Job summary
- Main area
- Respiratory Medicine
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 269-MD886
- Employer
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Salisbury
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata if part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
- Interview date
- 28/03/2025
Employer heading

Consultant - Respiratory Medicine
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Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a colleague to join our dynamic and forward-looking team of respiratory consultants. We strive for excellent quality patient-centred care across a comprehensive range of respiratory services. There is a generous financial Welcome Payment available in addition to relocation expenses.
We provide a comprehensive Respiratory service for both Inpatient & Outpatients across the range of sub-specialities and work closely with our primary care colleagues. As a cohesive and collaborative group of consultants we offer a broad range of expertise and there is every opportunity for the new post holder to continue to develop an existing area of interest or develop expertise in a new sub-specialityÌý
Our services are supported by an excellent multidisciplinary team of Respiratory and Lung Cancer Nurse specialists along with outpatient physiotherapy and pulmonary physiology. We work closely with an enthusiastic secretarial team who provide administrative support. Our junior doctor team includes Specialist Registrars, Respiratory Clinical Fellows and Internal Medicine and Foundation trainees.
We welcome applications from individuals who will bring new and dynamic ideas to help us develop and deliver excellent patient centred care Ìýnow and into the future.
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Main duties of the job
Our new colleague will join the existing respiratory consultants in delivering a high quality and patient centred inpatient & outpatient specialist care to our local population of around 270,000 people. Inpatient responsibilities are on a rotational basis with other respiratory colleagues, some weeks focusing on the respiratory ward & speciality inpatient referral & other weeks with more outpatient & procedure activity.
We have a well-established fibreoptic bronchoscopy, EBUS and thoracoscopy service with opportunity to develop this further. We provide an ambulatory pleural service including indwelling intra pleural catheter insertion. These services also offer an excellent opportunity to engage in practical training & education for our speciality trainees.
Our robust Lung Cancer service has a weekly multidisciplinary team meeting attended by Medical and Clinical Oncology & Palliative Care teams & virtually by the Thoracic Surgeons. Systemic anti-cancer therapy is delivered on site with timely radiotherapy & surgery provided by colleagues inÌýSouthampton.
We have a small domiciliary non-complex non-invasive ventilation service as well as an extensive Sleep service which serves the local population as well as Dorset. There is opportunity to expand an interest in domiciliary NIV by developing links with our onsite regional Spinal Unit. We have close links with the Southampton Difficult Asthma & Interstitial Lung Disease teams & other tertiary centres in London & further afield
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Working for our organisation
We are an innovative trust with a proud heritage & over 250 years of experience. We are driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone, & we are well regarded for the quality of care & treatment we provide.
As an acute Trust, rated Good by the CQC, we have a track record of high performance providing regional & super-regional specialist services: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, the Spires Cleft & the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Centre. We have about 470 beds & employ over 4000 staff.
We have an active education programme with educational links with Southampton Medical School & the Wessex Deanery. Local & National audit is encouraged, there is opportunity to develop a research interest with the support of the Research department.
Salisbury is a beautiful place to live & work, we are close the to the New Forest & coast with easy access to London & local airports. Visit for more information on the area.
The local schools offer excellent educational opportunity both in Salisbury & across the region. We are well-served by highly performing independent & state schools, from nursery through to sixth form including two grammar schools which are in the top of the league tables for GCSEs & A levels. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, holiday play scheme & a day nursery.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GMC Registration with CCT in Respiratory Medicine
- Accredited in General Medicine
Experience/Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of broad -based high -level training and competence in Respiratory Medicine including related clinical procedures
- Evidence of high-level training and clinical practice in General Medicine
- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team, develop professional relationships across the wider healthcare community
Management Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to perform effectively as a member of a team, including a multidisciplinary team and to motivate and develop staff
- Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance targets
- Ability to balance individual requirements against those of the department/Division
- Commitment to active clinical governance and learning from errors
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates clarity in written and spoken communication
- Always considers patients preferences when discussing treatment options
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Demonstration of an interest and commitment to teaching
- Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees and others. Enthusiastic and ability to inspire others
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Rohan Mehta
- Job title
- Clinical Lead, Respiratory Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01722 336262
- Additional information
Dr Zoe Cole Consultant in Rheumatology, Clinical Director Medicine Department, 01722 336262 ext 3556 [email protected]Ìý
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