Paediatric Respiratory Consultant

Job overview

This is a replacement Consultant post within the Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine at King’s College Hospital. The post can be tailored to reflect the successful candidate’s specialist interests. The postholder will join an established team of five Consultants and will contribute to the delivery and development of the tertiary paediatric respiratory service. The postholder will work as part of the multi-disciplinary Paediatric Respiratory, Complex Asthma, and Cystic Fibrosis teams, providing high-quality care to patients and supporting the ongoing development of respiratory services within the Trust. They will also contribute to consolidating the department’s position as the leading provider of tertiary paediatric respiratory services for South London and the Southeast, and to the further development of outreach services, building on the existing cystic fibrosis clinical network.. Applicants must demonstrate experience in the investigation and management of children with both simple and complex respiratory disorders. Experience in long-term management of children requiring home ventilatory support is desirable. The precise remit will be aligned with the skills and interests of the successful candidate. The postholder will be primarily based at the Paediatric Respiratory and Cystic Fibrosis Centre within the Variety Children’s Hospital at King’s College Hospital, with the potential to undertake outreach clinics in the Southeast region.

Main duties of the job

· The provision of a first-class clinical service

· Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the speciality

· Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King’s College London / KHP

· Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies

· Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s service plans

· Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the speciality, the Care Group or the Trust

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus .

In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for 2026-31. Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.

Our six strategic ambitions are delivering high-quality patient care ; creating a great place to work ; leading pioneering research, innovation and education ; building strong and successful partnerships ; providing timely and efficient care ; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

11. Together with other colleagues, to provide a high quality care service to patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.

22. Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short-term sickness as detailed in your contract.

33. Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.

44. Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.

55. Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group’s management team where part of the service structure.

66. Contribute to the Care Group’s research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.

77. Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.

88. Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group’s Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies.

99. Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).

110. Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post-qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.

111. Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues.

112. Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.

113. Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.

114. Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.

115. King’s is committed to providing Consultant led 7-day services and in the event of future developments the post holder would be expected to contribute equally with other Consultant colleagues.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registerable medical qualification

Higher Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MRCPCH or equivalent
• Higher research degree (e.g. MD or PhD)

Registration

Essential criteria

• Full Registration with GMC
• Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment

Training and Experience

Essential criteria

• Wide experience in all aspects of paediatric respiratory medicine, with ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care, culminating in award of CCST or equivalent.
• Accredited Specialist training in paediatric respiratory medicine with competencies in respiratory CSAC/RCPCH framework

Administration

Essential criteria

• Familiarity with day-to-day organisation of paediatric respiratory medicine services in a busy Teaching Hospital
• Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
• Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management and Leadership

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable criteria

• Management course and/or qualification

Audit and Quality Improvement

Essential criteria

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit.
• Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.

Desirable criteria

• Audit Publications

Research and Publications

Essential criteria

• Experience of conducting or supporting clinical research in one or more aspects of paediatric respiratory medicine
• Publication of relevant peer-reviewed reports

Desirable criteria

• Track record of excellent research in an area of paediatric respiratory medicine or evidence of potential to establish a research programme.

Teaching

Essential criteria

• Experience of conducting or supporting clinical research in one or more aspects of paediatric respiratory medicine
• Publication of relevant peer-reviewed reports

Desirable criteria

• Teaching skills course/qualification

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