiary provider is also crucial in ensuring that specialist care is available to patients across our region and that health inequalities are not exacerbated in our local patient populations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further details regarding this vacancy
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or within six months of award of CCT or equivalent by date of interview.
- MRCP or equivalent
- Full and specialist registration (and a license to practice) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for registration within the six months of interview).
Desirable criteria
- Training in appraisal techniques
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience in any declared specialist interest pertinent to the post
- Evidence of clinical audit experience
- Substantive experience of Infectious Diseases
- Experience of supervising resident medical staff
- Other teaching skills/experience
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of management and administration experience
- Evidence of management and administration experience
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr John Williams
- Job title
- Clinical Director Infectious Diseases
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01642 850850
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