Consultant post in Respiratory Medicine and GIM
Applications are invited for Consultant Respiratory Physician at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust.
The appointment is for a full-time Consultant Physician within Respiratory Medicine and GIM.
Applications are invited from Full time, Part time and Job Share applicants.
If a person is appointed as a part-time or job share position modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the trust in consultation with consultant colleagues.
Please refer to the chart below for an indicative job plan denoting the allocation of programmed activities – please note that this is suggested only, and is subject to confirmation with the post-holder. There is scope for tailoring the job plan to the sub speciality interests of the successful applicant. We would welcome candidates to reach out to the department to discuss the role if considering applying.
The post involves a mixture of inpatient ward cover and out patient work; including lung cancer clinic and MDT, a pleural list and general respiratory clinic. EBUS may or may not be included, dependent upon the applicant.
Successful candidates should have obtained CCT in Respiratory and General (Internal) medicine or be within 6 months at the time of appointment. The respiratory departments at Chelsea & Westminster hospital trust provide comprehensive in-and out-patient respiratory services including state of the art interventional bronchoscopy, non-invasive ventilation, sleep diagnostics & therapeutics, lung cancer, airway and TB services. There are significant teaching & training opportunities for both consultants and more junior trainees and both departments are research-active.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.
We have over 7,000 members of staff that are
PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We’re one of the best preforming Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’. We’ve also been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’ by an NHS Improvement inspection.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £30 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children’s unit at West Middlesex – in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Elizabeth Starren Job title: Respiratory Physician and Service Director Email address:
[email protected] 
