Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine with a Specialist interest

Job overview

Job Title: Locum Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine with a Specialist Interest in Lung Cancer (10 PAs) Contract Type: 12 months (Fixed term until 29th October 2026) Location: Newham Hospital  On-call: General Medical on-call

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking to appoint a fixed-term Locum Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine.  This is a 10 PA role based at Newham Hospital, with EBUS sessions at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will join our dynamic respiratory department as a Locum Respiratory Consultant with a special interest in Lung Cancer. This position has arisen as part of a maternity leave cover.   This role will complement a subspeciality team in lung cancer which includes one whole time consultant (in post), a lung cancer nurse, MDT co-ordinator team feeding into a robust, nationally renowned cancer MDT based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

The service offers  Bronchoscopy, EBUS and pleural lists and the postholder will contribute to the EBUS rota at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. The role will also involve consultant-led respiratory care for the 26 bedded Respiratory inpatient ward at Newham Hospital, support for respiratory specialty consult and assessments, vetting of advice and referrals service and contributing to a regular pleural procedure list. The postholder will contribute to the general medical on call rota – current frequency of 1 in 18.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To contribute to the provision of a comprehensive and efficient acute and specialist Respiratory Medicine service at Barts Health NHS Trust. •    To deliver excellence in care for patients admitted on acute unselected medical take.     •    To undertake a dedicated respiratory procedures list.  •    To work closely with colleagues in both primary and secondary care, to provide seamless lung cancer care for patients •    To provide evidence-based care for all inpatients and outpatients. •    To have regard at all times for the clinical and quality standards. •    To maintain and promote team and multi-disciplinary work with the specialties working closely and regularly with the consultant medical staff. •    To participate fully in the management of the Department and to liaise closely with the General Manager and the Clinical Director. •    To take an active role in teaching and training in the department and Trust at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. •    To contribute to clinical governance, audit, and departmental management, and to support the ongoing development and improvement of the service.