Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
10 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Qualifications
Full registration with GMC. Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months of expected date of CCT.
- Clinical Specialty Skills
Completion of a recognised training programme in respiratory and general medicine.
- Clinical Specialty Skills
Sound diagnostic and therapeutic skills, in-particular competent in fibre-optic bronchoscopy and lung function testing
- Clinical Specialty Skills
Competent in the management of respiratory and general medical conditions experience in managing rapid access lung cancer clinics in the UK and experience of lung MDT membership
- Clinical Specialty Skills
Experience in full range of bronchoscopy procedures and EBUS;
- Clinical Specialty Skills
Experience in managing patients with complex pleural effusion, including performing talc pleurodesis and insertion/removal of the IPC.
- Skills, knowledge and aptitude
Evidence of working in a multi- disciplinary team.
- Skills, knowledge and aptitude
Ability to organise and prioritise complex demands.
- Skills, knowledge and aptitude
Evidence of teaching and training skills for resident doctors.
- Skills, knowledge and aptitude
Effective communication skills
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications
Training in appraisal techniques.
- Clinical Specialty Skills
Attendance at and participation in international meetings
- Clinical Specialty Skills
Multidisciplinary approach to lung cancer management.
- Clinical Specialty Skills
Experience in performing endobronchial interventions, such as argon plasma coagulation, electrocautery snaring and stent insertion.
- Skills, knowledge and aptitude
Management training
- Skills, knowledge and aptitude
IT skills
- Skills, knowledge and aptitude
Teaching degree
Job overview
Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
10 PA CONTRACT
Current NHS Consultant Terms and Conditions
We are looking for a Respiratory Consultant to join our team in delivering high-quality respiratory medical services at University Hospitals of Tees. The successful candidate will have a subspecialist focus on TB, COPD and Pleural diseases.
The successful applicant will join the enthusiastic and well-established respiratory team to provide clinical sessions within the Department of Respiratory Medicine.
The primary base will be the James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough.
Main duties of the job
The post is outpatient and inpatient respiratory based. The post holder will contribute to Respiratory evening and weekend on-call commitments (1:7 weekends depending on the number of consultants) as part of the overall job plan.
This post is based predominantly at the James Cook University Hospital with the expectation to provide some cross site cover at the University Hospital North Tees, Stockton. Office accommodation and secretarial support will be provided, as will computer/internet access.
The full detail of the job plan will be negotiated and agreed between the successful applicant and the Clinical Director.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
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 with South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Middlesbrough, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Respiratory Medicine role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 on call supplement. The contract type is Permanent: on call. The application deadline is 11 Sep 2026.
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