Consultant in Acute Medicine: Sponsorship Available

East Cheshire NHS Trust

Job summary

At Macclesfield District General Hospital we are are excited to welcome a Consultant Acute Physician to join a dynamic and forward thinking team. The successful applicant will join a team of 5 Consultant Acute Physicians during an exciting stage of growth and expansion for the service. With the guidance of our inspiring clinical team, this role will allow you the opportunity to enhance your skills, leadership and confidence while holding management and clinical responsibility for patients on the Medical Admissions Unit (MAU).

The new Consultant Acute Physician will join our outstanding team in the delivery of acute care across the Medical Admissions Unit (MAU), Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), Acute Medical Receiving Unit (AMRU)and will support the Emergency Department staff with assessments of patients with acute medical problems. Your expertise will play a key role in leading and coordinating the junior medical staff to ensure that patients are assessed and admitted or discharged in line with Emergency Department targets.

The team is part of an exciting project in which an extension in the form of a receiving unit (AMRU) has been added to MAU in June 2026.

Offer of dynamic rostering / flexible work spread between General Virtual Ward (GVW), SDEC and AMRU (Acute Medical Receiving Unit). The role outlined will be pivotal in guiding the department toward our long-term vision and strategy of providing excellent care to the local community.

Hours per week: 10 PA’s (permanent)

Main duties of the job

MAU / AMRU ward cover – Managing admissions and flow of between 30 – 35 patients per day.

Monday to Friday until 8pm, working as the Physician of the Day (POD) 1x weekly.

Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) cover – on call cover on Friday

Emergency department in reach

Weekend post take ward rounds.

Medical Sub-specialty interest OPD clinics

General virtual ward rounds

Play a vital role in the training, mentoring and leading of junior medical staff with the assessment and management of acutely unwell medical patients, and contribute to MRCP PACES teaching. Postgraduate medical training of foundation year doctors and speciality trainees while working towards GIRFT recommendations as well as Royal College frameworks for Acute Medicine patients.

To be able to work flexibly and provide high quality care with particular emphasis on:

  • Develop appropriate services to meet clinical needs utilising available resources.
  • Collaborative working specifically with colleagues in primary care and the community to ensure effective management of acutely unwell patients.
  • Education and training of medical students, doctors and professionals allied to medicine including Advanced Clinical Practitioners
  • Demonstration and engagement with the principles of clinical governance. Maintaining robust systems for effective clinical audit in the specialty and general medicine, as appropriate.
  • Developing services as indicated by recommendations of the Royal College of Physicians, NICE and specialist societies.

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

  • Full GMC registration with a current license to practice

Qualifications

Essential

  • MRCP (UK) or equivalent
  • Applicants must have full and specialist registration (and a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for registration within six months of interview).
  • UK trained applicants are required to be a Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
  • Applicants are required to be on the Specialist Register or due to obtain their CCT within 6 months of interview. CESR candidates must have written GMC confirmation of successful application.

Desirable

  • MD/PhD

Clinical Experience

Essential

  • Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCST (Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training) in general (internal) medicine
  • Broad range of recent experience in general (internal) medicine
  • Training and experience to manage an acute medical ‘take’
  • Expertise in relevant practical procedures eg insertion of intercostal drains, central venous lines, & lumbar puncture
  • Evidence of ability to change clinical practice and service provision
  • Up to date practice in line with recent initiatives

Desirable

  • Experience at senior grade of a critical /emergency care specialty or general medical sub-specialty

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of successfully supervising and teaching resident doctors and other staff

Desirable

  • Evidence of having developed learning opportunities for others

Other role requirements

Essential

  • Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details regarding the role requirements

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: 11 November 2026

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