Consultant in Acute Medicine and Nephrology | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 24 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £109,725 - £145,478 On call |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 January 2026 |
| Location: | Cross Site, PR2 9HT |
| Company: | Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7607997/438-CA797 |
Summary
We are delighted to invite applications for 1 New Consultant colleague to join our joint teams.
The role is a new 1.0 WTE substantive full-time Consultant post working across renal and acute medicine.
In renal, the post will deliver general nephrology and chronic pots-transplant clinic in Burnley from our new John Sagar Renal Centre. They will also conduct Acute post-transplant clinics at RPH for newly repatriated patients following kidney transplant at MRI. The successful candidate will also contribute to our Renal biopsy rota at Preston.
Acute medicine will constitute approximately 50% of the direct clinical care component of this post. This post is 10 PA’s and will be discussed and agreed, working with the successful candidate. The job plan will be discussed with Clinical Director of both departments and a mutually agreed job plan will be put in place to cover Acute medical referred patients in ED.
From an acute perspective the post will concentrate on AMU and ED in-reach and the post holder will:
- Provide direct input into the care of patients referred to Acute Medicine.
- Contribute to multidisciplinary teams and lead the co-ordination of patient care.
- Assume a continuous commitment for the care of patients, even if employed less than full-time and ensure that adequate arrangements are made for leave and off-duty periods.
-Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients, both through direct patient care and by the maintenance of continuing professional development.
-Develop close links with ED and General Practitioners operating in the area.
-Exercise the freedom to develop the services to reflect perceived priorities within available resources.
The appointee will provide clinical and managerial leadership in running of the Acute Medicine service. The aim of this post is to enhance the quality of the service provided, to support improvements to in-house medical education and training and lead changes and quality improvement projects in acute medicine.
The Acute Medicine team is split across 2 sites—RPH and CDH, with 14 Consultants across site. The successful candidate would be expected to be on call for GIM at Chorley. The role involves providing senior reviews to acute medical take at Chorley.
The Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust forms one of the Major Acute trusts in the Northwest with a range of specialities on site, as well as being a Tertiary Centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria in the Departments of Trauma, Neurosciences, Oncology, Plastic Surgery & Burns, Vascular Surgery in addition to Renal Medicine. Innovation and quality improvement is actively encouraged with support from our Continuous Improvement team. Undergraduate medical student teaching is highly respected and an essential component for all departments within our Trust; as we develop active and developing links with the Universities of Manchester, Central Lancashire and Lancaster. There are many opportunities to develop your educational profile within and outside the trust.
Lancashire is an attractive area to live and has many facilities available locally. The cities of Manchester and Liverpool are within easy reach. Recreational facilities are many and varied, with the Lake District, Ribble Valley, Yorkshire Dales and the Fylde Coast nearby.
Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:
• What we can offer
• Job Plan/On-call Requirements
• The Team
Informal enquiries and requests to visit the Hospitals are welcome and should be made, following shortlisting, with Mr. Steve Canty, Medical Director and SilasNicholls,Chief Executive (01772) 522692
This advert closes on Wednesday 7 Jan 2026