Consultant in Respiratory and General Internal medicine

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and enthusiastic team who believe in leading from the frontline, with the aim of providing outstanding care to our community and investing in the well-being and development of our people.

This is a replacement post to due to the retirement of one of our Consultant Respiratory physician colleagues and will enable us to continue to meet the demands of an increasing in and out-patient workload.

We take pride in being a very functional and supportive department with a clear vision to provide the best respiratory care possible to our patients. We would welcome candidates with defined sub-specialty expertise but also those candidates prepared to develop a sub-specialty area of expertise complementary to those within the department.

The simulation date will be 24/8/26 and the interview date will be 08/09/2026.

Main duties of the job

This is a 10 PA post for a Consultant Respiratory physician at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, with a general interest in respiratory medicine and a focus on both Sleep and ventilation and airways disease. The advent of biologics for COPD will drive the need for increased clinic time to assess patients for suitability for biologics. The job will comprise a mixture of inpatient care and outpatient clinics and MDT working, along with the options for day case interventional lists in pleural, bronchoscopy and EBUS. Successful applicants will be supported in developing the service according to their experience. There will be considerable opportunity to be involved in service development, participation in clinical research and undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Full registration with the GMC
  • Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom or equivalent
  • Fully trained in Respiratory and GiM

Desirable

  • Clinical fellowship / chief registrar year

Clinical Experience, Knowledge & Skills

Essential

  • Fully trained in Respiratory and GiM
  • Experience of working in the NHS at SpR or Consultant level
  • Fully trained in Bronchoscopy and EBUS

Teaching Skill & Experience

Essential

  • Evidence or providing good teaching and supervision to trainees

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 30 July 2026

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