Locum Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine with an Interest in Long-Term Ventilation and Medical High-Dependency

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

The shift pattern for this post is to be confirmed.

This is a Fixed term post for 1 year.

Applications are invited for this locum Respiratory Consultant post which will be based at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH). The successful candidate will join an established Respiratory consultant team, covering a period of maternity leave.

Applicants must have MRCP, full GMC registration and a licence to practise. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine or eligibility for specialist registration (CESR) or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from date of Interview. You should have extensive training in general respiratory medicine. An interest and relevant subspecialty experience in long-term ventilation and medical high-dependency would be helpful but not essential. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.

The successful candidate will be responsible with colleagues for the care of both inpatients and outpatients with a range of respiratory diseases. Appointees will provide care for general respiratory inpatients at QEUH (including on-call duties) and outpatients within associated sites in South Sector.

It is anticipated that appointee would contribute to care provision for inpatients in medical high dependency unit and inpatients and outpatients in our long-term ventilation unit, with support including professional development and cross-cover from the established consultant team.

The successful candidate would undertake and supervise bronchoscopy and pleural procedures as appropriate based on experience and service requirements and contribute to educational supervision and undergraduate teaching within supporting professional activity session. The distribution of responsibilities between the appointee and the established consultant team would be finalised post appointment.

Some flexibility in timing of sessions, taking into account Bank Holidays, prospective cover in colleagues’ absence, and occurrence of receiving ward rounds, will be required.

The post is available from October 2026 but applicants who would only be available to start in subsequent months would also be welcome.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion, please contact

• Dr Chris Carlin, Clinical Lead Telephone 0141 451 6088, Mobile via Switchboard, or email chris.carlin3@nhs.scot
• Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: Information for candidates
• This post may close early to the volume of response. Please submit your application form as soon as possible.

The successful candidate may, where appropriate to their specialty and service requirements, contribute to the Interface Directorate. This may include supporting patient pathways, providing clinical advice, cross-site working or appropriate virtual clinical activity. Any involvement will be discussed and agreed, reflecting clinical governance, post requirements and wider service needs across NHSGGC

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