Job requirements
Essential
9 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Clinical governance
Demonstration of knowledge around clinical and financial governance
- Skills and experience
Full GMC Registration
- Skills and experience
The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English
- Qualifications and training
Possesses range of clinical knowledge, skills & IT expertise
- Qualifications and training
Concerned to maintain & develop this knowledge
- Qualifications and training
In depth expertise in at least one specialist field
- Qualifications and training
Displays sound professional judgement
- Qualifications and training
Exercises sound clinical risk management
- Qualifications and training
Sees patients within a holistic context
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills and experience
Higher Degree (MD /PhD or equivalent)
- Skills and experience
CCST Specialist Registration or will obtain within 6 months of interview date
- Qualifications and training
Pleural services
- Qualifications and training
Interest in Lung cancer
- Qualifications and training
Interest in ILD
- Qualifications and training
Interest in Intensive care & Respiratory Acute Medicine & Respiratory Infectious disease & Respiratory
Job overview
Applications are invited to apply for a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine vacancy at the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust as part of a major expansion of Respiratory services. This post is based at The Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate. You will be joining a team of 7 Consultants, 1 Respiratory Nurse Consultant, 7 Nurse specialists (sleep, lung cancer, NIV), in-patient Respiratory practitioner team, fully equipped Respiratory Physiology department and staff and a dynamic, rapidly evolving department, reconfiguring to allow targeted sub-specialty work and 7-day respiratory service across the region. An increased Administrative & secretarial team to support clinical staff with adequate offices with IT equipment.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to support respiratory services at QEQMH which have ward-based working. The Respiratory team at the QEQMH manages patients on Fordwich ward, a 20 bedded ward, which is a purpose-built ward for respiratory patients. NIV patients are managed on this ward and all staff are trained to do this. There will also be involvement with Outpatient Clinics seeing a variety of New and Follow up Respiratory patients.
The appointee will share junior staff with a Consultant consisting of 4 middle grade doctors (including 2 x Higher Specialty Trainee) and 4/5 F1 to IMT grade doctors. An interest in pleural disease management, Lung cancer and ILD would be an advantage. Candidates interested in Intensive care/Respiratory Medicine, or Infectious diseases/Respiratory Medicine are also very welcome and any combination of specialities can be discussed. Any other interests will also be welcomed and supported. Applicants interested in education and involvement with the new Medical School will be supported.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please review the Supporting Documents section to access the full Job Description and Person Specification. If you have further queries please do not hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details at the top the page.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
*Please note that the set Interview Date has been added as guidance and may be subject to change.
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.
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This advert is for Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine with East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust in Canterbury, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Respiratory Medicine role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (.). The application deadline is 20 Sep 2026.
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