Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of infants, children, and adolescents with acute and chronic respiratory diseases.

• Diagnose and manage common and complex paediatric respiratory conditions, including asthma, recurrent wheezing, bronchiectasis, and obstructive airway disorders.

• Evaluate and manage children with severe or difficult-to-treat asthma, including assessment of treatment adherence, environmental triggers, comorbidities, and eligibility for advanced therapies.

• Diagnose and manage cystic fibrosis, including pulmonary complications, airway clearance strategies, infection management, and multidisciplinary long-term care.

• Assess and manage chronic suppurative lung diseases, including non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis and primary ciliary dyskinesia.

• Diagnose and treat recurrent and persistent respiratory infections, including pneumonia, chronic bacterial airway infections, and other complex pulmonary infectious conditions.

• Evaluate children with chronic cough, recurrent pneumonia, persistent wheezing, exercise-related respiratory symptoms, and unexplained breathlessness.

• Diagnose and manage chronic lung disease of prematurity, including bronchopulmonary dysplasia and associated respiratory complications.

• Assess and manage congenital airway abnormalities, tracheomalacia, bronchomalacia, and other structural respiratory conditions.

• Evaluate and manage paediatric interstitial lung diseases and other rare diffuse pulmonary disorders.

• Diagnose and manage sleep-related breathing disorders, including obstructive sleep apnoea, sleep-related hypoventilation, and other paediatric respiratory sleep conditions.

• Interpret relevant sleep investigations and coordinate appropriate treatment, including continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and non-invasive ventilation when indicated.

• Perform and interpret paediatric pulmonary function tests, including spirometry, bronchodilator responsiveness testing, and other age-appropriate respiratory investigations.

• Interpret oxygen saturation monitoring, blood gas results, and other respiratory physiological assessments.

• Perform diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy, including bronchoalveolar lavage and appropriate airway assessment procedures, where trained and credentialed.

• Assess patients requiring specialised airway investigations and coordinate advanced bronchoscopic procedures when clinically indicated.

• Evaluate and manage children with aspiration-related respiratory disease, recurrent aspiration, and pulmonary complications associated with swallowing dysfunction.

• Assess and manage respiratory complications associated with neuromuscular disorders, genetic syndromes, and other complex chronic medical conditions.

• Provide specialised assessment and management of children requiring long-term oxygen therapy, non-invasive ventilation, or home respiratory support.

• Coordinate respiratory care for children with tracheostomies and complex airway support requirements in collaboration with appropriate specialist teams.

• Assess and manage children with acute respiratory deterioration, severe asthma exacerbations, hypoxaemia, and other urgent pulmonary conditions.

• Recognise and manage respiratory emergencies, coordinating stabilisation and escalation to paediatric intensive care services when required.

• Evaluate and manage patients with pleural disorders, including pleural effusions and complicated pulmonary infections, coordinating appropriate procedural or surgical management.

• Interpret chest radiographs, CT scans, and other thoracic imaging studies in collaboration with paediatric radiologists.

• Develop and implement individualised treatment plans based on clinical assessment, developmental stage, diagnostic findings, and evidence-based paediatric respiratory guidelines.

• Prescribe and monitor appropriate respiratory therapies, including inhaled medications, antibiotics, airway clearance treatments, and other condition-specific interventions.

• Monitor treatment response, lung function, respiratory symptoms, medication-related adverse effects, and long-term pulmonary outcomes.

• Provide comprehensive outpatient consultations and long-term follow-up for children with chronic respiratory diseases.

• Coordinate multidisciplinary management of children with complex respiratory needs, including nutritional support, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, and home care services.

• Collaborate with paediatricians, neonatologists, paediatric intensivists, ENT specialists, paediatric surgeons, allergists, infectious disease specialists, and respiratory therapists.

• Participate in multidisciplinary respiratory case discussions, cystic fibrosis meetings, complex airway reviews, and paediatric sleep medicine assessments.

• Provide comprehensive counselling and education to children and families regarding respiratory conditions, inhaler techniques, airway clearance, medication adherence, and long-term disease management.

• Support preventive respiratory healthcare, including vaccination, infection prevention, environmental trigger reduction, and asthma education programmes.

• Coordinate transition-of-care planning for adolescents with chronic respiratory conditions moving to adult pulmonology services.

• Maintain accurate clinical documentation, bronchoscopy reports, and compliance with hospital policies, infection prevention protocols, and patient safety standards.

• Participate in clinical audits, paediatric respiratory research activities, pulmonary outcome monitoring, and quality improvement initiatives.

• Contribute to the development of paediatric respiratory clinical protocols, asthma management pathways, cystic fibrosis services, and chronic respiratory care programmes.

• Provide clinical supervision, teaching, and mentoring to junior physicians, paediatric trainees, and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.

• Stay up to date with advances in paediatric pulmonology, respiratory diagnostics, bronchoscopy, respiratory support technologies, and evidence-based paediatric pulmonary care.

Qualifications

• Recognised specialist qualification in Paediatrics or an equivalent relevant specialty.

• Recognised Tier 1 specialist qualification, such as ABMS certification, Canadian Royal College certification, UK CCT/CCST, or an equivalent recognised qualification.

• Completion of recognised specialist training in Paediatrics, followed by advanced fellowship training or recognised subspecialty certification in Paediatric Pulmonology, Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, or an equivalent recognised discipline.

• Minimum 5 years of post-specialisation experience, with substantial clinical experience in diagnosing and managing complex paediatric respiratory disorders.

• Proven clinical experience in managing paediatric asthma, cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, recurrent respiratory infections, and chronic lung diseases.

• Demonstrated expertise in paediatric respiratory assessment and interpretation of pulmonary function tests.

• Experience in paediatric flexible bronchoscopy and relevant airway diagnostic procedures is highly desirable.

• Strong experience managing children requiring long-term oxygen therapy, non-invasive ventilation, and other respiratory support treatments.

• Comprehensive knowledge of congenital airway abnormalities, chronic lung disease of prematurity, and respiratory complications associated with complex paediatric conditions.

• Experience assessing and managing paediatric sleep-related breathing disorders.

• Proficiency in interpreting paediatric thoracic imaging, respiratory physiological investigations, and relevant laboratory studies.

• Experience managing acute respiratory emergencies and coordinating appropriate escalation to paediatric intensive care services.

• Strong understanding of airway clearance therapies, respiratory infection management, and long-term pulmonary rehabilitation strategies.

• Experience working in a tertiary children's hospital, specialised paediatric pulmonology department, advanced paediatric respiratory centre, or multidisciplinary healthcare facility.

• Familiarity with international paediatric respiratory guidelines, evidence-based treatment protocols, and paediatric procedural safety standards.

• Proven ability to manage complex paediatric respiratory cases and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary healthcare teams.

• Eligibility for Consultant-level licensing with DHA, DOH, or MOHAP, as applicable to the position.

Required Skills

• Strong clinical expertise in paediatric pulmonology and the management of complex respiratory disorders affecting infants, children, and adolescents.

• Advanced knowledge of paediatric asthma, cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, chronic lung disease, and congenital airway abnormalities.

• Proficiency in paediatric pulmonary function testing, spirometry interpretation, and age-appropriate respiratory diagnostic assessments.

• Knowledge of paediatric flexible bronchoscopy and specialised airway assessment techniques.

• Comprehensive understanding of long-term oxygen therapy, non-invasive ventilation, and home respiratory support.

• Strong diagnostic, analytical, and clinical decision-making skills in complex paediatric respiratory cases.

• Ability to recognise and respond effectively to acute respiratory emergencies and rapidly changing clinical conditions.

• Expertise in managing recurrent respiratory infections, chronic airway inflammation, and pulmonary complications associated with complex paediatric diseases.

• Strong knowledge of paediatric sleep-related breathing disorders and respiratory physiological monitoring.

• Excellent communication and family counselling skills, with the ability to provide age-appropriate education and compassionate paediatric care.

• Strong leadership and multidisciplinary collaboration skills.

• Commitment to patient safety, evidence-based paediatric respiratory practice, and continuous professional development.

• Ability to support clinical education, paediatric pulmonology service development, respiratory research, and quality improvement initiatives.

Compensation

An attractive tax-free package will be offered based on the candidate’s qualifications, clinical expertise, paediatric pulmonology experience, procedural competencies, professional background, and the requirements of the healthcare facility.