Consultant Respiratory Medicine

Overview

You will join the respiratory unit to deliver high‑quality specialist care across asthma, sleep/NIV, and CPET/breathlessness services. You will work with a consultant mentor to establish and grow services while supporting ward duties and in-reach activities. The role includes leading service delivery, teaching, and developing new clinics, with a focus on patient-centered, high‑intensity workloads. This is a opportunity to shape respiratory care at a major NHS Trust and contribute to research and education.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to asthma and Sleep/NIV services; participate in CPET/Breathlessness service development
• Mentor and support new appointee during induction
• Cover ward duties on respiratory ward and participate in respiratory in-reach to AAU
• Develop and manage service delivery to handle high workload and seasonal variation
• Contribute to teaching, training, and supervising junior staff
• Support clinic activity planning, including six new patients per clinic and future follow-up modelling
• Lead on efficient running of the unit and cross‑functional collaboration with other teams

Key requirements

• Full GMC registration
• MRCP(UK) or equivalent; MRCP(Resp) or equivalent desirable
• Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on acute medical conditions; independence in patient care
• Experience in leading medical/surgical teams and service development
• Experience supervising junior medical staff and involvement in teaching and audit
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional, and national levels

• flexible and adaptable in a changing health service
• excellent patient and stakeholder communication
• ability to work with cross-functional teams (GPs, Nurses, AHPs)
• CPET/Breathlessness service development
• in-reach liaison with AAU
• high-intensity workload management

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