Locum Consultant in General Medicine (with SI): Sponsorship Available

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The Royal Surrey is one of the few hospitals in the country to be rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and we are excited to invite applications to join our trust as a Locum Consultant in General Medicine with a specialist interest!

The job will include joining a small team of general medical consultants to look after patients on a 20-cubicled ward as well as medical outliers.

Successful candidates will join a growing team looking to transform the way we care for general medical patients.

We are committed to multi-professional development and there are myriad opportunities to develop the department within your area of interest. Areas particularly encouraged are same day emergency and enhanced level and remote care, ultrasound Imaging and echocardiography, education, research and development and quality improvement. We support part-time and flexible working patterns and are embedding self-rostering to maximize autonomy and well-being.

Main duties of the job

The Locum Consultant will be responsible for providing consultant cover for the medical patients on Guildford Ward and outlying patients on two specialist wards and the emergency department. The key duties and responsibilities of the post will be:

  • Clinical and administrative responsibility for patients on Guildford Ward.
  • Early and appropriate clinical decision making for emergency admissions.
  • Supervision of medical admissions through the Guildford ward and on the medical take.
  • Promoting flow through from the Emergency Department.
  • Recruitment, supervision and training of junior medical staff and allied health professionals working in the units.
  • Ensuring that resuscitation and end of life care issues are appropriately and sensitively managed.
  • Development of clinical pathways
  • Delivery of clinical audits and quality improvement relevant to the needs of the department.
  • Recruitment and active involvement with clinical trials in both units.
  • Participate on the GIM on call rota.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full registration and a license to practice with the GMC
  • Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for General Internal Medicine (GIM) via CCT (CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview date) or Portfolio Pathway (previously CESR) within 6 months of submission.
  • MBBS or equivalent
  • Educational Supervisor qualification

Desirable

  • Postgraduate degree e.g. MSc MD PhD
  • Out of programme management experience (e.g. Deanery secondment)
  • Teaching/Education qualification
  • Appraiser qualification
  • Qualification in leadership and/ or clinical management.

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience of general medicine
  • Wide experience of General Internal Medicine including multidisciplinary working
  • Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience
  • Specialist interest in Same Day Emergency Care, Enhanced Level Care, Cardiology, Renal medicine, Care of the Elderly, Acute Medicine, Respiratory Medicine or relevant

Desirable

  • Significant evidence of experience in clinical leadership
  • Research experience & delivery of clinical trials

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 6 September 2026

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