Consultant Respiratory Physician specialist in Sleep and Ventilation

Main area Respiratory Grade YC72 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (Including on-call and weekend commitment) Job
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Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Aintree Hospital Site Town Liverpool Salary £109,725 - £145,478 per annum (plus 3% on-call supplement) Salary period Yearly Closing 15/03/2026 23:59

Consultant Respiratory Physician specialist in Sleep and Ventilation.

Permanent

10 PA's

This is a replacement post to provide a Consultant Respiratory Physician with special interest in Sleep and Ventilation to complement the existing teams. The post will be based at the Aintree hospital site.

This is a full-time post attracting an initial 10 PA’s, including on call work (weekends and overnight non-resident on calls). Applicants interested in working less than 10 PA’s will be considered. The job plan for this role is an example of a 10 PA role; the job plan will be agreed with the successful candidate when appointed.

Applicants are required to be fully registered with the General Medical Council, with licence to practise, and are required to hold membership of the Royal College of Physicians UK (or equivalent). They should be listed on the Specialist Register for Respiratory Medicine or be due to be registered within six months of the date of appointment.

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.

This is a role for a candidate with special interest in Sleep and Ventilation
Respiratory Medicine with a wide range of inpatient and outpatient activities. Core duties include but not limited to:

• Post‑take ward rounds – including blocks running the 12 bedded Ventilation Inpatient Centre (VIC)
• Consultant responsibility for patients on a general respiratory inpatient ward
• Provision of inpatient respiratory advice and referrals
• Delivery of respiratory outpatient clinics

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.

Indicative job description and job plan attached to this posting.

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

10 PA Job Plan

• 10 PA job plan, including 0.7 PA for respiratory on‑call duties; time off is given in lieu for any work carried outside of these times…