# Consultant Allergist (Subspecialty - Chronic Urticaria and Angioedema) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-allergist-subspecialty-chronic-urticaria-and-angioedema/ecffe641-7e04-4028-8c16-f5c810f76af6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-allergist-subspecialty-chronic-urticaria-and-angioedema/ecffe641-7e04-4028-8c16-f5c810f76af6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Guy's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Allergy and Immunology - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum excl. LZ - **Contract type:** Permanent: Substantive Consultant - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-19T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-29T16:50:46.010Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Guys_St_Thomas_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Allergy_Medicine/Allergy_Medicine-v8395833 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8395833?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Adult Allergy Department is seeking a full time Consultant Allergist with Subspecialty in Chronic Urticaria and Angioedema to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward-thinking team. The Department offers a comprehensive range of allergy services and has been accredited as a Centre of Excellence by both the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN) and the World Allergy Organisation (WAO). Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has 5 hospital sites which are Guy’s Hospital, St Thomas’ Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital, Harefield Hospital and Evelina London Children’s Hospital. These clinics will be predominantly at the Guy’s Hospital, some clinics would take place at St Thomas’ Hospital and the Royal Brompton Hospital. As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract. ### Main duties of the job The main clinical components of the full time post are: - 2.5 General Allergy clinics per week - 1 Severe Urticaria clinic per week - 1 Drug Allergy clinic per week - 1 Challenge clinic per week - Leadership of the Severe Urticaria Service (Allergy) and supporting with prescribing of biologics (homecare and outpatient) ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Provide High Quality Care to Patients - The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice - To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post. - To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities. - To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views. Research, Teaching and Training - Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust’s translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance. - To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director. - To take an active role in the work of the Allergy Academy which provides post- graduate teaching and training. - To act as educational supervisor and appraiser to ensure external accreditation of training post. Performance Management - To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas: - Clinical efficiency e.g. immunotherapy response rates, DNA rates. - Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates. - Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team. - Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Clinical Skills **Essential** - Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team. - Intradermal Skin Test - Drug Provocation Test - Food Provocation Test **Desirable** - Drug Desensitization ### Clinical Experience **Essential** - Commitment to continuing medical education - Experience in Allergy Medicine - NHS experience - Experience in managing patients with Severe Urticaria and Angioedema - Experience in managing patients with Peri-operative Anaphylaxis **Desirable** - Experience in Drug Desensitization ### Audit Management & IT **Essential** - Understanding of principles of audit. - Appropriate IT skills required. **Desirable** - Experience of clinical governance, audit and management. ### Professional Qualifications **Essential** - Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise. - MRCP (UK) or equivalent - CCT or equivalent in Allergy (Allergy and Clinical Immunology) or Immunology (Allergy, Clinical and Laboratory Immunology) / within 6m of CCT **Desirable** - Higher education qualifications (such as post graduate certificate, diploma, MSc, PhD or higher) ### Leadership / Management skills **Essential** - Communication; Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate. - Accountability; Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority. - Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others. - Ability to work as part of a team ### Research, Teaching skill & experience **Essential** - Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research - Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff. **Desirable** - Peer reviewed publications. - Experience in clinical research ## Documents - [allergy frf (pdf, 208.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10726553) - [consultant allergist with subspecialty in chronic urticaria and angioedema job description (pdf, 352.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10734502) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.