# Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-paediatric-respiratory-medicine/a21b1931-5745-4c56-8106-98cbc33247b6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-paediatric-respiratory-medicine/a21b1931-5745-4c56-8106-98cbc33247b6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Birmingham Children's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Paediatrics - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113565.00 to £150569.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 9 sessions per week (9 PA Consultant Post) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-06T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-08T13:48:18.793Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8248085 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8248085?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is a replacement/reconfiguration substantive post resulting from changes to organisation of consultant team to deliver the existing respiratory and Cystic Fibrosis service. The post holder will join an established Respiratory and Cystic fibrosis service which provides tertiary respiratory care including Cystic fibrosis, Long-term ventilation, Sleep, Difficult asthma, Primary ciliary dyskinesia, Bronchiectasis and several other conditions. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will join an established Respiratory and Cystic fibrosis (CF) service which provides tertiary respiratory care including in CF, long term ventilation, sleep problems, difficult asthma, non-Cf bronchiectasis, Primary ciliary dyskinesia and several other conditions. The post holder will participate in general respiratory and CF service outpatient provision and there is provision to develop a subspeciality interest in LTV and sleep based on post holder’s experience and service needs. There is also scope to support the development of CF service provision with newer expectations and specifications and lung function testing. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder will work along with a team of 8 other consultants who work together to provide continuous cover for respiratory and CF patients. The post-holder will be involved in all aspects of the department as described above. Each newly appointed consultant will be expected to participate in a Trust-wide Consultant developmental programme designed to maximize their professional development during their early years as a consultant. This will include areas such as R&D, clinical leadership and management, education and training, and governance. A formal rolling programme delivered within the Trust in selected cohorts over 5 years. Office space is within the department, with personal IT and internet facilities and shared secretarial support. Direct clinical care (DCC) comprises 7.0PAs and 2.0SPAs for Supporting Professional Activities (1.5 core SPA for teaching, audit, research, administration, clinical governance, appraisal and continuing professional development, additional 0.25 SPA for educational supervision and 0.25 SPA for service development as per specialty interest) are allocated to the post. Additional roles such as educational lead, governance lead, service lead and CF Director come with additional SPAs and are carried out amongst the consultants in a rotational manner and as per interest/ departmental need. The DCC is to cover outpatient, inpatient and MDT clinical work and all clinical activities pertaining to the Consultant role. There is also potential to obtain up to 2 additional research PAs through the BWCH Charity funds. The work is split over ‘on service’ (On-call weeks) and non- on service weeks. ### Applicant requirements 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 ### Other **Essential** - Ability to fulfil all of the duties of the post, including on-call commitments and travel requirements - Satisfactory Enhanced DBS and required immigration status ### Teaching **Essential** - "Training the trainers" training or equivalent Commitment to teaching and training **Desirable** - Experience in teaching and training - Formal teaching qualification ### Management **Essential** - Experience of management and leadership - Evidence of development of innovative approaches to healthcare delivery - Experience in developing and motivating staff **Desirable** - Attendance at recognised management course - Evidence of some Regional or National experience of committee work ### Qualifications **Essential** - Full GMC registration - MRCPCH by examination or equivalent - On the GMC’s Specialist Register OR within six months of CCT at time of scheduled interview. **Desirable** - Higher Degree (MD, PhD, etc) - Management training ### Academic Achievements **Essential** - Good knowledge and skills in clinical governance, patient safety and child protection procedures - Completed audit cycle **Desirable** - Influenced guideline or protocol development and effected change in practice ### Professional Development **Essential** - Commitment to Continuing Professional Development **Desirable** - To develop the speciality in co-operation with departmental colleagues ### Personal Skills, Qualities, Aptitudes **Essential** - Ability to communicate with clarity in written and spoken English - Capacity to gain confidence and trust from others - Excellent communication skills - Able to build strong and effective relationships with patients, families and colleagues - Ability to cope with pressure from unexpected or urgent clinical situations - Flexible and able to lead a professional team - The ability to organise workload and prioritise competing demands, make decisions, exert appropriate authority - Empathy, listening skills and patience - Ability to work within team - Honesty and integrity - IT literacy **Desirable** - Innovation and an excellent ability to respond to and cope with change ### Clinical Skills & Nature of Experience **Essential** - Appropriate progression of career to date - Minimum of 2 years specialist training in units approved for training by Respiratory CSAC (RCPCH) or an established consultant in Respiratory Paediatrics elsewhere with equivalent experience. - Competent in all aspects of the paediatric respiratory training curriculum for inpatient and outpatient management and competent in performing flexible bronchoscopy, reporting complex lung function tests and sleep study reporting. - Skills to manage acutely ill child in setting of complex/ chronic respiratory issues Ability to interpret various specialist lung function tests - Experience in managing safeguarding cases - Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training - Valid BLS training **Desirable** - Special experience in long-term ventilation, difficult asthma and sleep to complement current interests within department - Valid APLS ## Documents - [9pa respiratory consultant post advert (pdf, 464.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10560180) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 605.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10597398) - [9pa respiratory consultant job plan- 2026. 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