Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	University College London Hospital
Salary:	£113,565 - £150,569 per annum + London Weighting
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, NW1 2BU
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	24 Aug 2026
Closing date:	25 Sept 2026

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Summary

UCLH is seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine to provide vacancy cover for 12 months.

The acute medicine department is a lively and enjoyable place to work and thrives on a having a close knit team. Clinical work takes place across 3 areas; acute medical take, the acute medical unit (AMU) and the ambulatory care clinic. Our SDEC unit comprises both acute take and ambulatory Care. The successful applicants will undertake weekend cover for Acute Medicine and join the senior physician on call rota.

The post holder will be working to provide efficient and safe care to patients within the Acute Medicine department. They are expected to contribute to timely discharges, complex discharge planning, adherence to best guidance regarding patients clerked by Acute medicine, and engage with good practice in admission avoidance by using appropriate SDEC pathways.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

In Acute Medicine the post holder will be responsible to Palmira Mathurdas, Clinical Lead for Acute Medicine, and Tim Baruah, the Divisional Clinical Director for Acute Medicine Services.

A core team of Acute Physicians lead the department and deliver the following;

• AMU weekday cover

• AEC weekday cover

• Weekday ‘take’ cover

• Emergency floor acute medical cover at the weekend

This ‘core-team’ oversees training, clinical governance, audit, service development, quality improvement and acute medicine research for the acute medicine service, working with collaborating teams. They will also provide senior clinical leadership to our acute medicine digitization plans.

A group of Specialty Physicians contribute to weekday acute take cover and AMU cover at the weekend.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

*UCLH top trust to work at in England- In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit:Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit:Why Choose UCLH?

This advert closes on Monday 7 Sep 2026

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