Locum Consultant - Rheumatology | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 06 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £109,725 - £145,478 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 February 2026 |
| Location: | Prescot, L35 5DR |
| Company: | St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7681860/409-7681860 |
Summary
This post is for a Locum Consultant inRheumatology.This is awhole-timefixed term post for9 monthsoffering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Medic to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
Applicants are required to be fully registered with the General Medical Council at the time of application.
Applicants are required to hold Membership of the Royal College ofPhysicians(UK or equivalent qualifications), to be fully registered with the General Medical Council, and to be on the Specialist Register or due to obtain their CCT within six months of the date of interview.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Non-clinical
• Responsible for the training of Speciality Trainees within the department
• Develop Nurse Specialists / Biologic Nurses and Advanced musculoskeletal physiotherapist
• Undertake and supervise Audit/Quality improvement projects and CME
• Attend radiology meetings
• Attend weekly MDT specialty meetings including monthly Clinical Governance Meeting
• Development and promotion of evidence based practice and guidelines
• Active contribution to the departmental Clinical Governance structure
• Multi-disciplinary team working and leadership
• Relevant participation in management
• Other appropriate duties and responsibilities
Clinical
The appointee along with existing consultants will be responsible for the care of:-
• All patients referred by their GP.
• All patients referred by the Emergency Medicine Department
• All patients referred by internal specialities.
• All patients referred by Primary care Musculoskeletal Triage services
This advert closes on Sunday 11 Jan 2026
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