Respiratory Consultant

North Bristol NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Bristol is seeking consultant physicians specialized in respiratory medicine. This role involves a mix of inpatient care, outpatient clinics, and participation in quality improvement activities. Successful candidates will contribute to the general respiratory and specialist work within a dynamic team committed to delivering high-quality patient care. The positions offer flexibility for service development according to individual skills and expertise.

Qualifications

• Must have experience in respiratory medicine.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Commitment to quality improvement and teaching.

Responsibilities

• Support general respiratory and specialist work.
• Conduct 2 outpatient clinics per week.
• Contribute to the consultant rota and see in-reach referrals.

Skills

Experience in respiratory medicine

Ability to deliver excellent patient care

Education

Consultant Physician

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join our highly motivated, friendly and dynamic respiratory team who are dedicated to delivering patient-centred, high-quality care to meet the needs of our population.

We are looking to recruit two substantive general respiratory consultants posts based at North Bristol NHS Trust. The jobs will comprise a mix of inpatient care, respiratory in-reach and outpatient clinics (including admission avoidance clinic). There is flexibility to allow successful applicants to develop the service according to their skills and experience and participate in quality improvement and teaching.

We are looking for consultant physicians with experience of working in respiratory medicine, who can deliver excellent care to our patients and work with us to further develop our service to meet the needs of our population.

This role is pending Royal College approval.

Main duties of the job

These appointments will support the general respiratory and specialist work of the department. The job plans will include contributions to respiratory and general medicine ward work, 2 outpatient clinics per week and will contribute to our general respiratory consultant rota, including seeing in-reach referrals, covering our admission avoidance "hot" clinic and weekend cover of our respiratory bed-base.

The postholders will have commitments within the base Acute trust (North Bristol NHS Trust) and will undertake one clinic per week in a satellite unit (Cosshamor Thornbury).

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.