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An excellent opportunity has arisen for two dynamic, highly motivated Respiratory Consultants to join a growing, collaborative Respiratory Medicine department in the South West region. This expansion supports the continued development of high-quality local respiratory services, integrated care models, and a consultant workforce that values work–life balance and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Duties

The successful candidate will:

• Provide consultant-led care for respiratory inpatients, including patients in the acute respiratory unit, isolation wards, and medical outlier wards.
• Participate in a rolling inpatient rota (currently 2 weeks in 7, moving to 2 in 8–9 with expansion).
• Conduct ward rounds, senior reviews, discharge planning, and assessment of new admissions.
• Deliver 7-day specialist respiratory cover as part of a structured weekend rota (8 am–2 pm), followed by dedicated days off the next week.
• Participate in a 1 in 26 General Medicine evening on-call rota, including post-take reviews and evening handover.
• Lead outpatient clinics, bronchoscopy lists and subspecialty respiratory services during off-ward weeks.
• Contribute to lung cancer pathways, integrated respiratory services, pleural disease services, sleep medicine, home ventilation, ILD, asthma/COPD, TB, or any chosen area of further subspecialty development.
• Work collaboratively with specialist nurses, physiotherapists, respiratory therapists, allied health professionals, and community respiratory teams.

Teaching, Training & Leadership

The post holder will:

• Teach and supervise junior medical staff, speciality trainees, fellows, and medical students.
• Provide leadership within the multidisciplinary team, supporting continuous learning and quality improvement.
• Participate in educational activities, study leave and ongoing CPD, with protected SPA time provided.

Governance, Audit & Quality Improvement

You will be expected to:

• Engage actively in clinical audit, guideline development, mortality reviews, and service evaluation.
• Contribute to respiratory governance programmes and trust-wide governance initiatives.
• Maintain high standards of documentation, patient safety and clinical effectiveness.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC Registration with Licence to Practise
• GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months of CCT/CESR at interview)
• Minimum 1 year of NHS experience

Experience

Essential

• Broad competency in managing all aspects of Respiratory Medicine
• Experience in general internal medicine and acute medical care

Desirable

• Experience in bronchoscopy, EBUS, and pleural procedures
• Experience in teaching and medical education
• Management or leadership experience
• Participation in clinical audit, quality improvement or research

Skills & Attributes

Essential

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to deliver high-quality patient-centred care
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Organisational skills and ability to prioritise effectively