Respiratory Locum Consultant

Transformation Unit; Gillingham; Hybrid; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gym access

Staff benefits

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Medway NHS Foundation Trust in Kent is seeking a Locum Consultant Respiratory for a 3-month term starting December 2026. The post supports inpatient and outpatient Thoracic Medicine with a nine-strong Consultant Chest Physician group and a dedicated respiratory ward.

We offer flexible working arrangements, a seven-day respiratory service, and opportunities for leadership, teaching and research within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration and license to practice.
• MRCP or equivalent qualification.
• Higher degree or diploma in a relevant field.
• Entry on GMC Specialist Register via CCT, portfolio, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide inpatient and outpatient respiratory care within a busy service.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team for ILD, sleep medicine and ventilation.
• Deliver a seven day respiratory service with Consultant-led care.
• Contribute to teaching, leadership and service development.

Skills

GMC registration

MRCP or equivalent

Respiratory medicine expertise

Education

MRCP or equivalent

Full GMC registration

Higher degree/diploma in relevant field

Specialist Register path (CCT/portfolio/European)

Job description

Main area Respiratory Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant Contract Fixed term: 3 months (To commence December 2026 for a period of 3 months) Hours

• Full time
• Part time

10 sessions per week (Mon-Fri) Job ref 275-2611-LOCCONRESP-HG

Employer Medway NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Medway Maritime Foundation Trust Town Gillingham, Kent Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum/pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/11/2026 23:59

Respiratory Locum Consultant

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Job overview

Locum Consultant Respiratory (From December 2026 for 3 months)

Division: Medicine and Emergency Care

Interview Date: TBC

We are recruiting for an Locum Consultant Respiratory(to commence December 2026 for 3 months) who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited for a new full time post (part-time / job share would be considered) as Locum Consultant Chest Physician to join our friendly, progressive and enthusiastic Respiratory Team here at Medway Foundation NHS Trust. The appointees will join the nine existing Consultant Chest Physicians who provide a comprehensive inpatient and outpatient Thoracic Medicine service for the Medway and Swale population of 427,000.

In 2024 we moved in to a purpose built respiratory ward with 19 Level 1 beds and a 7 bed level 1.5 Respiratory Support Unit/HDU with a dedicated 7 day/24 hour junior doctor rota, allowing us to manage sick respiratory patients needing non-invasive support (including NIV, CPAP and HFNO). We work collaboratively with our colleagues in Critical Care in managing these patients and one of our consultants is dual accredited and works across both departments.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

Working for our organisation

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under – represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The department consists of 9 consultants, 3 Registrars from the KSS Deanery, an SAS doctor, a ward resident doctor team and a very experienced and supportive AHP team including Acute Respiratory CNSs / Physio, an ACP, an ILD Pharmacist, domiciliary ventilation CNSs and TB and lung cancer CNSs. We have a dedicated cancer MDT coordinator, respiratory and sleep physiology team, dedicated secretarial support and of course the ward nursing team supported by a Matron and Service Manager.

We also work closely with a proactive Interventional Radiology team to assess intermediate high risk PEs and treat with catheter directed lysis in selected cases.

We provide a respiratory in-reach service to the general medical take and provide a high quality, well organised, consultant led seven day respiratory service. There are a number of procedure lists including EBUS, local anaesthetic thoracoscopy, bronchoscopy and IPCs.

This post is to further develop our Respiratory Department and enable us to continue to deliver high quality services into the future.

We are looking for a Consultant with an interest in ILD or sleep and ventilation but there is flexibility to accommodate other interests and we would welcome an informal discussion.

Respiratory Medicine is part of the Medicine and Emergency Care Division. The Consultants in the Respiratory department are currently not job planned to do the weekend GIM take rota but run a respiratory weekend on-call rota – this is currently under review and there may be a small GIM contribution (weekends) in the future.

We pride ourselves on maintaining a supportive and collegiate culture with a great work-life balance where consultants are encouraged to develop individual interests while working collaboratively to deliver high-quality patient care.

Whether you are an established consultant or a senior trainee approaching CCT, you will join a supportive consultant body with strong subspecialty expertise, excellent multidisciplinary support and numerous opportunities for service development, leadership, teaching and research.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration and a license to practice
• MRCP (or equivalent)
• Higher degree/diploma in relevant clinical, research, educational or managerial subject
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in respiratory medicine (general internal medicine desirable) via one of the following: 1. Certificare of completiong of training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) 2. Portfolio pathway (application must be submitted and progressing) 3. Relevant European specialist qualification (REQ) or Recognised Specialist Qualification (RSQ)

Experience

• Competency in the management of all aspects of general Respiratory Medicine and GIM
• Experience in ILD or Sleep Medicine

Value Based Question

• How would you ensure you represent MFT in a positive way?

We are committed to Equality of Opportunity for everyone and will guarantee an interview to any disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.

Medway Maritime Hospital is a smoke free site. Smoking is completely prohibited in all Trust buildings, grounds and car parks for patients, visitors, staff and contractors. This will ensure that the hospital is a better place to work and a better place for our patients to be treated

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.