Consultant in General Medicine Interest in Respiratory Medicine

Government of Jersey; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Jersey is seeking to appoint a dynamic Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine. The successful candidate will join an expanding team and provide comprehensive services for respiratory conditions. Responsibilities include managing inpatients, providing bronchoscopy services, and engaging in continuous service development. The position offers a supportive environment, with mentorship and a relocation package, ensuring a smooth transition to living and working in Jersey.

Benefits

Generous relocation package

Supportive mentorship

Lower taxation benefits

Qualifications

• Should have CCT/CESR in Respiratory Medicine and General Medicine.
• Must provide diagnostic bronchoscopy and have management experience.
• Experience in acute medicine on-call required.

Responsibilities

• Lead an inpatient medical team consisting of other doctors.
• Manage a ward of 13-18 patients.
• Participate in audit and governance activities.

Skills

Flexible working

Clinical leadership experience

Effective communication

Management of audit

Teaching and training

Education

Primary medical degree

MRCP or equivalent

CCT in Respiratory Medicine

Job description

Interviews for this post will be held on Tuesday 17th February 2026, and there will be a pre‑interview engagement day on Monday 16th February 2026. You will be required to attend both in person. Please make note of these dates. Jersey General Hospital is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic substantive Consultant Physician specialist in Respiratory Medicine. This is a replacement post, and the successful applicant will join an expanding team of currently eight Consultant Physicians to provide a comprehensive service in Respiratory Medicine and support general medical in‑patients. For newly appointed consultants a mentor will be allocated to support their induction to the post. Dedicated office space and secretarial time will be provided as part of the Hospital investment in this appointment.

Main duties of the job

The appointee must have a CCT/CESR in Respiratory Medicine and General Medicine and be able to offer a diagnostic bronchoscopy service and expert opinion in respiratory medicine. They should also have a strong background in acute unselected medicine on‑call. They must have management and administrative experience and be prepared to audit and manage audit within the Medical Services Care Group.

The appointee will have inpatient ward commitments as the named treating Consultant; dependant on the ward allocated, inpatient workload will consist of between 13-18 patients.

The appointee will provide consultant supervision of the inpatient medical team consisting of 1x middle grade, 1x clinical fellow and 1x foundation year doctor.

The appointee will also provide respiratory medicine input to other wards where requested through the specialist referral process.

The successful candidate should be adaptable, flexible and innovative in order to meet the ongoing challenges within the service.

A mentor shall be provided on arrival from a named acute medicine Consultant in addition to a dedicated appraiser.

The post holder will be expected to take part in management and audit activities and represent the service at Hospital meetings, as agreed with colleagues. The post holder will be expected to be fully involved in a Risk Management programme and support the Governance agenda.

About us

We aim to enable Islanders to live longer, healthier and productive lives. We provide safe, sustainable, affordable and integrated services in partnership with others.

• Providing hospital care including emergency care, intensive care and maternity services and in the UK when needed
• Providing social care services, and services in the community
• Monitoring and improvement of the quality of all services
• The education and development of medical professionals
• The provision of a coordinated approach to mental health care
• Offering free, private and confidential counselling services
• Influencing and creating conditions that allow people to improve their health

Job description

Job responsibilities

Here in Jersey, we have our own Health Care system, separate from the NHS. We are looking to develop and improve our healthcare services towards a modern, fully digitised and future‑proof system, in advance of our new hospital (planned to open in 2029). To do so we need fresh eyes, new ways of working and the next generation of consultants to make our healthcare the best it can be. We aim to provide high quality, safe and effective care to the 110,000 people living on the Island and those who visit. The hospital benefits from a fantastic educational centre with a full SIM lab and dedicated time for all to learn.

Aligned to the Wessex Deanery, we support and develop Foundation trainees as well as Clinical Fellows and SAS doctors. We encourage all our consultants to fully engage with the education and training of our future generation of consultants.

Health and Care Jersey is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic substantive Consultant in General Medicine with an interest in Respiratory Medicine to join our already passionate consultant body.

Jersey is easily accessible from most regional airports in the UK and has good links with NHS tertiary centres especially in Southampton and London, which affords the successful candidates to maintain links within the NHS and the private sector working. To support your transition to Jersey, we can provide a generous relocation and remuneration package, which is benefitted by lower taxation than within the UK.

The Government of Jersey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people (to include children) and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As this position will work with vulnerable people, the selection process will involve safeguarding measures and include an enhanced DBS check.

On‑Call Rota

The appointee will take part in the General Medicine on‑call rota of one in eight; however this will be in line with the development of the service provision according to the Medical Services Medical Model where the successful appointee may focus on respiratory medicine provision for the island of Jersey.

During the on‑call the Consultant will cover all medical inpatients in the event of deterioration or medical emergencies. For weekday on‑call a post‑take ward round is undertaken at 5pm; the following morning the on‑call Consultant is only required to post‑take patients who are not on the Emergency Assessment Unit. During weekends and bank holidays the Consultant will undertake post‑take ward rounds and discharge ward rounds in line with the medical model at 8am and 5pm.

Weekday on‑calls operate 8am‑8am the following day. Weekend on‑calls operate from 8am on Friday to 8am Monday.

The Specialty

The legacy of cheap tobacco in the past has resulted in a high incidence of smoking related illnesses. The Southwest Cancer Registry indicates that Jersey has an incidence of lung cancer 30% above the average for the U.K. There are an equivalently high number of patients with COPD. In 2019 Respiratory Medicine had 740 outpatient referrals and 49 bronchoscopy procedures were undertaken. Current outpatient referrals average approximately 150 per month with approximately 5 procedures per month. The department currently has a consultant establishment of Dr Sudheeram Alapati and this vacancy.

The Clinical Investigation Unit (Manager Andrew Norman, a Senior qualified Respiratory Physiologist) provides a comprehensive range of services for patients with respiratory illnesses incorporating:

• Full lung function testing using body plethysmography
• Sleep studies and provision of CPAP
• LTOT and nebulizer services
• A dedicated drop‑in Asthma clinic
• Histamine/Methacholine challenge testing

The respiratory services are supported by a comprehensive radiological department offering CT and MRI. One of the Consultant radiologists, Dr Salman Zaman, has a special interest in respiratory disease offering expert opinion and biopsy services.

The Radiology Department provides CT, MRI, ultrasound, mammography and general X‑Ray services. An on‑call service is provided for CT, ultrasound and general x‑ray.

Community outreach service supported by 1 full time and two part‑time respiratory specialist nurses who are providing care to patients with asthma/COPD. 1 T.B specialist nurse and 1 lung cancer nurse continue to support patients in the community and support early discharge.

The respiratory department works closely with the Consultant Microbiologist in the Management and Control of TB and HIV.

Lung cancer surgery is performed in Southampton General Hospital. The Thoracic Surgeon, Dr Martin Chamberlain, visits four times each year. Surgery is provided to NSF guidelines. The hospital participated in the NLCA (National lung cancer audit) and our performance ranks among the best performing centres nationally. PET‑CT scans are performed at Southampton, and we have an electronic link for sharing x‑ray and CT images. Weekly lung cancer meetings are held and attended by the following: Consultant Radiologists (Salman Zaman), One Consultant Histopathologist Miklos Perenyi or Bruce Lyons), Consultant Respiratory Physician (this post), Consultant Medical Oncologist (Mohammad Butt) Nicola Bailache Associate Specialist Palliative Care, MDT coordinator who helps organising the meeting and keep records. There are 3 Consultant General Histopathologists (as above) providing general histology and cytopathology, and there is full laboratory back up for immunohistochemistry. There is access to specialist referral centres for molecular and gene analysis of tumours.

We have close links with Southampton to coordinate the management of interstitial lung disease and severe Asthma; the successful applicant will have the opportunity to develop further tertiary links.

The respiratory service is supported by the ambulatory care service located and supported by the acute medicine physicians delivering ultrasound guided pleural procedures including pleural aspirations, ambulatory drainage and pleurex drains.

An Endoscopy unit is based at Jersey General Hospital consisting of two procedure rooms, the Respiratory Medicine service has dedicated bronchoscopy sessions within this unit. Respiratory Medicine has access to the Medical Day Unit providing day case treatments Monday Friday consisting of 5 treatment couches. The island has a dedicated chemotherapy unit with clinical oncologist and medical oncologist support on island.

Palliative care facilities are provided by a charitably funded body called Jersey Hospice Care and operates from an independent facility called Clarkson House. Jersey Hospice Care provides in‑patient beds for respite services both hospital discharges and in the community. An Associate Specialist in Palliative Care with nursing support has recently been appointed with responsibility and funding split between the Hospice and Hospital.

Person Specification

Leadership and Management Skills

• Ability to work flexibly with colleagues to develop & provide Respiratory services
• Evidence of Clinical Leadership
• Ability to work effectively with a multi‑disciplinary team, motivating and influencing others through their enthusiasm.
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, management and other agencies.
• Highly motivated
• Able to work within a team
• Experience of teaching, training & supervision of junior medical staff and undergraduate students
• An understanding of and ability to demonstrate your ability to:
• Empower others
• Lead through change
• Influence strategically
• Collaborative working
• Drive for improvement
• Integrity

Personal Attributes

• Able to work flexibly in a changing health service.
• Hepatitis vaccination.

Experience

• Broad experience in General Medicine and Respiratory Medicine
• Experience of providing Respiratory service in similar geographical locations
• Enthusiastic teacher
• Bronchoscopy
• Maintaining NIV service
• Maintaining a CPAP service

Desirable

• Management responsibility / Leadership experience
• Pleural u/s chest drain insertion (seldinger and surgical)
• Sleep study

Qualifications

Essential

• Primary medical degree
• Full registration and specialist registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a current License to practice (for overseas candidates it is mandatory that a license is obtained prior to appointment).
• Higher specialty qualification: MRCP or equivalent Qualifications for Specialist Registration
• Applicants that are UK trained, must also be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
• Applicants that are non‑UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
• Relevant experience at a consultant level in a similar setting
• ALS/ATLS trained
• Leadership skills in managing change in haematology services

Desirable

• Respiratory Medicine SCE
• Higher degree MSc, MD or PhD or equivalent