Consultant Respiratory Physician (with special interest in ILD)
| Posting date: | 30 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £105,504 - £139,882 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 29 August 2025 |
| Location: | Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP |
| Company: | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7386067/317-CON-25-204 |
Summary
A Vacancy at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well- integrated team.
Applications are invited for appointment to the post of Consultant Respiratory / GIM Physician with a special interest in Interstitial Lung Disease. The post will be based within the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Royal Victoria Infirmary.
This is an 8.0 programmed activity (PA) post.
Currently there are 17 Consultant Respiratory Physicians at Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary, including the Chair of Respiratory Medicine, Newcastle University, and two Academic Clinical Lecturers/Honorary Consultants. The Department offers a full range of range of sub-specialty services including, tertiary services in: Cystic Fibrosis, Severe Asthma, Interstitial Lung Disease, Assisted Ventilation (NEAVS), Occupational Lung Disease and TB. In addition to specialist ILD care, the successful applicant will be expected to contribute to the inpatient and outpatient work of the department, teaching, and quality improvement.
This post will be based at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary. This is a busy respiratory department which specialises in all aspects of clinical respiratory including: interstitial lung disease, complex asthma, occupational lung disease, tuberculosis, lung cancer, pleural disease, assisted ventilation, COPD (including a ‘virtual ward’) and cystic fibrosis. The post holder will work closely with other consultants in the department but will be able to function at consultant level in ILD, general respiratory medicine and general internal medicine. Support for the other work of the department, the Respiratory Support Unit (RSU), Respiratory Procedures Unit (RPU) and for acute general medicine within the hospital will be expected.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
· Provide expert opinions on patients with respiratory complaints, taking independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to the unit.
· To undertake clinical duties in such a way that meets with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives.
· Participate in the acute medicine (GIM) on-call rotas.
· The post holder will be aware of professional standards, the responsibility to undertake safe and ethical clinical practice and the importance of responding promptly to any circumstances which may result in increased clinical risk or adverse outcome.
This advert closes on Sunday 3 Aug 2025
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well- integrated team.
Applications are invited for appointment to the post of Consultant Respiratory / GIM Physician with a special interest in Interstitial Lung Disease. The post will be based within the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Royal Victoria Infirmary.
This is an 8.0 programmed activity (PA) post.
Currently there are 17 Consultant Respiratory Physicians at Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary, including the Chair of Respiratory Medicine, Newcastle University, and two Academic Clinical Lecturers/Honorary Consultants. The Department offers a full range of range of sub-specialty services including, tertiary services in: Cystic Fibrosis, Severe Asthma, Interstitial Lung Disease, Assisted Ventilation (NEAVS), Occupational Lung Disease and TB. In addition to specialist ILD care, the successful applicant will be expected to contribute to the inpatient and outpatient work of the department, teaching, and quality improvement.
This post will be based at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary. This is a busy respiratory department which specialises in all aspects of clinical respiratory including: interstitial lung disease, complex asthma, occupational lung disease, tuberculosis, lung cancer, pleural disease, assisted ventilation, COPD (including a ‘virtual ward’) and cystic fibrosis. The post holder will work closely with other consultants in the department but will be able to function at consultant level in ILD, general respiratory medicine and general internal medicine. Support for the other work of the department, the Respiratory Support Unit (RSU), Respiratory Procedures Unit (RPU) and for acute general medicine within the hospital will be expected.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
· Provide expert opinions on patients with respiratory complaints, taking independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to the unit.
· To undertake clinical duties in such a way that meets with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives.
· Participate in the acute medicine (GIM) on-call rotas.
· The post holder will be aware of professional standards, the responsibility to undertake safe and ethical clinical practice and the importance of responding promptly to any circumstances which may result in increased clinical risk or adverse outcome.
This advert closes on Sunday 3 Aug 2025
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