Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Job summary

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, passionate, innovative and progressive Consultant who share our vision, to join our Acute Medical Consultant team in the Midland Metropolitan Univerity Hospital.

The appointee will cover all areas of Acute Internal Medicine which include the Acute Medical Unit, Short Stay Unit, Medical SDEC, Virtual Clinics and our Acute Hospital At Home service- EPICENTRE. We are looking for individuals who will lead, teach, innovate, and continue to develop our acute medicine services. There is also opportunity to be invovled in research.

Applicants need to demonstrate a wide breadth of knowledge, experience and skills in acute internal medicine. This would include POCUS , leadership and QIP delivery. We also offer a specialty session outside acute medicine and we are willing to consider at joint specialty job plans including frailty, intensive care medicine and toxicology. We are also very keen to accommodate flexible working.

Main duties of the job

The Acute Medicine department is a popular site for Acute Medical trainees and is a national centre for POCUS training and accreditation. We have a dedicated AMU Clinical Skills Lab where trainees receive training in POCUS, leadership, and are involved heavily in teaching and education. Feedback from the our trainees is this team provides one of the best training within the Trust. This has been credited to the teamwork “family” ethos that has been created and sustained. The department has been recognised with local, national and international awards/recognition of work, services and innovation including our Epicentre work by HSJ and the Parliamentary Awards.

Closing date: 30th June 2026

Interview date: 15th July 2026

Person Specification

Qualifications:

Essential

  • oEntry on the Specialist Register in Acute Internal Medicine and/or General Internal Medicine (or CCT expected within 6 months from the date of interview)
  • oMRCP (UK) or equivalent

Desirable

  • oHigher Degree
  • oSCE Acute Medicine

Clinical Experience:

Essential

  • oClinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining CCT in Acute Medicine

Desirable

  • oSpecial interest that complements the existing consultants

Management and Administrative Experience:

Essential

  • oAbility to organise and prioritise workload effectively

Clinical Effectiveness

Essential

  • oExperience of conducting clinical audit

Teaching and Training experience:

Essential

  • oAbility to teach clinical skills to medical and nursing staff and other disciplines.

Desirable

  • oFormal training in teaching

Research, Innovation and Service Improvement Experience:

Essential

  • oAbility to apply research outcomes to clinical problems

Desirable

  • oKnowledge and experience of the application of information technology to management of flow of patients
  • oPublications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last five years.
  • oEvidence of having undertaken original research

Other Requirements:

Essential

  • oFull GMC Registration with Licence to Practise.

Desirable

  • oKnowledge and experience of the application of information technology to management of flow of patients

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: 20 July 2026

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