Consultants
A Consultant is a doctor who has completed training in a specific medical area, teaches and supervises junior doctors, supervises Speciality Doctors and is ultimately responsible for the medical care of patients within a ward or directorate in a hospital - leading the medical team.
To register as a Consultant in the NHS through MP Locums, you must be listed in the GMC Specialist Register after completion of your specialist training. There are exemptions such as well published academics who practice at a training facility. .
A Consultant locum placement on a contractual basis with the hospital trust will then be known as a substantive consultant. Titles associated with this type of position vary from medical or senior director to clinical senior consultant. It is possible to get a locum doctor consultant position for the short term if you have just become a consultant. You will have the typical responsibilities of clinical procedures without the responsibility of training junior doctors.
