# Locum Consultant Respiratory Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Whittington Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-respiratory-medicine/0f0ce137-f0a6-4489-b823-f0f16bca6e6c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-respiratory-medicine/0f0ce137-f0a6-4489-b823-f0f16bca6e6c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Whittington Health NHS Trust - **Location:** The Whittington Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Respiratory Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata (for part time) - **Contract type:** 12 months (12 month fixed term contract) - **Employment type:** Part time - 6 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-15T12:51:25.420Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8370496 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8370496?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.whittington.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Applications are invited for the post of a Locum Consultant in Respiratory and General Medicine at Whittington Health NHS Trust. This is a fixed term post for 12 months to aid with the current outpatient work. The respiratory team at Whittington Health, presently led by Dr Ruvini Dharmagunawardena, has an excellent reputation for innovation and integrated care, focusing on delivering high-value, multidisciplinary holistic care to patients admitted with acute respiratory deterioration and those living with long-term conditions. The successful candidate will join a team of eight respiratory consultants, who lead a thriving multidisciplinary respiratory team with increasing community, outpatient and inpatient referrals, as well as providing consultant-led care for our 23-bedded specialist respiratory ward, which also includes 4 HDU beds. Full registration with the GMC and acceptance on the GMC Specialist Register are required and you should hold a CCST or be within six months of obtaining it by the time of interview. ### Main duties of the job Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached full Job Description and Person Specification for further details about the job role, including a sample timetable of the main duties and responsibilities. ### 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 ### Research **Desirable** - An interest in research as evidenced by publications and by ideas for development using current resources within Whittington Health. - Ability and willingness to institute and work collaboratively on research with clinical and technical colleagues. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Membership of the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent. - CCST in respiratory and G(I)M or within 6 months of obtaining. - Entry on GMC specialist register or equivalent required (e.g., Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration {CESR}) **Desirable** - A further qualification such as MD or PhD, quality improvement, leadership, management or teaching qualification ### Teaching & Training **Essential** - Experience of and commitment to undergraduate teaching. - Skill and ability in formal and informal teaching of trainee doctors and other health professionals. - Skills to supervise and appraise trainee doctors **Desirable** - An understanding of current issues in medical education and knowledge of current and future funding arrangements - Willingness to acquire a recognised teaching qualification or equivalent - Skills to supervise and support professional development and training of other members of respiratory MDT ### Professional Experience **Essential** - Training and experience in all aspects of respiratory medicine and general medicine including, pleural ultrasound, and smoking cessation. **Desirable** - Areas of specialist expertise, including management of asthma and/or lung cancer, with associated commitment and enthusiasm to lead and innovate in development and delivery of services in these areas, where there are currently gaps in the department consultant leadership - At least Level 1 Smoking Cessation Training. Experience of integrated care. ### Quality Improvement and Audit **Essential** - Experience of quality improvement and audit. - Commitment to lead & carry out relevant quality improvement and audit activities. - Commitment to principles of quality improvement. **Desirable** - Knowledge and understanding of QI methodology. ### Communication, leadership, management and team working **Essential** - Excellent communication skills - Able to lead and work in a multi-disciplinary team - Skills to lead manage, supervise and support trainee medical staff **Desirable** - Behaviour Change/motivational interview training e.g., ADP. - Demonstrable team leadership qualities and staff management skills. - Knowledge of budget management and of current and future NHS commissioning arrangements ## Documents - [job description & person specification (pdf, 353.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10698133) ## 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.