Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

Job summary

Locum Consultant Respiratory Physician with an interest in ILD

Applications are invited for 1.0wte position in Respiratory Medicine, based at Ealing Hospital with cross site working at Northwick Park Hospital. The successful applicant will join an expanding and dynamic forward-thinking team. The post is offered on a fixed term contract for 12 months with a view to becoming substantive in year 2.

We would welcome hearing from applicants who are interested in a sub-speciality of Interstitial Lung Disease.

The appointee will be responsible to the Divisional Director of Integrated Medicine for London Northwest Healthcare NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

The department of Respiratory Medicine comprises 14.0 wte consultants across 3 sites: Ealing, Central Middlesex, and Northwick Park Hospitals. Although the post is based at Ealing Hospital, the successful applicant may be asked to work at any of the other sites in the future.

This post will contribute pro rata to the Acute Medicine Rotas in operation at the time of appointment. The successful applicant will support the Respiratory ILD service, general respiratory outpatient service, and participate in regular ILD MDT. They will also join their consultant colleagues at the Ealing site where there is a 34 bedded Respiratory ward including a 6 bedded Enhanced Respiratory Unit with a Consultant of the Week service model.

The service is supported by a respiratory matron, 2 x band 7 CNS and a junior doctor establishment of 3 x SpR level, 5 x FY2 level and 2 x FY1s.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.