About this role
Job summary
Advert for the post of: Respiratory Medicine Consultant (TB Lead)
Job Overview
This is a full-time (10 PA) fixed-term post for a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine with a sub-specialty interest in Tuberculosis. The successful applicant will take on the role of Trust Tuberculosis Lead and will play a central role in further developing a high-quality, patient-centered TB service in line with national guidance and regional strategic priorities.
The post forms part of ongoing respiratory service expansion and transformation within the Trust and offers significant opportunities for service development, clinical leadership, and innovation. The successful candidate will contribute to the development of evolving ambulatory respiratory pathways, including Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), integrated respiratory services, and ambulatory pleural care.
The postholder will contribute alongside Consultant Respiratory colleagues to inpatient and outpatient respiratory care and will support departmental governance activities, including Morbidity & Mortality (M&M) processes, quality improvement initiatives, teaching, and multidisciplinary working.
Applicants should have broad-based training in Respiratory Medicine, excellent clinical and communication skills, and a demonstrable commitment to service improvement, education, governance, and patient-centred care.
Participation in annual job planning, appraisal, and GMC revalidation processes is a requirement of the post.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a committed clinician with subspecialist training in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine. They will have a track record of excellent clinical service delivery, service improvement, teaching, training and other qualities as identified in the person specification.
About us
Hillingdon Hospital is the only acute hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinicsand maternity services.
Our services are provided from both Hillingdon Hospital and Mount Vernon Hospital. The Trust has a turnover of around £250 million. We manage 614 inpatient beds and we employ over 3,300 staff. Wedeliver high quality healthcare to the residents of the London Borough of Hillingdon, and increasingly to those living in the surrounding areas of Ealing, Harrow, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, givingus a total catchment population of over 350,000 people.
The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit, and outpatient clinics. The Trust also acts as a landlord to a number of other organisations that provide health services at Mount Vernon, including East & NorthHertfordshire NHS Trust's Cancer Centre.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Essential Essential
Full GMC Registration with License to Practice MRCP On GMCs specialist registrar or within 6 months of CCT from the date of the interview Evidence of formal teaching experience Competent bronchoscopy Pleural ultrasound proficiency
Desirable
Higher degree e.g. MD or PhD Published works and previous experience of participation in research. Experience of EBUS
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust
Pield Heath Road
Hillingdon
UB8 3NN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.thh.nhs.uk/index.php (Opens in a new tab)