Locum Consultant Respiratory Medicine with Lung Transplant & PH
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DNView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
13 November 2026
1 day leftJob description
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team. This is a locum pos...
To support lung transplantation, pulmonary hypertension and general respiratory services.
Contribute to the Consultant on call rota for Respiratory Medicine and Cardiothoracic Transplantation.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Katy Hester, Head of Respiratory Department, 0191 233 6161 Ext 39079 or katy.hester@nhs.net or Dr Gerry Meachery, 0191 21 39422, via email g.meachery@nhs.net, or Dr Jim Lordan, via email j.lordan@nhs.net or 0191 24 48608.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential: - Primary Medical Qualification; - Full GMC Registration; - Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
Desirable: - Higher Degree
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
- Evidence of experience and competence in bronchoscopy
- Experience in Lung Transplantation
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
Desirable: - Experience in Pulmonary Hypertension
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
- Able to communicate well with patients and colleagues
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the directorate to the Trust and its workforce.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance
Desirable
- Ability to run a respiratory service and participate in management process
- Involvement with unit management and project leadership
- Proven management and administration ability and understanding of management goals
- Evidence of leadership and project management
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies
- Ability to review clinical guidelines
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
- Ability to teach clinical, technical and practical skills
Research
Essential
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
- Higher degree. Research/critical review of literature.
- Publications in the last five years.
Audit
Essential: - Evidence of participation in audit.
Desirable: - Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit; - Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement
How to apply
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First seen
5 November 2026
Last checked
9 November 2026
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