Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
| Posting date: | 25 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: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9298-MED-835 |
Summary
The appointee will work at St Jamess University Teaching Hospital, where there will be inpatient responsibilities and outpatient responsibilities at Seacroft Hospital. There is a commitment to CF on call 1:4. 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. Cystic Fibrosis, Bronchiectasis & PCD Service The Leeds Adult CF Unit cover a large geographical area across all of the West, North and East Yorkshire out to the North Sea coast. Our aim is to provide accessible excellent, specialist care to enable adults and young people with CF to maintain the best possible health and participate as fully as possible in normal activities and aspirations, including school, university, college, sports and work. In 2007 Leeds became the first CF unit to successfully implement full electronic patient records, which has significantly improved quality of care. The team compromises of 3 Consultants, Associate Specialist, Research & Clinical Fellows, Specialist Nurses, Specialist Physiotherapists, Specialist dieticians, Specialist Pharmacists, Social Work & Psychology. The Leeds Bronchiectasis service was set up in 1998 and provides secondary and tertiary care for people with bronchiectasis living in Leeds and west Yorkshire region. The Adult CF & Bronchiectasis Unit has experienced & established home IV Service supported by a team of four full-time experienced CFNS and a full-time support worker. The Leeds Unit has a well-established clinical research programme and is an accredited site for the European Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Trial Network and the CF Trust Accelerator Platform. 2. OBJECTIVES OF THE POST The successful candidate would join the other 3 consultants in the team. They are expected to work closely with the current multidisciplinary team to sustain current capacity of CF, Bronchiectasis & PCD 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 & CF on call rota. To sustain current capacity of CF, Bronchiectasis & PCD services with a view to expand in the near future. Ensure the smooth flow from diagnosis to treatment & follow up. Support development of PCD Service Work closely with multidisciplinary team & developing innovative ways of working to sustain increasing patient load Contribute to the CF on call rota 1:4 Perform bronchoscopies & pleural procedures To take an active role in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching Active participation in research within the department.