Consultant Respiratory Physician; specialist interest in ILD

Job summary

This is a replacement post to provide Consultant cover in Respiratory Medicine to complement the existing teams. The post will be based primarily at The Royal Liverpool hospital site with weekly requirements to be on site to provide clinics and MDT attendance at AUH when not covering ward weeks. Ward weeks are on offer for between 7 and 14 weeks per year with the remaining 35 or 28 delivering outpatient care with built in SPA and admin time during those weeks.

This post has been designed to deliver care to patients with ILD in the South of the city. The aim is to develop the service into a tier 2 site and will include delivering on clinics and tertiary MDT input at the Aintree site as part of the ILD service there.

The post has been designed to provide standardised care across the city and as part of the newly formed UHLG model of equitable and equal access through standardised pathways protocols and standard operating procedures, working collaboratively across the teams.

It is expected that the post holder will be willing to be flexible in terms of their working hours within the agreed contract. This will include working unsociable hours, weekends and bank holidays. Even though unsociable hours may be rostered in the job plan, the work will not include duties that are inappropriate for a consultant; furthermore, the rota will not contravene the hour limits of the European Working Time Directive.

On call will be non-resident.

The duties of this post will include but not be limited to.

• Ward management of up to 28 respiratory patients at RLH on Ward periods in 2‑week blocks to maintain patient continuity
• RSU management of 6 NIV patients with additional 4 acute respiratory patients such as Tracheostomies, Critical and NIV step‑downs, intercostal drains etc in one‑week blocks
• Opportunity to deliver a bronchoscopy / EBUS list, general respiratory and ILD clinics during off ward weeks based at RLH, LHCH and AUH
• Opportunities to participate in specialist research activities
• On call only for Respiratory department whilst on the wards

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities – from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award‑winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year.

The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.

12 January 2026

Hospital medical and dental staff

Consultant

£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum (plus 3% on‑call supplement)

Permanent

Full‑time

287‑RMED‑532‑25

Royal Liverpool University Hospital

Prescot Street

Liverpool

L7 8YE

Indicative job plan attached to this posting.

The duties of this post will include but not be limited to.

• Ward management of up to 28 respiratory patients at RLH on Ward periods in 2‑week blocks to maintain patient continuity
• RSU…