Consultant - Resp Med (CF, PCD & Bronchiectasis)

The Leeds Adult CF Unit cover a large geographical area across all of the West, North and East Yorkshire out to the North Sea coast. Our aim is to provide accessible excellent, specialist care to enable adults and young people with CF to maintain the best possible health and participate as fully as possible in normal activities and aspirations, including school, university, college, sports and work.

In 2007 Leeds became the first CF unit to successfully implement full electronic patient records, which has significantly improved quality of care. The team compromises of 4 Consultants, Research & Clinical Fellows, Specialist Nurses, Specialist Physiotherapists, Specialist dieticians, Specialist Pharmacists, Social Work & Psychology.

The Leeds Bronchiectasis service was set up in 1998 and provides secondary and tertiary care for people with bronchiectasis living in Leeds and west Yorkshire region.

The Adult CF & Bronchiectasis Unit has experienced & well established home IV Service supported by a team of four full-time experienced CFNS and a full time support worker. The Leeds Unit has a well-established clinical research programme and is an accredited site for the European Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Trial Network and the CF Trust Accelerator Platform.

Consideration will be given to applicants who wish to work full or part time and those wishing to job share.

If shortlisted, you will be required to give a 10-minute presentation on:

Advancing Cystic Fibrosis Care: Preparing for Tomorrow’s Challenges

Prof Peckham, Consultant Respiratory Medicine & CF Clinical Lead – Daniel.peckham@nhs.net

Dr Ian Clifton, Consultant Respiratory Medicine – I.clifton@nhs.net

INTERVIEWS WILL TAKE PLACE ON: 16 December 2026

We are seeking a dynamic Respiratory consultant to join the Leeds Cystic Fibrosis, PCD & Bronchiectasis services at St James’s University Hospital. The appointee will become a key member of a dedicated and highly experienced multidisciplinary team. The Leeds Adult CF Unit cover a large geographical area across all of the West, North & East Yorkshire out to the North Sea coast. The Leeds bronchiectasis service was set up in 1998 & provides secondary & tertiary care living in Leeds & West Yorkshire region.

The job is a full-time post comprising of ten programmed activities, with supervision of the resident doctors and specialist nurses. There will also be an on-call commitment to cover the Cystic Fibrosis rota on a 1:4 basis and contribute 1.2PA to work flexibly to support General Internal Medicine.

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Sponsorship Eligibility To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

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