Barts Health NHS Trust • London E1 1FR
About this role
Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician
Sleep and Long-term Ventilation
The Paediatric Respiratory Service at the Royal London Children’s Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust, is seeking to appoint a substantive Paediatric Respiratory Consultant (10 PAs) to complement five existing Paediatric Respiratory Consultants and a Professor of Respiratory Medicine.
The post holder will help to meet an increased demand for respiratory services across the Trust and allow the continued development of the sub-specialised paediatric respiratory service for children with sleep and long-term ventilation (LTV) requirements in Northeast London. They will also support the paediatric LTV lead and work closely with all members of the Consultant Respiratory Team. The post does not have any neonatal or general Paediatric responsibilities.
We believe this is an exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking multi-disciplinary team in delivering care for a complex and challenging group of patients. It is an excellent opportunity to broaden skills and gain experience in a specialist tertiary service.
Applications at less than full time are welcome and the successful candidate would have the opportunity to amend and develop the job plan with the consultant team to suit their preferences.
The post-holder will be expected to contribute to the development of respiratory services for children at RLH. They must have excellent communication skills and the ability to work within multidisciplinary teams. The unit proactively promotes clinical governance, and the appointee should be able to demonstrate skills in audit, risk management, and evidence-based guidelines. The post-holder will be required to teach undergraduate students, postgraduate medical staff, and other professional groups.
The appointee will provide inpatient and outpatient care for patients with complex respiratorydisease.Aconsultantoftheweek(COW)systemisinplacewhichensures continuity of care forrespiratory inpatients. The COW will be responsible for the day- to-day care of all inpatients admitted under the Respiratory team. They will also be responsibleforallnewin-patientreferralstotheserviceduringtheworkingweek.The appointee will be expected to contribute to this on a 1:6 basis. It is expected that all ConsultantswillsupporttheCOWinadvisingaboutthemanagementofpatientsunder their long-term care. A rota is in place to cover the Respiratory service out of hours. Cross-cover arrangements are in place to cover patients during times of leave. The appointee will share responsibility for routine and urgent bronchoscopy services (1:6 rota)
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
The successful candidate will ensure that they remain up to date in child protection training and undertake appropriate review and action cases, with support from the Named Professionals. This will include attendance at strategy or discharge planning meetings as needed. The post holder is also expected;
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This advert closes on Sunday 14 Jun 2026