Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory

The successful applicant should possess MRCPCH (or equivalent) and should be included on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT at the time of interview, if currently within a training programme within the UK. In accordance with the consultant appointment regulations, all other categories of doctors must be on the Specialist Register.

Applicants should have established skills in all aspects of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and its related specialties including bronchoscopy, sleep and long-term ventilation. A strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and a research interest is desirable.

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

Required to fill this replacement post within the Paediatric Respiratory Department at the Leeds General Infirmary.

This is an 8.75PA substantive consultant post supporting the Paediatric Respiratory team (Dr Tim Lee, Dr Chris Edwards, Dr Alex Adams, Dr Emma Guy, Dr Evie Robson, Dr Laura Walker). You must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Cystic Fibrosis, and Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia. It is desirable that the candidates have experience in bronchoscopy, sleep and long-term ventilation. The post will be based at Leeds Children's Hospital.

All of Leeds tertiary paediatric services take place in the Leeds Children's Hospital, within Leeds General Infirmary in Leeds city centre which has excellent transport links. Since April 2010 the regional paediatric respiratory service has been based at a purpose-built outpatient facility within the Children's Hospital. Leeds is also the nationally commissioned supra-regional centre for children's Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) for the North of England.

If shortlisted, you will be required to give a 10-minute presentation on:

"Development of the Leeds Children's sleep and ventilation service over the next 10 years"

Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact:

Christopher Edwards, Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory. Christopheredwards1@nhs.net or 07557256702

Alexandra Adams, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine Alexandra.adams2@nhs.net or 07795662996

INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD ON: 4 December 2026

Consideration will be given to applicants who wish to work part time and those wishing to job share.

There are over 270 paediatric inpatient beds, with a dedicated respiratory ward. Tertiary referrals are received in cystic fibrosis, respiratory paediatrics, oncology, haematology, PICU, neurology, gastroenterology, hepatology, nephrology, transplant (liver, renal BMT), paediatric intensive care, neonatology, cardiology, endocrinology, rheumatology, spinal surgery, paediatric and neonatal surgery. The service also has good links with the allergy, diabetes and paediatric ENT teams.

We provide a Respiratory Service to a city population of 780,000, and a regional population of 3.8 million. The Leeds/Sheffield training program offers comprehensive training to fulfil the requirements of the Paediatric Respiratory Medicine grid training syllabus.

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

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