Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

Applications are invited for enthusiastic, motivated and committed individual to join our friendly and dynamic team within the Respiratory Directorate at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. Part time / flexible working appointees are encouraged to apply. We would welcome applicants wishing to pursue hybrid posts in: Respiratory/Critical care and Respiratory/Acute medicine.

This is an exciting time to be joining us as we have opened our brand new Respiratory High Care Unit at the Grange University hospital as a part of reconfiguring services in both primary and secondary care.

The Respiratory Department is currently composed of 14 WTE consultants, 7 specialist registrars and a team of core medical trainees, Clinical Fellows (Pleural, Sleep, NIV and High Care), as well as a Respiratory Consultant Nurse, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Associates. We currently have EBUS, Thoracoscopy and Bronchoscopy services as well as Respiratory Ambulatory Care and ambulatory Pleural service. The Lung cancer MDT is one of the largest in the UK and operates as a single cancer pathway. There is a bespoke Sleep laboratory based at Nevill Hall hospital, providing a tertiary service for Wales.

We are looking for individuals able to run subspecialty respiratory medicine for a population of over 600,000. We wish to develop existing specialist services including lung cancer and pleural medicine, asthma, NIV, ILD and Sleep services and develop closer links with the palliative services to develop end of life care and anticipatory care planning within our Health Board. Individuals with an interest in other sub-speciality areas such as bronchiectasis, pulmonary hypertension, and interventional bronchoscopy are most welcome to apply.