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An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced and forward-thinking Consultant Respiratory Physicians to join an expanding Respiratory Medicine team in the South East region of England.

This new phase of service development comes as part of a major reconfiguration of respiratory care across the region, with a focus on reducing inpatient stays, expanding outpatient capacity, improving discharge pathways, and empowering patient self-management.

You will play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care while helping to shape the future of respiratory services in one of the UK’s most progressive healthcare environments.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide expert inpatient management on dedicated respiratory wards, including daily handovers and multidisciplinary ward rounds.
• Develop and lead sub-speciality interests such as biologics for asthma, interstitial lung disease, EBUS, and interventional pleural procedures, in line with departmental priorities.
• Deliver respiratory input to community MDTs and support upstream respiratory care through enhanced advice and guidance services.
• Participate in pleural and EBUS clinics, and contribute to the daily respiratory hot clinic for acute admissions.
• Take part in the general medical on-call rota, with the potential to contribute to a respiratory speciality on-call service.
• Contribute to teaching, clinical audit, governance, and service development.
• Supervise junior medical staff and actively participate in continuing medical education.

About the Service

You’ll join a dynamic and supportive team of Respiratory Consultants providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services. The model allows flexibility and continuity of care throughout the week. Each consultant’s job plan is structured to ensure a balanced workload, with 1.5 PAs allocated for Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) and additional SPA time available for educational supervision.

There are opportunities to contribute to and lead areas of clinical innovation, including:

• Expansion of biologic therapy for asthma.
• Advanced interstitial lung disease management.
• Interventional respiratory procedures, including EBUS.
• Community outreach and early intervention in respiratory care.

Leadership and Governance

As a Consultant, you will:

• Support the Clinical Lead and Associate Medical Director in developing policy, strategy, and service innovation.
• Contribute to quality improvement, clinical governance, and risk management initiatives.
• Lead by example in promoting evidence-based practice, equality, inclusion, and patient safety.
• Participate in clinical audit, incident review, and the development of service-wide quality plans.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC).
• CCT (or equivalent) in Respiratory Medicine, or within 6 months of completion at the time of interview.
• MRCP (UK) or equivalent postgraduate qualification.

Experience

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for UK CCT.
• Proven expertise in the full range of respiratory medicine conditions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and take full clinical responsibility for patient care.
• Sub-speciality interests in asthma, ILD, EBUS, or pleural procedures are desirable and will be supported.

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