Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

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The closing date is 01 September 2025

This post offers an exciting opportunity for a Respiratory Consultant to join an expanding, progressive and forward-thinking team of Respiratory clinicians, who provide a number of quality services to respiratory patients across South Warwickshire.

We are looking for a committed and passionate colleague to support and develop our Respiratory service at Warwick Hospital. The job is offered on a 10 PA contract and will be a mixture of ward-based Physician of the week, and clinic weeks.

Main duties of the job

The main elements of the post will be:

• To support the inpatient service in Respiratory Medicine.
• The Consultant will have 10 sessions per week to support the Respiratory Physician of the Week and the Respiratory Registrars to manage all the inpatient workload, including referrals and procedures, working approx. 1 in 4 weeks.
• The Consultant will have scheduled bronchoscopy sessions on a rota basis, approximately 1 in 4 weeks. Additionally, there will be occasional emergency bronchoscopy sessions and EBUS sessions once this service commences.
• Outpatient clinics will be scheduled throughout the week.

About us

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

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Job responsibilities

For further information on the job, please visit the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification Physical Requirements

• Satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance

Professional Experience

• Eligible for the specialist register in Respiratory Medicine
• Expressed an interest in undergraduate and postgraduate education
• Extensive Experience of Management of Pleural Disease
• GIM Accredditation

Academic Achivements

• MRCP or equivalent
• Research Experience and/or Higher Qualifications
• Additional Relevant Qualifications

Research, Audit and Clinical Governance

• Proven Experience in Undertaking Clinical Audit and Governance
• Demonstrate Skills in Audit and Clinical Governance Activities
• Research Experience and/or Higher Qualifications

Personal Qualities

• Good Verbal and Written Communication
• Able to plan a new service and developments in service delivery
• Willingness to work unsocial hours
• Good team leader and player
• Good interpersonal skills
• Reliable
• Able to work under pressure
• Able to work flexibly
• Willingness to work with colleagues
• Willing to travel to the different hospitals in the Warwickshire area
• Demonstrate skills in audit and clinical governance activities

Personal Circumstances

• Willing to live within 10 miles of Warwick Hospital or 30 minutes travelling distance
• Car owner and driver

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.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust