Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine

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Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Carlisle is seeking a Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine to provide exceptional care and help innovate healthcare services across North Cumbria. This full-time role emphasizes quality patient care in a collaborative environment while offering opportunities in teaching and professional development. Applicants must hold full GMC registration and have significant experience in acute medicine alongside commitment to high standards of clinical practice. Join us in delivering exceptional healthcare in a beautiful and challenging area.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme

NHS discounts

Salary sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Specialist registration and experience in Acute Medicine required.
• Competence in emergency and elective index cases necessary.
• Proficiency in teaching undergraduates and postgraduates.

Responsibilities

• Provide care across two hospitals in North Cumbria.
• Develop new approaches to healthcare delivery.
• Involve in training and supervising medical trainees.

Skills

High level of clinical experience in Acute Medicine

Excellent communication skills

Teaching commitment

Ability to take responsibility for patient care

Education

Full Registration with the General Medical Council

Member of the Royal College of Physicians

Higher Specialist Training completion

Job description

Main area Emergency Services Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Locum: 12 months Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (Willing to discuss flexibility & Job Plan if successful in application.) Job ref 262-A-25-7591790

Employer North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle Town Carlisle Salary £109,725 - £145,478 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/01/2026 23:59

Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) are looking to recruit a forward-thinking and motivated individual to join our team of Acute Medicine Consultants. This is a post for a Locum Consultant with specialist registration. The role will be to provide care across both our hospitals; the West Cumberland Hospital (WCH) in Whitehaven and the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle, though will primarily be job planned to work and be based at Carlisle.

Main duties of the job

This post offers the opportunity to be at the forefront of developing new and innovative approaches and services for the residents of North Cumbria, a uniquely beautiful and challenging area.

Full details including an example job plan can be found in the attached Job Description.

Working for our organisation

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

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

Acute Medicine run 2 Acute Medical Units with an unselected medical take at both sites. Our team deliver Same Day Emergency Care services for Acute Medicine on both sites, too, and are involved in a wide range of transformational improvement work in this particular area.

There has been no better time than now to join us in Acute Medicine as we embark on new and innovative ways of delivering our services and offer a consistently high level of quality in all we do.

The Trust has won national awards for our composite workforce model at West Cumberland Hospital and there will be opportunities to be involved in the training and educational supervision of Deanery trainees at all levels should you be successful, helping to contribute to the next generation of medical professionals.

Detailed job description and main 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

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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.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

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.
• Entry on the GMC specialist register via relevant CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview), relevant CESR or European Community Rights

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

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.

Name: Dr Daniel Zehnder, Job title: Clinical Director - Acute Medicine, Email address: [e-mail], Telephone number: 07544981189. Additional information: Discussions are encouraged ahead of application.