Closing date: 19 November 2026
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum/pro rata
Contract: Fixed term, 3 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Location: Medway Maritime Foundation Trust, Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5NY

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.

Job 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
Essential

• Full GMC registration and a license to practice
• MRCP (or equivalent)

Desirable

• 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. Certificate of completion 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

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

Value Based Question

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

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer's website: Apply through our website

For questions about the job, contact:
Consultant Physician, Dr K Chengappa, kchengappa@nhs.net

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