Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, interest in severe asthma and COPD
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Tooting, SW17 0QTView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
20 October 2026
1 day leftJob description
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Consultant in Respiratory Medicine with sub speciality interest in severe asthma and COPD 10PAs ...
To provide a clinical service in respiratory medicine as part of a team of respiratory specialists.
To participate in clinical and other service activities with the objective of ensuring a high standard of patient care; including general respiratory, sleep and cancer clinics
To join and help develop the severe asthma and COPD services
To contribute to service developments
To take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training. Depending on the skills of the candidate, this could involve managing the respiratory clinical placements and other medical student clinical experience as well as the teaching program for the respiratory doctors.
To contribute to the management of the service.
Full consideration will be given to applicants who wish to apply for a less than full time post and we welcome enquires regarding that.
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Proposed Job Plan template
Standard Royal College of Physicians framework of 10PAs of which:
8 PAs will be dedicated to direct clinical care (DCC)
2 PAs will be devoted to Supporting professional activities (SPAs)
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest healthcare facilities in the United Kingdom with over 1100 beds. Based in Tooting, it treats 80,000 inpatients/day cases and over 300,000 outpatients annually. The Trust employs more than 5000 people, including 700 medical and dental staff. It provides general acute services and also specialties such as neurosciences, vascular, cardiothoracic and children's services.
St George's Hospital is the main teaching hospital in the South West Thames region. It serves a local population of 300,000 but has developed links with most District General Hospitals in the region. There is a significant training programme for junior doctors who rotate through the Trust.
In 2003, the neurosciences services based at Atkinson Morley's Hospital in Wimbledon relocated to the Tooting site. The new purpose-built Atkinson Morley Wing is shared by neurosciences and cardiothoracic services. Accommodation is arranged over four floors, is built around inner courtyards and incorporates 233 inpatient and day case beds, eight operating theatres, and a range of state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment facilities.
Other
Desirable: - Driving Licence
Qualifications
Essential
- MRCP or Equivalent
- Full registration with GMC
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Respiratory and General Medicine via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) or CESR
Desirable: - An appropriate higher degree (MD, PhD or equivalent); - Advanced Life Support Certificate; - Post graduate teaching qualifications
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of Clinical Governance activities in the last year
- Demonstrable experience in teaching
- Evidence of an understanding of how one may set up a new service - business plans, service development
Desirable
- Experience of working within a mutli-disciplinary integrated respiratory team
- Teaching skills course/qualification
- Demonstrable experience in research with an appropriate publication record
Skills
Essential
- Ability to take on independent clinical responsibility whilst working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to demonstrate leadership capabilities within multi-disciplinary teams
- Ability to communicate effectively with GPs and other professionals in hospital and community
- Evidence of experience in day to day organisation of General Medical and Respiratory services in a hospital setting
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit, must have undertaken and completed audit projects recently
- Familiarity with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
Desirable
- Ability to develop research projects and supervise trainees in their research
- Evidence of training to be an educational supervisor
- supervise trainees in their research
Person Disposition
Essential
- Caring attitude to patients
- Flexible and co-operative approach to colleagues and team members
- Demonstrable ability to cope under pressure
- Demonstrable commitment to continuing medical education
- Commitment to uphold St George's values
How to apply
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First seen
22 September 2026
Last checked
24 September 2026
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