Join a dedicated NHS team providing outstanding Respiratory care and internationally recognised Respiratory research. Applications are welcome from UK and International candidates - CESR is supported & consultant experience is essential.

This is an opportunity to work with fantastic team in a state-of-the-art, award-winning hospital, part of one of the largest acute Trusts within the UK.

The hospital has a busy emergency department (level 1 Trauma Centre) and provides services to 2.5 million residents, and specialist services to a further 3-4million across the region and nationally.

You will join an existing team of 30 NHS and academic consultants providing general and specialist Respiratory services to the people of the city and region.

The hospital is based in the centre of a vibrant and prosperous city with something for everyone, including access to excellent schooling and two thriving Universities. Based in a county with outstanding natural beauty, the city also has a thriving night life and range of theatres, art centres and museums.

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:

This is an exciting opportunity to join the respiratory team, one of the largest respiratory departments in the country with a breadth of subspecialty interests; ranging from Cystic Fibrosis, ILD including LAM, through asthma, COPD, lung cancer to infections including TB and a regional fungal service.

This post will help the department develop both the COPD and asthma services, working with colleagues to deliver comprehensive integrated care. As a member of a large and dynamic department there are significant opportunities for professional development, including research. Both the asthma and COPD services benefit from academic leads with internationally recognised research profiles.

The successful applicant will have weekly clinics focusing on both COPD and asthma, and will join both the alternate week Asthma MDT and the regional lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) MDT, held 6 times a year. There will also be the opportunity for a monthly bronchoscopy list.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ROLE:

• EEA candidates - Diploma of specialisation 
• Non-EEA candidates - MRCP and consultant level experience in Respiratory Medicine
• UK candidates - Consultant experience in Respiratory Medicine

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious consultant in respiratory medicine to work in a state of the art hospital, set within a wonderful part of the country. 

An opportunity has arisen for a respiratory consultant to join this department of Respiratory Medicine within University Hospital based in the North West of England. 

This is an opportunity to develop your career & complete CESR in a dynamic and forward thinking department in a vibrant university city.

You can look forward to outstanding quality of life on the doorstep of the stunning Lake District National Park, Yorkshire Dales National Park and Forest of Bowland Outstanding Area of Natural Beauty.

CESR: 

International candidates are welcome and CESR will be supported. The team has recent experience of supporting IMGs with the CESR process, benefiting any newly appointed candidate. 

Career opportunity: 

The posts represent a fantastic career opportunity for clinicians with imagination, drive and commitment to work with the eight existing Respiratory Physicians and community partners to develop clinical services for the population. 

The trust boasts a flourishing clinical research portfolio within the respiratory department with an interesting mixture of industry, university and NIHR funded trials. The trust is also proud to be named as one of the 50 national Vanguard sites to promote integrated medical care across our catchment area.

There is considerable opportunity for an appointee to develop sub-specialist services

The department: 

The department offers modern and well-resourced inpatient facilities on dedicated wards. This includes NIV, High Flow Nasal Oxygen, Step down ventilatory care and pleural ultrasound.

Outpatient services include bronchoscopy lists across all sites with EBUS provision. They offer comprehensive pulmonary function facilitates across the trust including sleep services and bronchial provocation testing. The lung function labs have recently been upgraded to state of the art equipment including a brand new cardiopulmonary exercise machine with excellent exercise physiology research links at Lancaster University.

Specialist clinics are currently offered for lung cancer, interstitial lung disease, asthma, sleep/ventilation and TB.

Package:

The trust will offer an attractive relocation package, a flexible job plan and a generous SPA allowance as part of the job plan for the right candidate.

Local area:

This is an opportunity to develop your career in a dynamic and forward thinking department set in a vibrant university city. The local are is also surrounded by beautiful countryside, with national parks a short train or car journey away. The coast is a matter of minutes drive. 
The hospital is very well connect, with an international airport just over an hours drive away. 

The M6 makes travelling by road very easy. Manchester is one hour’s drive away and London two and a half hours by train.

Cost of living in this area is excellent, making this a brilliant location to settle & buy property. The area provides excellent educational, cultural and sporting facilities, making this a fantastic location for families. Morecambe Bay hosts some of the best secondary and grammar schools in the country.

The present consultants have young families and strongly advocate team working and support to ensure a healthy work-life balance.

Respiratory consultants with aspirations to attain consultant status in the NHS via CESR or CCT are urged to apply. 

Joining an established and settled team of 8 respiratory consultants across both sites in the trust, the department has well managed services in lung cancer, sleep, bronchiectasis and COPD. 

Whilst any subspecialty is welcome those with asthma, ILD or cancer interests would be especially desirable.

This hospital in the trust is concentrated on the Respiratory outpatient activity and there are established and proactive day hospitals administering omalizumab and IVIG, flush portacaths in addition to well established pathways for ambulatory care of PE and cellulitis.

The hospital has 182 acute medical beds and Monday - Friday all admissions are assessed by the dedicated acute physicians team which allows for a steady and controlled follow of mostly respiratory patients with some general medical patients to the respiratory team.

There is some on call with this position.

Successful applicants will be encouraged to contribute to the teaching provision at the neighboring hospital in the trust.

Requirements for this position are:

• MRCP desirable not essential
• Extensive experience in Respiratory Medicine
• At least 3 years consultant experience, even if outside the UK
• IELTS or OET

Specialists looking for consultant work in the NHS with a clear path to attaining CESR are invited to apply today.