Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

This new post is offered on a full time (10 PA) basis although less than full time applications will be considered. Duties will be based primarily on our Wakefield (Pinderfields) site although all our medical staff are involved in delivering care to patients on all our sites.

Applications are invited for a full time Consultant post in Respiratory Medicine. The successful candidate will join a team of 18 consultants at the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. Our team provides general and specialist in-patient and out‑patient services including:

• Specialist sleep service caring for sleep apnoea and other sleep disorders (5,000 patients on CPAP)
• Home ventilation service (350 patients on home ventilation)
• Purpose‑built dedicated 14‑bed Acute Respiratory Care unit for patients requiring acute NIV, acute CPAP, HFNO etc.
• Large lung cancer service with thoracoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound (about 500 new cancers per annum)
• Comprehensive lung cancer multi‑disciplinary meeting with close links to thoracic surgery
• Nationally recognised asthma service
• Specialist services for interstitial lung disease and tuberculosis

Duties will be based primarily on our Pinderfields Hospital site although all our medical staff are involved in delivering care to patients on all our sites, namely Dewsbury Hospital and Pontefract Hospital. Main duties of the post are to include delivery of outpatient clinics (general and specialist), inpatient respiratory work including the Acute Respiratory Care Unit and on‑call duties.

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.

We support work‑life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support.

These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer‑friendly policies, and more.

The main duties of the post will include:

• Outpatients (general and specialist)
• Inpatient respiratory work including the Acute Respiratory Care Unit (Respiratory Level 1 Unit)
• Urgent and Emergency Care duties for respiratory medicine including out‑of‑hours on‑call schedules, taking due account of the provisions of working time regulations and safe working
• On‑call duties are currently shared with 16 other colleagues on a specialist respiratory rota, currently assessed as 1 PA to cover post‑take ward rounds and evening work. On‑call commitments are as follows:
  • Weekday evening work – 3 hrs post‑take ward round (1 in 16 weekdays)
  • Weekend work – 7 hrs post‑take ward round/ward cover (1 in 8 weekend days)
  • Overnight on‑call – 1 in 16 days (Category A intensity)
• Supporting professional activities in accordance with the Trust Framework for revalidation, with at least 1.5 SPA included in the core 10 PA timetable. Additional SPA or DCC time may be commissioned in line with the skills of the successful candidate and changing requirements of the service. Examples may include formal teaching responsibilities or departmental leadership roles.
• Research interests and service development are encouraged; many in the department pursue these areas.

In 2024/25, Respiratory Medicine cared for 4,408 new outpatients and 6,912 follow‑up patients. Please see the attached full job description for an example weekly timetable.

• Full GMC Registration with licence to practise
• Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register for Respiratory Medicine or within 6 months of…