St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

The closing date is 02 July 2025

Job summary

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Consultant in Respiratory & General Medicine

10PAs St George's Hospital

This is a 12 month locum post, that provides an opportunity for an enthusiastic physician to provide respiratory services at St George's Hospital. The successful candidate will join a group of 12 other consultants affiliated to the respiratory department at St George's.

Prospective candidates are encouraged to visit for informal discussion, contact details below:

  • Dr Helen Meredith, Respiratory Care Group Lead

Helen.Meredith0@stgeorges.nhs.uk

Provisional Date for Interview: TBC

Main duties of the job

  • To provide a clinical service in respiratory medicine as part of a team of respiratory specialists.

    To participate in clinical and other service activities with the objective of ensuring a high standard of patient care; including general respiratory, sleep and cancer clinics

    Opportunities to join the severe asthma, COPD, sleep services or other sub specialties- welcome interest and discussion

    To contribute to service developments

    To take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training. Depending on the skills of the candidate, this could involve managing the respiratory clinical placements and other medical student clinical experience as well as the teaching program for the respiratory doctors.

    To contribute to the management of the service.

    Full consideration will be given to applicants who wish to apply for a less than full time post and we welcome enquires regarding that.

About us

St George's Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest healthcare facilities in the United Kingdom with over 1100 beds. Based in Tooting, it treats 80,000 inpatients/day cases and over 300,000 outpatients annually. The Trust employs more than 5000 people, including 700 medical and dental staff. It provides general acute services and also specialties such as neurosciences, vascular, cardiothoracic and children's services.

St George's Hospital is the main teaching hospital in the South West Thames region. It serves a local population of 300,000 but has developed links with most District General Hospitals in the region. There is a significant training programme for junior doctors who rotate through the Trust.

In 2003, the neurosciences services based at Atkinson Morley's Hospital in Wimbledon relocated to the Tooting site. The new purpose-built Atkinson Morley Wing is shared by neurosciences and cardiothoracic services. Accommodation is arranged over four floors, is built around inner courtyards and incorporates 233 inpatient and day case beds, eight operating theatres, and a range of state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment facilities.

Details

Date posted

25 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

Contract

Locum

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

Locum for 12 months

Job locations

St Georges Foundation Hospital

Blackshaw Road

Tooting

SW17 0QT


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the JD for Full Description

Proposed Job Plan template

Standard Royal College of Physicians framework of 10PAs of which:

8 PAs will be dedicated to direct clinical care (DCC)

2 PAs will be devoted to Supporting professional activities (SPAs)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the JD for Full Description

Proposed Job Plan template

Standard Royal College of Physicians framework of 10PAs of which:

8 PAs will be dedicated to direct clinical care (DCC)

2 PAs will be devoted to Supporting professional activities (SPAs)

Person Specification

Other

Desirable

  • Driving Licence

Qualifications

Essential

  • MRCP or Equivalent
  • Full registration with GMC
  • Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Respiratory and General Medicine via o CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) o CESR or o European Community Rights

Desirable

  • An appropriate higher degree (MD, PhD or equivalent)
  • Advanced Life Support Certificate
  • Post graduate teaching qualifications

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience of Clinical Governance activities in the last year
  • Demonstrable experience in teaching
  • Evidence of an understanding of how one may set up a new service - business plans, service development

Desirable

  • Experience of working within a mutli-disciplinary integrated respiratory team
  • Teaching skills course/qualification
  • Demonstrable experience in research with an appropriate publication record

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to take on independent clinical responsibility whilst working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Ability to demonstrate leadership capabilities within multi-disciplinary teams
  • Ability to communicate effectively with GPs and other professionals in hospital and community
  • Evidence of experience in day to day organisation of General Medical and Respiratory services in a hospital setting
  • Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit, must have undertaken and completed audit projects recently
  • Familiarity with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Desirable

  • Ability to develop research projects and supervise trainees in their research

Person Disposition

Essential

  • Caring attitude to patients
  • Flexible and co-operative approach to colleagues and team members
  • Demonstrable ability to cope under pressure
  • Demonstrable commitment to continuing medical education
  • Commitment to uphold St George's values
Person Specification

Other

Desirable

  • Driving Licence

Qualifications

Essential

  • MRCP or Equivalent
  • Full registration with GMC
  • Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Respiratory and General Medicine via o CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) o CESR or o European Community Rights

Desirable

  • An appropriate higher degree (MD, PhD or equivalent)
  • Advanced Life Support Certificate
  • Post graduate teaching qualifications

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience of Clinical Governance activities in the last year
  • Demonstrable experience in teaching
  • Evidence of an understanding of how one may set up a new service - business plans, service development

Desirable

  • Experience of working within a mutli-disciplinary integrated respiratory team
  • Teaching skills course/qualification
  • Demonstrable experience in research with an appropriate publication record

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to take on independent clinical responsibility whilst working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Ability to demonstrate leadership capabilities within multi-disciplinary teams
  • Ability to communicate effectively with GPs and other professionals in hospital and community
  • Evidence of experience in day to day organisation of General Medical and Respiratory services in a hospital setting
  • Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit, must have undertaken and completed audit projects recently
  • Familiarity with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Desirable

  • Ability to develop research projects and supervise trainees in their research

Person Disposition

Essential

  • Caring attitude to patients
  • Flexible and co-operative approach to colleagues and team members
  • Demonstrable ability to cope under pressure
  • Demonstrable commitment to continuing medical education
  • Commitment to uphold St George's values

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Georges Foundation Hospital

Blackshaw Road

Tooting

SW17 0QT


Employer's website

https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Georges Foundation Hospital

Blackshaw Road

Tooting

SW17 0QT


Employer's website

https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Care Group Lead for Chest Medicine

Dr Helen Meredith

helen.meredith@stgeorges.nhs.uk

02087250405

Details

Date posted

25 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

Contract

Locum

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

Locum for 12 months

Job locations

St Georges Foundation Hospital

Blackshaw Road

Tooting

SW17 0QT


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