# Specialty Doctor in Respiratory Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-in-respiratory-medicine/200e7544-017b-41fb-86f4-64ba5e1f74e5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-in-respiratory-medicine/200e7544-017b-41fb-86f4-64ba5e1f74e5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Worthing - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Respiratory Medicine - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £63,696 - £102,689 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Closing date:** 2026-06-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T14:13:29.938Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Sussex/Chichester_West_Sussex/University_Hospitals_Sussex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Medicine/Medicine-v7943362 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7943362?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We wish to appoint a Specialty Doctor in Respiratory Medicine to a new post.   The post-holder will work primarily with the Respiratory team at St Richard’s Hospital. The post-holder will be required to undertake routine work on the respiratory ward supporting junior staff under the supervision of the Consultant respiratory physicians. In addition, there will be regular out-patient clinics to help support increasing demand.  These are specialty respiratory clinics that will be supervised by a Respiratory Consultant with a mixture of new and follow-up patients and will allow the post holder to further develop their speciality skills. Furthermore, there are 1-2 pleural lists per week which the post holder will be supervised in. The post would suit a junior doctor who would like to either maintain or develop a degree of sub specialisation and would a great opportunity to gain additional experience before applying for a higher specialty training post.  The post will be employed on the Specialty Doctor terms and conditions.  In addition to the ward based work the post-holder will be responsible for planning and interpretation of investigations, dealing with results and the administration generated by the clinic. We are an approachable team and would see this as a good opportunity for clinical development.  We would continue to support educational development and provide educational supervision. ### Main duties of the job The clinical duties of the post include the following: - Providing Middle grade support and agreed outlier areas - Attend Pleural lists. - Attending outpatient clinics - Planning and interpretation of investigations - Dealing with administration - Seeing and discussing ward referrals This is a role that will allow the post holder to develop further clinical skills, gain further experience in team leadership and communication and  provide  a focus to improve  patient care and continuity. On Call Commitment: To be discussed participation in Registrar full shift rota pattern (up to 50% on call commitment) ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the job description and the person specification attached to the advert for further details. Proposed interview date: July 2026 ## Job Details We wish to appoint a Specialty Doctor in Respiratory Medicine to a new post. The post-holder will work primarily with the Respiratory team at St Richard’s Hospital. The post-holder will be required to undertake routine work on the respiratory ward supporting junior staff under the supervision of the Consultant respiratory physicians. In addition, there will be regular out-patient clinics to help support increasing demand. These are specialty respiratory clinics that will be supervised by a Respiratory Consultant with a mixture of new and follow-up patients and will allow the post holder to further develop their speciality skills. Furthermore, there are 1-2 pleural lists per week which the post holder will be supervised in. The post would suit a junior doctor who would like to either maintain or develop a degree of sub specialisation and would a great opportunity to gain additional experience before applying for a higher specialty training post. The post will be employed on the Specialty Doctor terms and conditions. In addition to the ward based work the post-holder will be responsible for planning and interpretation of investigations, dealing with results and the administration generated by the clinic. We are an approachable team and would see this as a good opportunity for clinical development. We would continue to support educational development and provide educational supervision. ## Job Description The clinical duties of the post include the following: - Providing Middle grade support and agreed outlier areas - Attend Pleural lists. - Attending outpatient clinics - Planning and interpretation of investigations - Dealing with administration - Seeing and discussing ward referrals This is a role that will allow the post holder to develop further clinical skills, gain further experience in team leadership and communication and provide a focus to improve patient care and continuity. On Call Commitment: To be discussed participation in Registrar full shift rota pattern (up to 50% on call commitment) ## Responsibilities Please see the job description and the person specification attached to the advert for further details. Proposed interview date: July 2026 ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Desirable** - - Breadth of experience in and outside specialty ### Teaching Skills **Essential** - - Evidence of an interest and commitment to teaching **Desirable** - - Recognised teaching qualification ### Clinincal Skills **Essential** - Relevant post registration experience - core medical training or GP specialty training and some Respiratory experience - Skills consistent with IMT curriculum **Desirable** - General Respiratory, diagnostic and management ### Academic & Research **Essential** - - Evidence of participation in audit **Desirable** - - Research experience - - Publications - - Prizes and honours ### Experience/Qualifications **Essential** - - Basic medical degree - - MRCP(or working towards part 2) or appropriate specialist qualification - - Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice - - Four years post-graduation, with two years in the relevant specialty **Desirable** - - Higher Degree ### Organisation and Planning **Essential** - - Experience and ability to work in multi-professional teams - - Understanding of: NHS / Clinical governance / Resource constraints **Desirable** - - Evidence of managerial skills: Achievements / Course attended ### Career Progression & Personal Attributes **Essential** - - Appropriate progression of career to date - - Evidence of:- Good communication skills both oral and written ## Documents - [job description and person spec (pdf, 424.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10241190) - [all staff networks about us flyer (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2583) - [guide to completing an application form (pdf, 385.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2915) ## 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.