Job summary
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant in Respiratory Medicine- lead for lung cancer screening at St George's and with sub speciality interest in lung cancer and EBUS.

10PAs St George's Hospital

This is a 12 month locum post,that provides an opportunity for an enthusiastic physician to provide respiratory services at St George's Hospital. The successful candidate will join a group of 12 other consultants affiliated to the respiratory department at St George's.

Prospective candidates are encouraged to visit for informal discussion, contact details below:

• Dr Helen Meredith, Respiratory Care Group Lead
• Helen.Meredith0@stgeorges.nhs.uk

Provisional Date for Interview: TBC

Main duties of the job
To provide a clinical service in respiratory medicine as part of a team of respiratory specialists.

To participate in clinical and other service activities with the objective of ensuring a high standard of patient care; including general respiratory, sleep and cancer clinics

To lead the delivery of the lung cancer screening programme review meetings at St George's and work within the lung cancer team.

To participate in the delivery of the regional EBUS service.

To contribute to service developments

To take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training. Depending on the skills of the candidate, this could involve managing the respiratory clinical placements and other medical student clinical experience as well as the teaching program for the respiratory doctors.

To contribute to the management of the service.

Full consideration will be given to applicants who wish to apply for a less than full time post and we welcome enquires regarding that.

About us
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest healthcare facilities in the United Kingdom with over 1100 beds. Based in Tooting, it treats 80,000 inpatients/day cases and over 300,000 outpatients annually. The Trust employs more than 5000 people, including 700 medical and dental staff. It provides general acute services and also specialties such as neurosciences, vascular, cardiothoracic and children's services.

St George's Hospital is the main teaching hospital in the South West Thames region. It serves a local population of 300,000 but has developed links with most District General Hospitals in the region. There is a significant training programme for junior doctors who rotate through the Trust.

In 2003, the neurosciences services based at Atkinson Morley's Hospital in Wimbledon relocated to the Tooting site. The new purpose-built Atkinson Morley Wing is shared by neurosciences and cardiothoracic services. Accommodation is arranged over four floors, is built around inner courtyards and incorporates 233 inpatient and day case beds, eight operating theatres, and a range of state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment facilities.

Details
Date posted
22 September 2026

Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade
Consultant

Salary
£113,565 to £150,569 a year
per annum

Contract
Permanent

Working pattern
Full-time

Reference number
200-MC-712762-8248037-CA

Job locations
St Georges Foundation Hospital
Blackshaw Road
Tooting
SW17 0QT
United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full breakdown of the main responsibilities for Consultant in Respiratory Medicine- lead for lung cancer screening at St Georges and with sub speciality interest in lung cancer and EBUS position

Person Specification
Other
Desirable

• Driving Licence

Qualifications
Essential

• MRCP or Equivalent
• Full registration with GMC
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Respiratory and General Medicine via o CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) o CESR or o European Community Rights
• Ability to bronchoscope independently and be able to supervise specialist trainees

Desirable

• An appropriate higher degree (MD, PhD or equivalent)
• Advanced Life Support Certificate
• Post graduate teaching qualifications
• Ability to perform EBUS independently

Experience
Essential

• Demonstrable experience of Clinical Governance activities in the last year
• Demonstrable experience in teaching
• Evidence of an understanding of how one may set up a new service - business plans, service development

Desirable

• Experience of working within a mutli-disciplinary integrated respiratory team
• Teaching skills course/qualification
• Demonstrable experience in research with an appropriate publication record

Skills
Essential

• Ability to take on independent clinical responsibility whilst working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to demonstrate leadership capabilities within multi-disciplinary teams
• Ability to communicate effectively with GPs and other professionals in hospital and community
• Evidence of experience in day to day organisation of General Medical and Respiratory services in a hospital setting
• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit, must have undertaken and completed audit projects recently
• Familiarity with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Desirable

• Ability to develop research projects and supervise trainees in their research
• Evidence of training to be an educational supervisor

Person Disposition
Essential

• Caring attitude to patients
• Flexible and co-operative approach to colleagues and team members
• Demonstrable ability to cope under pressure
• Demonstrable commitment to continuing medical education
• Commitment to uphold St George's values

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.

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 (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address
St Georges Foundation Hospital
Blackshaw Road
Tooting
SW17 0QT
United Kingdom

Employer's website
Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Care Group Lead for Chest Medicine
Dr Helen Meredith
helen.meredith@stgeorges.nhs.uk
02087251956