Consultant in Renal and Acute Medicine

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

The closing date is 13 March 2026

This post is for a Consultant in Renal and Acute Medicine working between two dynamic trusts. It is a 10 PA post (10.5 PA post with 0.5 PA additional negotiable following appointment) offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated physician to join and lead an award‑winning, research‑driven, education‑oriented, dynamic and mult‑professional team.

3 PA of the post is for activities provided for Royal Liverpool University Hospital, 1.5 PA (2 PA negotiable on appointment) of work for the Acute Medical Unit at Whiston Hospital and 5.5 PA of work for Renal Medicine at MWL.

The post holder will also contribute to the out‑of‑hours General Internal Medicine Physician of the Day (PoD) rota with a 3% on‑call supplement. Applications are welcome from individuals who wish to work LTFT/flexibly.

Please note, the interviews for this position will be held on Tuesday 28th April 2026.

• Provide advice and day‑to‑day management of medical in‑patients with renal disease at Whiston & St Helens Hospitals sites (MWL), linking with Royal Liverpool University Hospitals (ULG) tertiary unit when indicated.
• Provision of outpatient services in renal medicine including the Royal Liverpool University Hospitals General Nephrology / Low clearance clinic, Transplant clinic and MWL Post AKI / Renal Hot clinics.
• Join the existing Acute Medical Consultants in providing a comprehensive and timely assessment of patients presenting to the Acute Medical Unit (AMU), including Same Day Emergency and Enhanced Care at Whiston Hospital.
• Participate in teaching and training of junior staff, medical students, and Advanced Nurse / Clinical Practitioners and Pharmacists based on the Renal team as well as AMU.
• Participate actively in both Departmental and Trust Clinical Governance and Audit.
• Fulfil obligations relating to continuing medical education and professional development, appraisal and revalidation.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

Please see attached Job Description which also includes detailed Consultant job plan and person specification.

Applicants are required to hold Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (UK or equivalent qualifications), to be fully registered with the General Medical Council.

Applicants must have entry on the GMC Specialist Register (for both Nephrology and GIM) via one of the following:

• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Nephrology and General Internal Medicine (GIM) or within 6 months of being awarded CCT on the date of the interview (including via Portfolio Pathway)
• European Community Rights
• For non‑EU trained applicants evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT

• Full GMC registration and on Specialist Register or within six months of receipt of…