Substantive Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 113,565 to 150,569 £ / Year

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This is a new post as part of the development of the paediatric long-term ventilation service.The postholder will join the 3 specialist paediatric respiratory consultants already in post. They will work within a multidisciplinary team that also includes respiratory specialist nurses, physiotherapists, dietitians, psychologists, respiratory physiologists and other support staff. We are a dynamic and committed team who together provide a comprehensive paediatric respiratory service for Oxfordshire, the Thames Valley and Northamptonshire.

Main duties of the job

The postholder’s duties will be primarily at Oxford Children’s Hospital. The appointee will be expected to participate in the on-call rota and may be required to work on any other site as required by the OUH Trust in the future.

The majority of the postholder’s time will be spent at the Children’s Hospital in Oxford. One consultant also delivers a regular clinic at the Horton Hospital in Banbury.

Person Specification

Professional qualifications

Essential

  • Full GMC Registration with license to practice
  • MBChB or equivalent
  • MRCPCH or equivalent
  • On the GMC’s Specialist Register OR CCT date within 6 months of AAC scheduled interview date

Desirable

  • Higher Medical Degree e.g. PhD or MD or evidence of working towards a higher academic degree.

Professional training

Essential

  • Certificate of completion of training (CCT) in paediatrics and paediatric respiratory medicine
  • Current APLS certification
  • Level 3 safeguarding training for children

Work experience

Essential

  • Comprehensive training in Paediatrics and all aspects of paediatric respiratory medicine, including ability to carry out bronchoscopy and experience of managing children on long term ventilation.

Desirable

  • Experience in interpreting respiratory polygraphy

Level of responsibility

Essential

  • Ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.

Leadership skills

Essential

  • Sufficient leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills to undertake effectively the role of a consultant in a large teaching hospital.

Organisation and management skills

Essential

  • Effective administrative and time management skills.

Desirable

  • Management qualification.

Professional – extra skills or achievements

Essential

  • Ability to work within and lead a multi-disciplinary team.

Communication and interpersonal skills

Essential

  • Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal

Teaching and training skills

Essential

  • Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training.

Desirable

  • Education qualification

Research skills

Essential

  • Participation in clinical research

Desirable

  • Presentations at national and international meetings and publication of research in peer-reviewed journals. Research grants

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: 29 November 2026

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