General Internal Medicine Consultant

General Internal Medicine Consultant

The closing date is 26 May 2026.

Are you aan established Acute Medical Consultant looking for new challenge or a trained SPR looking for your first locum consultant post?

With a passion for patient care and safety, you will be able to demonstrate an understanding and awareness of clinical governance, with a desire to continually improve the patient experience.

As part of the agreed job plan, you will be working with a team which would be a total of 8 consultants after this appointment. On site consultant cover is from 8 am 5 pm weekdays and 8 am 2 pm weekends. The Acute Medical Consultant also contributes to General Medicine on call rota of approximately 1 in 40 over weekdays and weekends.

You will have full GMC registration or evidence of eligibility for full GMC registration, with appropriate/fellowship training in Emergency Medicine.

Main duties of the job

As part of the agreed job plan, you will be working with a team which would be a total of 9/10 consultants after this appointment.

On site consultant cover is from 8 am 5 pm weekdays and 8 am 2 pm weekends (as per rota). The acute medical consultant also contributes to General Medicine on call rota of approximately 1 in 30 over weekdays and weekends.

Please refer to the attached JD for full duty details.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job responsibilities

Weekly Timetable:

The changing nature of the contracting process makes it essential that all consultants have a flexible approach to working arrangements which may include innovative working patterns, including 7 day working in the future. The job plan will be reviewed at a 3, 6 and 12 monthly interval following initial appointment.

The job plan (for a full time) will consist of the following (provisional timetable below):

Direct Clinical Care: 7.5 PAs on average per week (Includes clinical activity, clinical related administrative activity, predictable and unpredictable work)

Supporting Professional Activities: 1.5 PAs on average per week (Includes CPD, audit, teaching and research)

Participation in the medical on call rotas equates to approximately 1PA.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of training (CCT) at time of interview
• Additional related qualifications e.g. BSc, BA

Experience

• Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in the specialty
• Under and post graduate teaching experience

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.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)