Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Respiratory
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent: Paediatric Respiratory Consultant
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 200-CW-712531-7510783-CA
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Respiratory Consultant
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.
With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.
Co-located with St George’s, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King’s Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.
Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.
St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.
We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.
As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St John’s Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people’s own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth.
Job overview
This post replaces an existing post already established in Paediatric respiratory services following retirement but can be tailored to a candidates special interests. We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague to join our service and to complement the current team of three friendly and cohesive consultants. The post is offered at 10 PA but we will consider applicants wishing to work less than full time depending on service needs.
The post holder will contribute to the general respiratory and asthma service. They will take on some responsibility for children on Long Term Ventilation and be encouraged to develop specific areas of interest in line with their experience and the needs of the department.
Main duties of the job
The aim of this post is to contribute to the increasing ambulatory and inpatient capacity of the service at St Georges and further develop the service and its research profile. The post holder will receive referrals from other consultants and specialties, from PICU and NICU, and from General Practice. These will be seen as either inpatients or outpatients as appropriate. Patients may be local or from outside the region. There is a 1:4 attending rota for respiratory ward cover with out of hours telephone support. There postholder would not contribute to the general paediatric service. The post holder would be fully responsible for the management of respiratory patients within their expertise and in conjunction with other members of the team and the wider MDT. We have a growing cohort of children with complex respiratory disorders including those on invasive and non-invasive long term respiratory support; congenital and interstitial lung diseases and those with chronic suppurative lung disease.
The service is supported by comprehensive radiological support, physiology including full lung function and sleep, bronchoscopy and thoracic surgery.
Working for our organisation
Our Foundation Trust is at the heart of an integrated healthcare system; one that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognised program of research, education and employee engagement.
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflect these values.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The respiratory team currently run weekly respiratory and asthma clinics and a number of other joint clinics with other specialities. There are regular clinics for children with difficult asthma, bronchiectasis and those on long-term respiratory support. There are monthly joint clinics with ENT, the neonatal team, haematology and the neuro-disability team. The team also supports PICU, NICU, haematology & oncology (in conjunction with the Royal Marsden Hospital), fetal medicine, paediatric surgery and infectious diseases.
Additional information detailed in attached Job Description.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- MRCP or MRCPCH
- Full registration with GMC
- On the GMC’s Specialist Register OR within six months of CCT at time of scheduled interview.
- Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) applicants must be on the Specialist Register at the point of application
Desirable criteria
- Higher Qualification
- Teaching qualifications
Experience
Essential criteria
- Training to be or already an established consultant in Respiratory Paediatrics with a minimum of 24 months experience and training in tertiary respiratory paediatrics departments. qualification (suitable for CESR)
- Training in paediatric bronchoscopy
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Valid BLS, APLS/PALS, Level 3 Safeguarding
Desirable criteria
- Teaching experience. Recognised qualification / training in undergraduate or postgraduate teaching
- Training or experience in management of children with tracheostomy.
- Experience in interpreting sleep studies.
- Experience in managing children on long term ventilation.
- Research experience – Relevant publications in peer reviewed journals. Area of research interest.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to write and implement management protocols
Desirable criteria
- Enthusiasm to teach skills to others
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the principles of management.
- Broad knowledge of respiratory paediatrics
Desirable criteria
- Recognised management training.
- Area of interest in respiratory paediatrics to complement service at St Georges.
- Initiated research during career to date
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Richard Chavasse
- Job title
- Paediatric Respiratory Lead Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07740307207
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