Consultant Physician in Respiratory and Acute Medicine

Employer:

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Liverpool, L7 8YE

Pay:

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

11/02/2026

A Vacancy at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a combined post with Acute (AMU) and Respiratory Medicine at the Royal Liverpool Hospital strengthening links between the departments and enhance patient care by providing respiratory specialist supporting in AMU. This post supports the expansion of the ambulatory care service and develop new pathways for patients.

The candidate will be a key figure within the existing MDT, collaborating with senior staff across the division of Medicine.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the provision of exceptional clinical care for patients with complex acute medical conditions, as well as to be involved in the development of the AMU and its services.

A significant component of the role is dedicated to respiratory care, which will include managing both general respiratory patients and more complex cases, particularly within the newly developed NIV unit.

The role offers the chance to provide input into the bronchoscopy service, specialist respiratory clinics, and continued development of pleural, ILD, pulmonary infection, and lung cancer services.

The post holder will have access to research opportunities within the Respiratory Medicine department.

This role will be an integral part of the consultant team, providing leadership in acute medicine, and will contribute to high quality clinical care, teaching, and research.

This post is ideal for a dynamic consultant keen to develop both in the acute and respiratory medicine fields.

Respiratory Components:

Ward management of up to 28 respiratory patients

RSU management of 10 acute respiratory patients including 6 dedicated NIV beds.

Opportunity to deliver bronchoscopy, general respiratory, and pleural clinics during off ward weeks

Participation in specialist services such as Severe Asthma, Pleural Disease, ILD, Pulmonary Infection, and Lung Cancer (EBUS LHCH)

Opportunities for research involvement

Collaborative work with the community respiratory team (CRT) led by Dr Hadcroft

On call commitment only during ward weeks.

• Provision of consultant care to all patients on the AMU, from admission to discharge or transfer
• Participation in four morning ward rounds daily, reviewing patients admitted overnight, and ongoing management of those admitted via GP or ED
• Lead day-to-day clinical management of the AMU, working alongside senior nurses and multidisciplinary teams
• Contribute to weekend and holiday cover for AMU
• Supervision of junior medical staff and participation in educational activities for trainees
• Coordination of the discharge process, including electronic discharge summaries for patients sent home directly from AMU
• Focus on ambulatory care, providing urgent medical opinions and facilitating follow up for discharged patients
• On call duty for AMU and respiratory specialties, with an on call commitment of approximately 1 in 9 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…