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Essential
17 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Ability to take on independent clinical responsibility whilst working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Skills
Ability to demonstrate leadership capabilities within multi-disciplinary teams
- Skills
Ability to communicate effectively with GPs and other professionals in hospital and community
- Skills
Evidence of experience in day to day organisation of General Medical and Respiratory services in a hospital setting
- Skills
Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit, must have undertaken and completed audit projects recently
- Skills
Familiarity with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
- Experience
Demonstrable experience of Clinical Governance activities in the last year
- Experience
Demonstrable experience in teaching
- Experience
Evidence of an understanding of how one may set up a new service – business plans, service development
- Qualifications
MRCP or Equivalent
- Qualifications
Full registration with GMC
- Qualifications
Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Respiratory and General Medicine via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) or CESR
- Person Disposition
Caring attitude to patients
- Person Disposition
Flexible and co-operative approach to colleagues and team members
- Person Disposition
Demonstrable ability to cope under pressure
- Person Disposition
Demonstrable commitment to continuing medical education
- Person Disposition
Commitment to uphold St George’s values
Desirable
10 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Other
Driving Licence
- Skills
Ability to develop research projects and supervise trainees in their research
- Skills
Evidence of training to be an educational supervisor
- Skills
supervise trainees in their research
- Experience
Experience of working within a mutli-disciplinary integrated respiratory team
- Experience
Teaching skills course/qualification
- Experience
Demonstrable experience in research with an appropriate publication record
- Qualifications
An appropriate higher degree (MD, PhD or equivalent)
- Qualifications
Advanced Life Support Certificate
- Qualifications
Post graduate teaching qualifications
Job overview
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant in Respiratory Medicine with sub speciality interest in severe asthma and COPD
10PAs St George’s Hospital
This post provides an opportunity for an enthusiastic physician to provide respiratory services at St George’s Hospital. The successful candidate will join a group of 12 other consultants affiliated to the respiratory department at St George’s.
Prospective candidates are encouraged to visit for informal discussion, contact details below:
- Dr Helen Meredith, Respiratory Care Group Lead - Helen.Meredith0@stgeorges.nhs.uk
Provisional Date for Interview: TBC
Main duties of the job
To provide a clinical service in respiratory medicine as part of a team of respiratory specialists.
To participate in clinical and other service activities with the objective of ensuring a high standard of patient care; including general respiratory, sleep and cancer clinics
To join and help develop the severe asthma and COPD services
To contribute to service developments
To take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training. Depending on the skills of the candidate, this could involve managing the respiratory clinical placements and other medical student clinical experience as well as the teaching program for the respiratory doctors.
To contribute to the management of the service.
Full consideration will be given to applicants who wish to apply for a less than full time post and we welcome enquires regarding that.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read the JD for Full Description
Proposed Job Plan template
Standard Royal College of Physicians framework of 10PA’s of which:
8 PA’s will be dedicated to direct clinical care (DCC)
2 PA’s will be devoted to Supporting professional activities (SPAs)
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.
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This advert is for Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, interest in severe asthma and COPD with St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Respiratory Medicine role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 13 Oct 2026.
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