Locum Consultant General Respiratory Medicine

Integrated Care System; Leicester; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Leicester is seeking a Locum Consultant in General Respiratory Medicine to join their dynamic team. The role entails maintaining high clinical standards, managing patient care, and promoting effective community partnerships. Ideal candidates will possess full GMC registration and be trained in respiratory/general medicine, demonstrating strong clinical management skills. This position offers the opportunity to lead significant changes in an impactful healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Fully trained in respiratory and general medicine.
• Clear, fluent verbal and written presentation.
• Evidence of clinical management and delivering change.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the highest clinical standards in patient management.
• Share responsibility for day-to-day patient management.
• Promote new ways of working and coordinate community care.
• Supervise and train junior medical staff.
• Participate in multidisciplinary case conferences.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical management

Team leadership

Education

MB BS or Equivalent Full GMC Registration

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Locum Consultant General Respiratory Medicine

The closing date is 25 August 2025

Respiratory Medicine at Glenfield Hospital has a national and international reputation for its academic and clinical services.This is a 12 month post and the 2 wte appointees will join a dynamic and forward thinking Respiratory team. You will contribute to our urgent and emergency care portfolio, support our inpatient base ward workload in line with the Keogh standards.

All patients are assessed in the Clinical Decisions (CDU) and Coronary Care Units (CCU) following referral from GPs, 999 ambulances and the Emergency Department. CDU is the largest single cardio-respiratory receiving unit in the UK taking 50+ patients, on average, daily. 70% of our attendances are direct from primary care. Supporting this emergency workload we developed ambulatory care services for pulmonary embolus and pleural disease. We manage 6 base respiratory wards (147 beds) each with a sub-specialist theme comprising a short stay unit (ward 20), non-invasive ventilation (ward 15a & ward 24), cystic fibrosis and chronic suppurative lung disease (Ward 16), TB and higher dependency (ward 17), and pleural disease and cancer (ward 29).

A Cardiac and Respiratory Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) service, run jointly with the Clinical Decision Unit (CDU) was established in 2021. It has been very successful and there are ambitious plans to develop it further. You will have the opportunity to influence the future of the respiratory SDEC by joining (and leading) an enthusiastic multidisciplinaryteam.

Main duties of the job

Key Tasks for thepost include:

• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
• To share with colleagues responsibility for the day-to-day management of patients.
• To promote new ways of working and co-ordinating care for patients in the community and to ensure that services are based on effective and integrated partnerships across the health community.
• Supervise and train junior medical staff.
• To be involved in appraising and assessing juniors.
• Teaching, research and administration.
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.

About us

Our new strategy, 'Leading in healthcare, trusted in communities' was developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners and is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

Job responsibilities

KEY TASKS

(Example only)

• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
• To share with colleagues responsibility for the day-to-day management of patients.
• To promote new ways of working and co-ordinating care for patients in the community and to ensure that services are based on effective and integrated partnerships across the health community.
• Take part in multidisciplinary case conferences.
• Supervise and train junior medical staff
• To be involved in appraising and assessing juniors.
• Teaching, research and administration.
• To proactively develop the service.
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.

Further details in the Job Description

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

• MB BS or Equivalent Full GMC Registration Fully Accredited for Higher Specialist

Experience

• Fully trained in respiratory and general medicine

Communication

• Clear, fluent and articulate in verbal and written presentation

Management

• Evidence of Clinical Management with evidence of delivering change, preferably within an acute care setting

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.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust