Consultant in Respiratory Medicine (TB/Asthma)
| Posting date: | 18 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £109,725.00 to £145,478.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £109725.00 - £145478.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 October 2025 |
| Location: | Leeds, LS9 7TF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9298-CON-925 |
Summary
This post is a full time (10 PA) post. The appointee will work at St Jamess University Teaching Hospital, where there will be inpatient and outpatient responsibilities. There is a commitment to acute Respiratory on call on a 1:12 and Acute Medicine on call 1:109. The applicant should be committed to teaching and research. 15 whole time equivalent consultant respiratory physicians provide a cross-city inpatient and outpatient service. Current sub-specialty interests among the physicians include lung cancer, pleural disease, interstitial lung disease, difficult asthma, tuberculosis, sleep disordered breathing & non invasive ventilation, cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, PCD, COPD and alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency. The successful candidate would join the other Respiratory Consultant, Infectious Diseases Consultant & Paediatrician in the team. They are expected to work closely with the current multidisciplinary team to sustain current capacity of the TB services with a view to expand in the near future, ensure the smooth flow from diagnosis to treatment & follow up, including developing innovative ways of working to sustain increasing patient load, contribute to the Respiratory & Acute Medicine on call rota. To sustain current capacity of the TB and asthma services with a view to expand in the near future. Ensure the smooth flow from diagnosis to treatment & follow up. Support development of the TB and asthma Services to ensure that we are working with the best innovative ways of working Work closely with multidisciplinary team & developing innovative ways of working to sustain increasing patient load Contribute to the Respiratory & Acute Medicine on call rota Perform bronchoscopies & pleural procedures To take an active role in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching Active participation in research within the department.