Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Working Trust wide.

This
is an exciting time to join the Acute Medicine and Medicine Specialties Teams
at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. The aspirations for our
patient focused services are bold. We are a forward thinking team, that prides
itself on providing high quality clinical care. We are looking for dynamic and
innovative individuals to enhance and develop Respiratory Services in line with
our vision to be the local provider of choice for respiratory services,
including the ward and Respiratory Support Units, our large lung cancer
service, procedures such as bronchoscopy
and EBUS and our general respiratory clinics. This vision is underpinned by
investments in our radiological infrastructure and our physiology lung function
and sleep diagnostic services.

Main duties of the job

Successful candidates will join a
team of 10 respiratory consultants and 1 SAS doctor across our two acute sites.
The service is supported by a large team of specialist respiratory nurses and
diagnostic services across our main hospital sites and one of our community hospitals.

Post holders will undertake
outpatient clinics at their main base site and also cover clinics at one of our
community hospitals. Clinics are general respiratory clinics and cancer
clinics. There are also opportunities for sub-speciality area for those who are
interested up to maximin of 2 PAs

The ward work at UHND is covered
via a weekly specialty rota (in -hours only) and the post holder will take part
in an unselected medical on-call rota on the Acute Medical Unit alongside
physician colleagues and acute care physicians.

Procedures (EBUS, Bronchoscopy and
Pleural work) are undertaken on our main acute sites and supported by the
medical day units.

Applicants wishing to combine clinical work with
a research or educational career will be supported with opportunties for
academic roles available.

Person Specification

Statutory Registration

Essential

  • Full and specialist registration with GMC (and Licence to Practice).
  • Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or should have attained or be within 6 months of attaining CCT in Specialty at time of interview.
  • Or
  • Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)
  • CCT G(I)M

Qualifications

Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent
  • MRCP (UK) or equivalent

Desirable

  • Certificate of Medical Education

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of lung cancer investigation and management
  • Experience of medical teaching

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • Clinical Skills able to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within the service
  • Able to demonstrate full competence in bronchoscopy, pleural ultrasound and procedures
  • Able to demonstrate evidence of NHS management skills i.e. ability to organize own work
  • Ability to delegate appropriately to trainee/non-consultant
  • Excellent communication/interpersonal skills
  • Experience of supervising trainees
  • Experience and understanding of audit and conducting clinical audit

Desirable

  • Ability to use the evidence base and clinical to support decision making

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: 6 August 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.