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Job Title


Locum Consultant In Respiratory Medicine


Company : NHS


Location : Uxbridge, England


Created : 2025-07-25


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Job summary Harefield Hospital Respiratory Team seeking a fixed term (12 month/ 10 PA) Locum Consultant to join the dynamic, enthusiastic and forward-thinking team. Harefield Hospital (HH) is a regional centre for cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, and an international centre for adult heart and heart-lung transplantation. It is one of a small number of UK cardiac centres assisting in development of implantable mechanical ventricular assist devices in the management of end-stage heart failure. It also provides a primary intervention service for acute coronary syndromes to selected Trusts and the London Ambulance Service, in outer West London and the Home Counties. It has approximately 1,185 staff, 180 beds with 5 operating theatres, and 4 catheter laboratories. THIS POST MAY CLOSE EARLY IF SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. This post is funded by GSTT and offers an excellent opportunity to join a first-class team working to deliver specialist innovative outpatient services including sleep/vent, COPD, Asthma, and interstitial lung disease. Main duties of the job To provide clinical services (including urgent inpatient, outpatient and day case assessments) for the cohort of Respiratory patients referred to Harefield Hospital. The Department of Respiratory Medicine focuses on ambulatory respiratory services and is a rapidly expanding department. Apart from offering general respiratory outpatient services and full respiratory physiology facilities, the department looks after more than 6000 patients with sleep and ventilatory disorders, offers the largest combined hospital and community pulmonary rehabilitation programme in the UK, has a comprehensive home oxygen assessment and review service and offers specialist and daycase outpatient respiratory services. These include interventional bronchoscopy and EBUS, advanced COPD lung volume reduction work-up, difficult asthma, food allergy, occupational asthma, and pre-operative assessment and works closely with Thoracic Surgery (four surgeons), Lung Transplantation as well as the Lung Cancer Radiofrequency Ablation service. There are advanced plans to further expand services including development of a comprehensive one-stop medical-surgical pleural service, a multidisciplinary allergy service, a specialist respiratory diagnostic service (interstitial lung disease and difficult asthma), and a direct access breathlessness service. About us The GSTT Heart Lung and Critical Care Clinical Group is committed to delivering excellent patient care whilst meeting the Government targets. The Harefield respiratory service consists of 6 Respiratory consultants, 2 specialist registrars, a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Specialist Physiotherapists and Respiratory Physiologists. Details Date posted 21 July 2025 Pay scheme Hospital medical and dental staff Grade Consultant Salary £105,504 to £139,882 a year pro rata Contract Fixed term Duration 12 months Working pattern Full-time Reference number 196-LCON1120-B Job locations Harefield Hospital Hill End Road Harefield, Uxbridge, Middx UB9 6JHJob description Job responsibilities Please see the attached job description and person specification for more detailed information regarding the posts. Job description Job responsibilities Please see the attached job description and person specification for more detailed information regarding the posts. Person Specification Qualifications/Training EssentialEligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise On GMC Specialist Register in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine or within six months of eligibility. MRCP or equivalent Clinical Experience EssentialComprehensive clinical experience in managing a broad range of respiratory Conditions DesirableExperience of sleep / NIV, TB, ILD Experience in interpreting respiratory investigations such as polysomnography or actigraphy Experience of Cancer Experience on ICU Clinical Skills / knowledge and abilities EssentialAudit MDT Working and communication skills DesirableTeaching Service Development Person Specification Qualifications/Training EssentialEligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise On GMC Specialist Register in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine or within six months of eligibility. MRCP or equivalent Clinical Experience EssentialComprehensive clinical experience in managing a broad range of respiratory Conditions DesirableExperience of sleep / NIV, TB, ILD Experience in interpreting respiratory investigations such as polysomnography or actigraphy Experience of Cancer Experience on ICU Clinical Skills / knowledge and abilities EssentialAudit MDT Working and communication skills DesirableTeaching Service Development 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) . UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please seeNHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) . UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please seeNHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Address Harefield Hospital Hill End Road Harefield, Uxbridge, Middx UB9 6JHEmployer's website(Opens in a new tab) Employer details Employer name Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Address Harefield Hospital Hill End Road Harefield, Uxbridge, Middx UB9 6JHEmployer's website(Opens in a new tab)#J-18808-Ljbffr