Locum Consultant Respiratory Physician PVDU

NHS; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading heart and lung hospital in Cambridge is recruiting a Locum Consultant Respiratory Physician to join their team. The role involves providing patient care, assisting with clinical trials, and fulfilling on-call responsibilities. Candidates should have MBBS or equivalent and relevant clinical experience, including a commitment to the Trust's values of Compassion, Excellence, and Collaboration. This is an opportunity to work in a prestigious hospital recognized for its outstanding services.

Qualifications

• Completed Certificate of Training (CCT) or equivalent in Respiratory Medicine.
• Significant clinical experience in pulmonary hypertension.
• Demonstrated commitment to Trust values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to patients managed by the PVDU service.
• Assist in recruiting patients to clinical trials.
• Participate in MDT presentations and discussions.

Skills

Clinical knowledge

Clinical judgement

Experience in pulmonary hypertension

Commitment to self-directed learning

Analytical practice

Education

MBBS or equivalent

Higher Degree (MD or PhD)

Job description

Locum Consultant Respiratory Physician PVDU

The closing date is 30 November 2025

Royal Papworth Hospital is looking for a Locum Consultant to join the Respiratory team providing care to patients being managed by the PVDU service.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full detail of this role.

Main duties of the job

• Provide care to patients being managed by the PVDU service as per their job plan, involving planning investigations, undertaking diagnostic procedures and forming appropriate management plans for routine and emergency care.
• Participate in MDT presentations, discussions and outcomes management.
• Assist with recruiting patients to clinical trials, tissue banking and research methodology.
• Encouraged to submit work and attend national and international meetings in Thoracic Medicine.
• Participate in regular PVDU on‑call rota, providing cover 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
• Share responsibility for training specialty trainees, clinical fellows and medical students, ensuring College and local requirements are met.

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK’s leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art campus in Cambridge. It performs the most heart and lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK’s first successful heart transplant in 1979.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, it is at the heart of treatments of the future and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure. The Trust holds a rating of outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. Please review and refer to it as you complete your application. Include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. For more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please contact the recruitment team.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent
• Higher Degree (e.g. MD or PhD)

Experience

• Completion of Certificate of Training (CCT) or equivalent in Respiratory Medicine
• Significant, demonstrable clinical experience in pulmonary hypertension, including working at a specialist PH centre in the last 2 years
• Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement, prioritise clinical need, and demonstrate a critical and enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition, commitment to self‑directed learning and reflective/analytical practice.

Additional Criteria

• Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust’s values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration.
• Please see attached Job Description for detailed Person Specification.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a Disclosure and Barring Service check to screen for any previous criminal convictions.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust