St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job summary
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant in Respiratory Medicine with sub speciality interest in severe asthma and COPD
10PAs St George’s Hospital
This post provides an opportunity for an enthusiastic physician to provide respiratory services at St George’s Hospital. The successful candidate will join a group of 12 other consultants affiliated to the respiratory department at St George’s.
Prospective candidates are encouraged to visit for informal discussion, contact details below:
Provisional Date for Interview: TBC
Main duties of the job
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.
Person Specification
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
Closing Date: 20 October 2026
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