Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 17 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £109,725 to £145,478 per annum WTE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 April 2026 |
| Location: | London, W6 8RF |
| Company: | IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7879337/290-LCONA259 |
Summary
This is a locum post created to provide consultant level care to respiratory patients in the community and secondary care with a focus on COPD. The post holder will work with the Integrated respiratory teams to enable care of suitable patients in neighbourhoods and at home. The postholder will be the COPD Virtual ward clinical lead for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and contribute to the acute medicine on-call rota at St Mary’s Hospital (SMH), providing respiratory outreach to the acute medical unit there.
This post therefore represents an opportunity to deliver excellent care to patients with respiratory disease, bridge the gap between primary and secondary respiratory care, help flow through the hospital by advising the Virtual COPD ward and help provide clinical leadership in COPD care. The post would be suitable for a post-CCT candidate looking to develop as a consultant in a supportive team in a large organisation.
The Imperial Community respiratory service is a consultant led service overseeing the overall management of patients with a chronic lung condition, from diagnosis to end of life, living in the inner boroughs of Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham.
You will join a team of 30 health care professionals and 6 consultants who provide;
-Outpatient clinics within community sites for diagnosis and optimisation of respiratory disease at St Mary’s St Charles’ in Ladbroke grove, Maida vale clinic, Violet Melcher and others.
-Early supportive discharge.
-Admission avoidance.
-Disease optimisation.
-Pulmonary rehabilitation.
-Home oxygen services.
-MDT working with Diagnostic hubs, breathlessness services and COPD optimization.
-Education and support across primary and community care.
The service works seamlessly with colleagues within Imperial College Healthcare NHS hospital sites and the NWL remote monitoring hub.
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
On appointment, the candidate will have a formal job plan meeting with the clinical director when the candidate will have the opportunity to make changes to the timetable to suit the candidate’s needs.
During acute medicine, all other clinical commitments are cancelled. Respiratory ward commitments never overlap with acute medicine commitments.
Full JD and an example job plan are provided.
This advert closes on Tuesday 31 Mar 2026