Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine
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- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- 40
- Hours / week
- 40
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 10/10/2026
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Role summary
This is a 12-month fixed-term Locum Consultant post in Acute Medicine at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. The role involves responsibility for the Acute receiving floor and flexible medical beds in a shared High Dependency Unit. Consultants also provide daytime general medicine cover at the Vale of Leven Hospital on a rotational basis. The team delivers high-quality, person-centred care within one of the UK's largest healthcare systems.
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Job reference:
259030
Salary:
Locum Consultant (£111,430 - £148,064)
Job closing date:
10/10/2026
Job Type:
Medical and Dental
Location:
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Employment type:
Fixed-term
Hours Per Week:
40
Job posted date:
09/09/2026
Employer (NHS Board):
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Department:
Acute Medicine
Job Advert
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
This is a Fixed term post for 12 months.
The team of Acute Medicine Consultants at the Royal Alexandra Hospital have responsibility for the Acute receiving floor (level 2) and a flexible number of medical beds in a shared High Dependency Unit.
Medical receiving in the Royal Alexandra Hospital is spread across two areas across a 60 bed receiving floor - the Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) and the Acute Medical Unit (AMU). There is an adjacent Ambulatory Emergency Care area operating between 9am and 5pm.
The Medical Unit at the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) has 209 beds. The medical unit provi
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