Locum Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine | Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £109,725 - £145,478 pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 October 2025 |
| Location: | Crewe, CW1 4QJ |
| Company: | Mid Cheshire Hospitals |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7460638/412-COMM-6964547-A |
Summary
We are looking for a Locum Consultant with a specialist interest, passion, and drive to further develop and deliver our Acute Medical services. We recognise the importance of a rewarding and sustainable job role especially given the high acuity and pressures associated with delivery of Acute Care. We are committed to supporting a healthy work life balance and will support options of flexible working, annualised job plans and less than full time working.
The successful candidate will be highly motivated with a passion to improve the quality of patient care. They will have strong communication skills and be an excellent ‘Team Player’. They will value training and education.
The successful applicant must have full registration with the GMC and continue to hold a License to Practice.
The post holder will be expected to:
Be actively involved in the leadership, management and decision making within theDepartment
Be readily available during the working week so that medical and nursing staff can communicate and consult freely
Ensure that management plans are clearly displayed in the notes of patients with complex needs
Liaise closely with the Divisional and Service Managers, and the Associate Medical Director, to ensure that waiting list targets are achieved.Share with Consultant colleagues the responsibility for providing clinical services for the local population
Foster relationships between staff within the each organisation, and also with the local Clinical Commissioning Groups
Work flexibly to achieve high quality care
Ensure the policies for communication with General Practitioners, Trust staff and patients are followed
Ensure that optimal use is made of all resources allocated to the post
Cover Consultant colleagues during periods of leave
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and emergency care, cardiac, critical care, child health, maternity services and intermediate care at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.
The Trust provides over 500 beds and employs over 5,100 members of staff. A comprehensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools through our Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership.
We have played, and continue to play, a proactive role in the development of Integrated Care plans across Cheshire & Merseyside and our local Cheshire East and Cheshire West Place-based systems. We believe, and it is the cornerstone of our five-year Trust Strategy, there is the opportunity to progress innovative, responsive and effective care in the best setting for the patient, be it in the hospital or out in the community.
At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.
The post is offered at 10 PA but under the terms of the 2003 Consultant Contract, candidates who wish to conduct private practice would be required to offer an additional programmed activity.
A typical timetable will include DCC sessions on AMU, SDEC and virtual ward.
We are open to discussion in relation to a flexible timetable to work slightly longer days to support a non-working day. An annualised job plan is also a possible option to further support flexible working.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Sep 2025