Consultant Respiratory Physician specialist in Sleep and Ventilation

Consultant Respiratory Physician specialist in Sleep and Ventilation.

YC72

Main area

Respiratory

Grade

YC72

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time - 10 sessions per week (Including on-call and weekend commitment)

Job ref

287-AMED-67-26-A

Department name

LUH - Medical Staffing

Site

Aintree Hospital Site

Town

Liverpool

Salary

£109,725 - £145,478 per annum (plus 3% on-call supplement)

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

27/03/2026 23:59

Job Overview

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.

Main duties of the job

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust wishes to appoint a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine with special interest in Sleep and Ventilation. 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.

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.

The Post

Duties

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:

• Responsibility for inpatients on the Ventilation Inpatient Centre including 4 regional weaning beds

Inpatient ward rounds at Southport Spinal unit giving advice and support for long term weaning

Being part of the regional Sleep service and able to give advice

Delivering specialist sleep clinics

Provision of inpatient respiratory advice and referrals (for respiratory medicine)

On call for Respiratory medicine including weekend on call

The post holder will join the consultant body within Aintree Chest Centre.

Working for our organisation

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.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

10 PA Job Plan

• 10 PA job plan, including 0.7 PA for respiratory oncall duties, time off is given in lieu for any work carried outside of these times including a bank holiday
• 1.5 SPA provided on appointment
• Annualised job planning with:
• Inpatient ward weeks
• Posttake ward round weeks (to maintain general respiratory knowledge and allow insight into the general functioning of the trust as a whole)
• Outpatient clinic weeks Indicative schedules are negotiable and dependent on service needs.
  
  

OnCall Duties

• Approximately 1 in 16 weekdays non-resident on-call
• 1 in 8 weekends (2 consultants)
• Nonresident with attendance for weekend and Bank Holiday posttake ward rounds
• Average attendance time: 4-6 hours/day
• Supported by junior medical staff and ANPs
• currently attracts 0.7 PA and will be within the 3% banding for on-call payments
  
  

Sleep Service

Starting in 1984 Aintree has pioneered and developed services in Sleep Medicine particularly sleep disordered breathing and has a specially commissioned comprehensive sleep diagnostic and management service. According to GIRFT we are the second largest Sleep service outside of London with a service for non-respiratory sleep disorders in place since 2004. We have a national reputation for sleep service development, innovation and education particularly utilising innovative software The service has 7 physicians and a comprehensive modern fully equipped sleep lab offering continuously oximetry, single band polygraphy, complex respiratory polygraphy and full polysomnography. It also offers MSLTs and is a treatment centre for narcolepsy. The department is active in research and encourages this. It contributes to investigator lead studies and therapy studies from industry pharmaceutical and CPAP and ventilator manufacturers.

Conditions We Treat

• Snoring
• Sleep apnoea (Obstructive and Central)
• Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome.
• Excessive sleepiness
• Narcolepsy and Cataplexy
• Movement Disorders in Sleep
• Restless Legs and Periodic Limb Movement
• Parasomnias (Sleepwalking and Non-REM Sleep Disorder)
• Circadian Rhythm Disorders (shift work and sleep phase disorders)
• Insomnia with excessive sleepiness.
  
  

Facilities

Our state-of-the-art eight bed sleep unit opened in 2012.

We are able to provide individual en-suite in-patient facilities for complex sleep study investigations, including four polysomnography beds to allow sleep staging by electroencephalogram and video recording.

Sleep studies for sleep breathing disorders are usually carried out at home using simpler portable equipment to measure breathing patterns and oxygen levels during sleep.

Ventilation Service

The ventilation service also offers comprehensive ventilation services. It started offering acute NIV in 1996 and at that time 14 people were on long-term NIV. The department has grown and now offers comprehensive ventilation services which are centrally commissioned. We have 1200 people on long-term ventilation with about 30 of these on invasive ventilation. Inpatient care is focussed on the Ventilation Inpatient Centre this has 12 beds the unit is currently experiencing a ground up complete rebuild and we expect to move back there in May 2026 this is situated on the first floor above the main entrance and next to critical care.

Liverpool Ventilation Service seeks to provide exceptional care for people requiring acute and long-term ventilation. We have a team of highly skilled clinicians who setup, optimise and deliver long-term care of patients needing ventilation.

The Ventilation service treats patients over the age of eighteen with a variety of problems including:

• Neuromuscular diseases such as Duchene Muscular Dystrophy, Myotonic Dystrophy, Motor Neurone Disease, Charcot Marie - Tooth, Spina Bifida and Post Polio Disorders

Restrictive respiratory disorders such as Kyphoscoliosis and Post Tuberculosis Thoracoplasty

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome

COPD and Bronchiectasis in Type 2 Respiratory Failure

Prolonged weaning from critical care due a variety of conditions, including patients requiring long term invasive ventilation.

Services And Treatment Provided Include

• Weaning
  
  

We are a regional centre that accepts patients who are delayed in their ability to wean from mechanical ventilation. We perform a full assessment to determine their suitability then arrange to transfer to our unit. We provide specialist input in a multidisciplinary environment to progressively reduce the ventilatory support with the aim to liberate from full mechanical ventilation and facilitate discharge home. We provide rehabilitation and have specialist therapy input.

• Long Term Ventilation
  
  

For patients who require tracheostomy ventilation we provide a comprehensive consultant, physiotherapy and multidisciplinary review to establish their needs and potential. We can provide support, training and discharge planning advice to facilitate a discharge home when feasible or to source long term placement in the community. We are able to set up packages of care and the arrangement of equipment and consumables. We can provide support, training and competency frameworks for care agencies.

• Non Invasive Ventilation
  
  

We care for patients temporarily needing NIV to overcome an acute illness. We initiate patients requiring long term NIV and provide on-going care in the community through clinic appointments, outpatient appointments and in patient admission for troubleshooting where needed. We also provide a telephone help line. We have approximately 1,200 patients using long term NIV in the community.

• Spinal Injuries (North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre)
  
  

We have a service level agreement with the North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre. We offer over sight of their weaning and the long term ventilation of spinal patients. There are 9 ventilation beds with 1 to 2 nursing and a specialist ventilation physiotherapy team. Opportunity to round there in lieu of the VIC is available.

Facilities

The Ventilation unit is a large, modern facility with a combination of bays and individual side rooms with bathroom facilities and tracking hoists at a number of bed spaces. There are 12 bed spaces

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MB ChB or equivalent medical qualification

MRCP (UK) or equivalent

CCT in respiratory medicine and GIM (General Internal Medicine) (or within 6 months)

Full registration with GMC

Desirable criteria

• Additional postgraduate qualifications
  
  

Eligibility

Essential criteria

• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
• Membership of Society of Acute Medicine
• Evidence of achievement of competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practic
  
  

Academic & Research Skills

Essential criteria

• Research Skills: Demonstrates ability to undertake robust audit/research within team structure
• Teaching Skills: Demonstrates range of teaching techniques relevant to variety of curricula
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Degrees, awards, presentations, publications
• Evidence of teaching and assessment skills
  
  

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria

• Clinical Knowledge & Expertise
• Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
• Demonstrates the necessary range, depth and breadth of competencies specified in the acute and general medicine curriculum and applying to this post
  
  

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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

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e note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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