# Locum Airway Consultant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-airway-consultant/20fb5143-0fda-4a53-a8d3-7ffc1ddb652f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-airway-consultant/20fb5143-0fda-4a53-a8d3-7ffc1ddb652f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Charing Cross Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Ear, Nose and Throat - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 to £150,569 per annum WTE - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (30/09/26 – 30/09/27) - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-10T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-28T09:41:17.384Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Imperial_College_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Rhinology/Rhinology-v8261059 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8261059?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Imperial hosts the national centre for adult airway reconstruction. The service is run by Prof Guri Sandhu, Mr Chadwan Al Yaghchi and Ms Aphrodite Iacovidou supported by 2 doctoral speech and language therapists, 2 airway clinical nurse specialists, MDT co-ordinator and clinical psychologist. The service primarily cares for patients with Airway Stenosis a chronic condition in which patient’s airways contract over time which without intervention would lead to asphyxiation. The most common cause of Airway Stenosis is laryngeal damage from prolonged ITU stays. Over half of all referrals come from outside London, we are looking to expand the unit whereby both the surgeon and anaesthetist are national experts in managing these complex patients. There is a significant cohort of patients who have surgery multiple times per year to repair and expand their airway. The service has increasing demand following the Covid-19 pandemic and a locum appointment is sought to manage this new caseload as well as provide vital support for the tertiary service. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate will join the registrar team delivering specialist ENT care Key Areas of Responsibility: - Provide high quality care to patients in Airway - The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration. - To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post. - To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care programmed activities. - To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views. - Research, teaching and training - Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust’s translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of research governance. Performance management: - To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas: - Clinical efficiency e.g. LOS reductions, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates. - Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates - Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities A provisional timetable is provided below. This is subject to change. - Day | Time | Activity | Category | PA Allocation - Monday | 09:00–13:00 | St Mary’s Hospital Outpatient Clinic | DCC | 1 - | 12:00–13:00 | Tracheostomy Ward Round – St Mary’s Hospital | DCC | 0.25 - | 13:30–17:30 | St Mary’s Hospital Outpatient Clinic* | DCC | 1.25 - Tuesday | — | Non-working day | — | — - Wednesday | 07:30–09:00 | Consultant Ward Round | DCC | 0.375 - | 09:00–09:15 | Board Round | DCC | - | 09:15–10:00 | Airway Multidisciplinary Team Meeting | DCC | 0.19 - | 10:00–18:00 | Outpatient Clinic | DCC | 2 - Thursday | 07:30–17:00 | Elective Operating List (alternate weeks; annualised) | DCC | 1.25 - Friday | 09:00–13:00 | Interventional Laryngology Clinic. | DCC | 0.625 - | 13:00–18:00 | Interventional Laryngology Clinic. | DCC | 1.25 - SPA | | | | 1 - On Call | | | | 0.75 - * | Putney clinic 1 in 4 | | | ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Audit **Essential** - Understanding of principles of clinical audit ### Language **Essential** - Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements ### Academic achievement **Essential** - Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Subspecialist knowledge and training in laryngology - IT Skills and computer literacy - Experience in office-based laryngology procedures ### Teaching and Training **Essential** - Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff ### Education/ Qualifications **Essential** - On GMC’s register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice - On GMC’s Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration - Appropriate Royal College Membership ### Leadership/ Management skills **Essential** - Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority - Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues. - Management of staff - Knowledge of finance/budgets ## Documents - [jd 2026 (pdf, 768.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10574807) - [frf 2026 (pdf, 248.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10574804) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.