Respiratory Consultant Practitioner (Developing)

Plymouth Hospitals; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Plymouth Hospitals is seeking a Respiratory Consultant Practitioner (Developing) at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. This Band 8c, permanent post is full-time (37.5 hours) across sites, offering a strategic role to develop system-wide respiratory services within the Trust.

The post involves leading a multidisciplinary team, driving integrated respiratory care, and delivering high-quality patient outcomes in a dynamic NHS environment.

Qualifications

• Proven expert advanced knowledge of specialist Respiratory care.
• Proven knowledge of health care needs in a multicultural society.
• Proven knowledge of health promotion activities and strategies.

Responsibilities

• Ensures patient needs are placed at the centre of care delivery.
• Engages in decision-making with patients and carers, following best communication methods.
• Makes independent clinical decisions using advanced clinical reasoning for complex cases.
• Provides expert advice and instruction on respiratory care to the multidisciplinary team.
• Interprets complex clinical data to advise on diagnosis and best intervention.
• Refers patients within or outside the Trust when necessary, based on investigations.
• Utilises non-medical prescribing policy for independent prescribing and medicines management.
• Maintains professional accountability and seeks medical support when needed to ensure safe care.
• Allocates time to maximise specialist respiratory care and improve patient outcomes.
• Delivers values-based professional practice to improve patient experience.

Education

BSc / MSc in Physiotherapy

Job description

Respiratory Consultant Practitioner (Developing)

NHS AfC: Band 8c

Main area Thoracic medicine Grade NHS AfC: Band 8c Contract Permanent: flexible across sites Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 216-LT-DC8140127

Site Derriford Hospital Town Plymouth Salary £57,528 - £91,609 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

Shape the future of integrated respiratory care at University Hospitals Plymouth.

We are offering a rare and exciting opportunity to help lead and develop our system ‑ wide respiratory service as a Respiratory Consultant Practitioner. We’re looking for the right person—whether you’re an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner ready to progress or an established Consultant Practitioner seeking a new challenge.

You’ll join a forward ‑ thinking, supportive multidisciplinary team with a clear ambition: to transform respiratory care, improve outcomes and deliver high ‑ quality, truly integrated services across our system.

If you’re ready to take the next step and help drive the transformation of respiratory services in Plymouth and beyond, we’d love to hear from you.

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

Working for our organisation

We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• At all times ensures that the needs of the patient are placed at the centre of care delivery.
• Takes a positive approach to working with difference and diversity, challenging stigma, and using the best possible communication methods. In line with the mental capacity act, share decision-making with patients and those important to them, so that people can represent themselves, and carers and communities can take action together; valid and reliable tools for providing care and services can be selected, the effectiveness of physical, psychological, and social interactions and services (including, drug, non-drug, and clinical) and the transition through each stage of care and service can be assessed.
• Makes independent clinical decisions by utilising advanced clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based knowledge in the management of patients with highly complex presentations and to be clinically competent to utilise expert skills to deliver care in a variety of clinical settings.
• Provides expert advice and instruction to all grades and disciplines, in matters relating to respiratory care.
• Interprets and analyses complex clinical and non-clinical facts, to regularly provide expert advice and second opinion to members of the multi-disciplinary team, including when views may differ or conflict. This includes the formulation of accurate diagnosis and recommendation of best course of intervention.
• Refers patients to other departments or colleagues within or outside the Trust as necessary, relying on own interpretation of investigation results.
• Uses appropriate systems and strategies to ensure patients receive the most appropriate treatment. Is a nonmedical prescriber. This will include independent prescribing, the supply and administration of medicines in accordance with the Trusts non-medical prescribing policy.
• Be professionally and legally responsible, and accountable for all aspects of own clinical and professional activities. Recognises the limits of own clinical knowledge and skills, and to seek medical support whenever needed to provide safe, effective, and timely patient care
• Ensures time is allocated so that the post remains within the clinical field, maximising specialist respiratory care and ensuring improved outcomes for patients with specialist respiratory needs
• Provide high quality values-based professional practice that improves people’s experience and supports them to make decisions in complex situations.

For further details please see the attached JD & PS

Person specification

Knowledge & Experience

• Proven expert advanced knowledge of specialist Respiratory care and current treatments.
• Proven knowledge and understanding of health care needs in a multicultural society.
• Proven knowledge of health promotion activities and strategies.

Qualifications

• BSc / MSc in Physiotherapy
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Ability to demonstrate a variety of media / IT skills.
• Ability to manage change and contain conflict ensuring resolution with positive outcomes and with use of negotiation skills.
• Membership or honorary office with professional groups or club.

We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants about less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. We recommend contacting the manager of the role prior to applying and we commit to giving requests full consideration.

We welcome and encourage applicants who identify with all protected characteristics to apply for our roles. We believe that diversity strengthens our teams and improves our patients' experience. At UHP we aim to create an inclusive workplace and hospital where everyone feels they belong and included .

It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Providing false information is an offence & could result in the application being rejected or summary dismissal/police action if an applicant is successful.

Please note that if you are successful in your application & accept the position you agree that the Staff Health and Wellbeing Department can access your health records from your current/previous employer in order to check the status of your inoculations & screening tests. This is an automated process & the information will only be used for these purposes prior to your taking up the position with us.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.