Job Description

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague to join our paediatric respiratory team at Southampton Children's Hospital.



The successful candidate will join our established team of 7 consultants alongside our large respiratory MDT and would suit someone with an interest in CF and suppurative lung disease.



The main clinical duties will be to provide Consultant of the week service weeks (1 in 6) alongside CF, bronchiectasis and general respiratory outpatient clinics.



This will initially be an 8 PA post, with the potential to increase to 10 PAs once the successful candidate was in post. This is a permanent contract.



Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.



For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ' and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.



As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated 'Good' by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.



We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.



Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.

About our Paediatric Respiratory service:

Our Service covers a population of 3.5 million. It provides inpatient and outpatient treatment for a full range of respiratory problems, for children of all ages. There is a 15-bedded PICU and a 6-bedded PHDU alongside approximately 120 paediatric beds.



We work closely with all paediatric subspecialty services at the Children's Hospital, in particular cardiology, ENT, neurology, neonatology, oncology and surgical specialties alongside regular input into patients on PICU. The respiratory team regularly receives referrals from across all subspecialties both on an inpatient and outpatient basis, as well as from our regional DGH centres. The service is supported by a comprehensive diagnostic radiology and a physiology service.



The Respiratory Service includes a large regional Cystic Fibrosis Network which functions on a "hub and spoke" format with 10 regional hospitals and currently looks after over 230 patients. We have a large cohort of over 250 children on LTV, supported by a dedicated LTV MDT. We have a large sleep service, undertaking and report on over 1400 sleep studies per annum. We are one of only 4 Highly Specialized Service commissioned PCD centres in England and deliver the diagnostic and management Service for children in the South and South-West of the Country. We also have a newly established regional paediatric bronchiectasis clinic. In addition, we provide specialist MDT clinics in asthma and allergy, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, and tracheoesophageal fistula, alongside general respiratory clinics incorporating a wide range of tertiary respiratory cases



The UHS paediatric respiratory consultant body forms part of an extensive multidisciplinary team including specialist nurses, physiotherapists, sleep physiologists, dietitians, speech and language therapists, psychologists and social worker all of whom have dedicated time for the respiratory, cystic fibrosis and LTV services. The multidisciplinary teams for long term ventilation, sleep, complex airways, spinal surgery, primary ciliary dyskinesia and cystic fibrosis meet regularly to discuss both clinical cases and service developments.



The team is also actively involved in a wide range of research activities particularly in relation to CF, sleep disordered breathing, asthma and allergy, primary ciliary dyskinesia.

Responsibilities:

Consultant of week service weeks alongside weekend ward rounds for respiratory inpatient's including those on PICU and PHDU (on a 1 in 6 basis) Liaison with other hospitals in the region to provide specialist advice and to ensure children receive timely and appropriate treatment Undertake cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis and general paediatric respiratory clinics In addition there is the potential to undertake outreach clinics across our network for children with cystic fibrosis and LTV

Candidates therefore need to be on specialist register in Paediatrics with sub-speciality recognition in Respiratory Paediatrics (or equivalent) or be in a national grid training programme in paediatric respiratory medicine (or equivalent) and be within six months of CCT date

In addition, the successful candidate will:

Provide training and support to junior medical staff, ensuring that they perform their duties in line with agreed best practice Represent the Division and the Hospital at external meetings and conferences as and when required Participate and contribute to the departmental meetings, research and audit

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Individuals wishing to apply must be registered with the General Medical Council (GMC).

The successful candidate will be employed under the terms and conditions of service for Consultants (England) 2003.

Interviews will be held on:

22nd July 2025

Job Reference:

188-MC10625

This vacancy closes on or before:

20th June 2025

Should you have any queries, please use the contact details below to get in touch.