Locum Consultant in Allergy and Immunology

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Part time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a Locum Consultant in Allergy & Immunology for a 6-month fixed term contract at a leading teaching hospital. This part-time role involves joining a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality patient care in allergy services, supervising junior staff, and partaking in on-call duties.

Qualifications

• Must be on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT.
• Evidence of higher training in Immunology is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist services for allergies at St James University Hospital.
• Manage a clinical team and conduct outpatient services.
• Participate in on-call duties and laboratory services.

Skills

Clinical experience in Allergy & Immunology

Management of primary & secondary immunodeficiencies

Staff supervision

Education

Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom

Certificate of completion of Specialist training in Immunology

Job description

Job summary

Locum Consultant in Allergy & Immunology

The post is a fixed term contract for period of 6 months

We are seeking a dynamic Locum Consultant to join the Leeds Allergy & Immunology Specialist services at St James University Hospital. The appointee will become a key member of a dedicated and highly experienced multi-disciplinary team. The job is part time fixed term locum compromising of 10 programmed activities fixed term locum post , with supervision of the junior doctors and specialist nurses. There will be an on-call commitment of 1:4. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust makes up one of the largest teaching hospitals in Europe housing over 2,000 beds and providing a range of general, acute and elective services, together with a significant number of regional and supra-regional specialties. The department has recently gained QPIDS re-accreditation. We are committed to providing high quality specialist care to patients suffering from allergic, immunodeficiency and autoinflammatory disorders. Great emphasis has been placed on delivering a friendly, consultant led, patient centric service. Our multidisciplinary teams are a key part of our success and include anaesthetics, clinical nurse specialists, pharmacists, physician associate and researchers. There is a dedicated outpatient and Day- Case facility.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant should possess Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom (or equivalent) and should be included on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT at the time of interview, if currently within a training programme within the UK. In accordance with the consultant appointment regulations, all other categories of doctors must be on the Specialist Register. Applicants should have established skills in Allergy & Immunology & diagnostic laboratory. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact one of the following: Dr Anoop Mistry, email: [e-mail] & Dr Sinisa Savic, email: [e-mail]

About us

Come and join our team in Leeds and become part of The Leeds Way sharing our vision and values. Our Trust is recognised for our staff engagement, great care and rated GOOD by the Care Quality Commission.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute health providers in the UK and based in one of the fastest growing and vibrant cities in the north.

At Cardio-Respiratory CSU, we aim to be a fair and supportive CSU with positive, caring teams who are champions of the Leeds Way values. Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred

Collaborative

Fair

Accountable

Empowered

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Details Date posted

21 May 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year

Contract

Locum

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9298-MED-755

Job locations

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX

Job description Job responsibilities

This is a 10PA locum appointment for a Consultant Allergy and Immunology.

The post will join Dr Sinisa Savic, Dr Anoop Mistry and Dr Claire Stockdale to provide specialist services for the West, North & large parts of East Yorkshire. Altogether the service serves a population of just over 3 million people. We also provide a supra regional service for patients with systemic autoinflammatory disorders. The service is divided into three key areas; primary immunodeficiency, allergy and autoinflammatory disorders.

The appointee will work at St Jamess University Teaching Hospital, where there will be outpatient responsibilities. There is a commitment to Immunology on call on a 1:4.

Primary Immunodeficiency Services:

The unit provides a specialised service to hospitals and GPs for the diagnosis and management of a range of rare primary immunodeficiencies including antibody, complement, phagocyte and cellular deficiencies. In addition, the unit is responsible for ongoing management of over one hundred adults with primary antibody deficiency as well as being a recognised home therapy centre. The immunodeficiency unit was accredited with a previous scheme run by the UK Primary Immunodeficiency Network. We are currently in process of reaccrediting the service with QPIDS accreditation scheme run by the Royal College of Physicians.

Allergy Services:

The unit provide medical care for a large number of patients with various types of allergic diseases. This includes management of patients with food, venom, drug and aeroallergies. The service provides allergen specific immunotherapy for severe seasonal allergic rhinitis (subcutaneous or sublingual route) and other aeroallergens (house dust mite and animal dander). We also offer allergen immunotherapy for bee and wasp venom. There are monthly multidisciplinary clinics for anaesthetic drug allergy. The unit also manages the largest cohort of patients in the UK receiving omalizumab for chronic spontaneous urticaria. The allergy service continues to experience high demand, with 20% annual increase in activity.

Systemic autoinflammatory disorders:

The unit provides a supra regional service for patients with systemic autoinflammatory disorders. The unit is responsible for management of patients with genetically defined conditions such as TRAPS, FMF and MVK deficiency but there is also have a large cohort of patients with AOSD and other genetically undefined systemic autoinflammatory disorders. The service is supported by a genetics laboratory which provides routine testing using specifically designed genes panel. The day case unit provide facilities for administration of biological therapies such as infliximab, anakinra and tocilizuamb.

Paediatric and transitional care

In addition to these responsibilities, both consultants provide paediatric immunology support to childrens services at the General Infirmary. Paediatric immunodeficiency clinics are delivered on a monthly basis whilst paediatric autoinflammatory clinics run once every 3 months. There are currently plans to extend the input into paediatric services to help to deliver transitional clinics for paediatric allergy patients.

The consultant posts provide significant input into the diagnostic immunology laboratory.

Laboratory Services:

The existing consultant posts provide significant input into the diagnostic immunology laboratory.

Diagnostic immunology services are provided to West Yorkshire and beyond. The diagnostic immunology laboratory is one of the largest in the UK. In 2010 nearly 300,000 tests were performed. At present the laboratory service is headed by one of the medical consultants who has 4 programmed activities in the laboratory.

The diagnostic laboratory provides consultant support to a number of hospitals around the Yorkshire region (York, Harrogate, Mid-Yorkshire hospitals, Huddersfield). As part of the job plan for this post, support to these laboratories will be addressed flexibly to meet the demands of the service.

Research activity

There is very active translational research programme within the department. In addition to basic and translational research into primary immunodeficiencies and systemic autoinflammatory syndromes, the unit is participating in several clinical studies.

Job description Job responsibilities

This is a 10PA locum appointment for a Consultant Allergy and Immunology.

The post will join Dr Sinisa Savic, Dr Anoop Mistry and Dr Claire Stockdale to provide specialist services for the West, North & large parts of East Yorkshire. Altogether the service serves a population of just over 3 million people. We also provide a supra regional service for patients with systemic autoinflammatory disorders. The service is divided into three key areas; primary immunodeficiency, allergy and autoinflammatory disorders.

The appointee will work at St Jamess University Teaching Hospital, where there will be outpatient responsibilities. There is a commitment to Immunology on call on a 1:4.

Primary Immunodeficiency Services:

The unit provides a specialised service to hospitals and GPs for the diagnosis and management of a range of rare primary immunodeficiencies including antibody, complement, phagocyte and cellular deficiencies. In addition, the unit is responsible for ongoing management of over one hundred adults with primary antibody deficiency as well as being a recognised home therapy centre. The immunodeficiency unit was accredited with a previous scheme run by the UK Primary Immunodeficiency Network. We are currently in process of reaccrediting the service with QPIDS accreditation scheme run by the Royal College of Physicians.

Allergy Services:

The unit provide medical care for a large number of patients with various types of allergic diseases. This includes management of patients with food, venom, drug and aeroallergies. The service provides allergen specific immunotherapy for severe seasonal allergic rhinitis (subcutaneous or sublingual route) and other aeroallergens (house dust mite and animal dander). We also offer allergen immunotherapy for bee and wasp venom. There are monthly multidisciplinary clinics for anaesthetic drug allergy. The unit also manages the largest cohort of patients in the UK receiving omalizumab for chronic spontaneous urticaria. The allergy service continues to experience high demand, with 20% annual increase in activity.

Systemic autoinflammatory disorders:

The unit provides a supra regional service for patients with systemic autoinflammatory disorders. The unit is responsible for management of patients with genetically defined conditions such as TRAPS, FMF and MVK deficiency but there is also have a large cohort of patients with AOSD and other genetically undefined systemic autoinflammatory disorders. The service is supported by a genetics laboratory which provides routine testing using specifically designed genes panel. The day case unit provide facilities for administration of biological therapies such as infliximab, anakinra and tocilizuamb.

Paediatric and transitional care

In addition to these responsibilities, both consultants provide paediatric immunology support to childrens services at the General Infirmary. Paediatric immunodeficiency clinics are delivered on a monthly basis whilst paediatric autoinflammatory clinics run once every 3 months. There are currently plans to extend the input into paediatric services to help to deliver transitional clinics for paediatric allergy patients.

The consultant posts provide significant input into the diagnostic immunology laboratory.

Laboratory Services:

The existing consultant posts provide significant input into the diagnostic immunology laboratory.

Diagnostic immunology services are provided to West Yorkshire and beyond. The diagnostic immunology laboratory is one of the largest in the UK. In 2010 nearly 300,000 tests were performed. At present the laboratory service is headed by one of the medical consultants who has 4 programmed activities in the laboratory.

The diagnostic laboratory provides consultant support to a number of hospitals around the Yorkshire region (York, Harrogate, Mid-Yorkshire hospitals, Huddersfield). As part of the job plan for this post, support to these laboratories will be addressed flexibly to meet the demands of the service.

Research activity

There is very active translational research programme within the department. In addition to basic and translational research into primary immunodeficiencies and systemic autoinflammatory syndromes, the unit is participating in several clinical studies.

Person Specification Clinical Experience and Career Progression Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in managing patients with primary & secondary immunodeficiences, drug allergy & chronic spontaneous urticaria
• Must be able to demonstrate higher training in Immunology
• Evidence of continuous career progression consistent with personal circumstances

Desirable

• Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff

Qualifications Essential

• MB BS or equivalent qualification. MRCP or equivalent qualification Certificate of completion of Specialist training in Immunology FRCPath or equivalent
• The appointee must hold the Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom, or equivalent, and have completed higher specialist training in Respiratory Medicine
• Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice

Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills Essential

• All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken
• English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics
• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Is up to date and fit to practise safely

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills Essential

• Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research
• Experience of participation in regular clinical audit

Person Specification Clinical Experience and Career Progression Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in managing patients with primary & secondary immunodeficiences, drug allergy & chronic spontaneous urticaria
• Must be able to demonstrate higher training in Immunology
• Evidence of continuous career progression consistent with personal circumstances

Desirable

• Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff

Qualifications Essential

• MB BS or equivalent qualification. MRCP or equivalent qualification Certificate of completion of Specialist training in Immunology FRCPath or equivalent
• The appointee must hold the Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom, or equivalent, and have completed higher specialist training in Respiratory Medicine
• Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice

Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills Essential

• All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken
• English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics
• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Is up to date and fit to practise safely

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills Essential

• Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research
• Experience of participation in regular clinical audit

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).

Additional information 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).

Employer details Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)