Specialist for Respiratory Medicine

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK seeks a Specialist for Respiratory Medicine based in Stevenage. This fixed-term role involves managing respiratory patients, participating in clinics, and providing acute care. Candidates should demonstrate at least 12 years of medical work, with 6 in relevant specialties, and hold the necessary qualifications. A commitment to clinical governance and teaching is essential. This position offers a comprehensive opportunity within a supportive team atmosphere at a distinguished organisation.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Positive work-life balance

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years medical work since primary qualification, including 6 years in a relevant specialty.
• Interest and experience in Respiratory Medicine, especially in emergencies and sleep medicine.
• Ability to manage critically ill patients in an ICU and HDU environment.

Responsibilities

• Care for inpatients and outpatients in the Respiratory Department.
• Participate in General Internal Medicine responsibilities and medical on call.
• Teach and train undergraduate and postgraduate students and junior staff.

Skills

Engagement with clinical governance

Expert diagnostic opinion

Competency with Bronchoscopy

Education

Full GMC registration with a Licence to Practice

College Membership (MRCP)

Postgraduate academic degree

Job description

Go back East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Specialist for Respiratory Medicine

The closing date is 06 January 2026

Our Trust is committed to career development which allows us to look out for individuals who are proactive, motivated, forward thinking, and dynamic to join our clinical team. These posts are an important part of our ongoing development of services at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. We are seeking a specialist doctor with enthusiasm, commitment and drive to work closely with colleagues throughout the organisation and within the community to help lead the organisation.

This is a fixed term posts based at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage.

This is an excellent opportunity to join the team at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The successful candidates will help managed the respiratory ward and be involved with the respiratory support unit in managing level 2 respiratory patients. There will be commitment to general respiratory out-patient clinics and participation in the medical on call.

The post-holder will also be involved in the respiratory in-reach service (acute chest team) providing specialty input to patient on non-respiratory ward especially in the acute areas and holding a HOT clinic once a week.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be responsible for the care of inpatients and outpatients in the Respiratory Department and will be expected to establish and maintain the highest clinical standards in managing these patients.

Participation in the General Internal Medicine responsibilities of the Respiratory Team including the general medical on call

Support of the unit's goal of delivering highly effective care approaches

The teaching and training of undergraduate and postgraduate students and junior staff

To participate in both department and Trust matters concerning clinical governance and audit.

To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in CME throughout.

To support development and delivery of sub-specialist respiratory services.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job responsibilities

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

• Full GMC registration with a Licence to Practice
• College Membership (MRCP) or qualification of an equivalent level
• Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs
• Advanced Life Support or demonstration of ability to achieve ALS immediately upon appointment
• Postgraduate academic degree

Previous Experience

• Shall have completed a minimum of 12 years medical work (either in continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification of which a minimum of 6 years should have been in a relevant Specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades. Equivalent years' experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted.
• Demonstrate an interest in, commitment to and have Broad range of experience in Respiratory Medicine in particular: oExperience in acute medicine emergencies and sleep medicine
• Fully competent with Bronchoscopy
• Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
• Experience and expertise in managing critically ill patients within a medical ICU and HDU environment

Skills

• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
• Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation

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.

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust