Consultant in Respiratory (Sleep Medicine)

Job overview

There is one substantive consultant post available to join the existing team of fourteen NHS consultants, one Clinical Professor and two nurse consultants. This dynamic academic respiratory unit provides opportunities for sub-specialty development, respiratory-related research, and medical education, with close links to the Norwich Medical School. The department is integrated with the department of thoracic surgery and has state of the art facilities for radiology, lung function and bronchoscopy.

A candidate who is unable for personal reasons to undertake the duties of a whole-time post will receive equal consideration.  We are specifically looking for a consultant with experience in sleep medicine and non-invasive ventilation to join our existing team, the role also including duties in general respiratory medicine.

Main duties of the job

All consultants, including the new appointees, will be expected to be involved in implementing the Trust’s Clinical Governance programme.  This includes active participation in clinical audit, quality, clinical guidelines/pathways, professional development, appraisal and risk management. This will be included in the candidate’s job plan.

The appointee will be a member of the Consultant Staff Committee and be expected to serve on this committee.

The appointees will share office space, band 3 and band 4 admin staff with other consultant colleagues in the Department of Respiratory Medicine and will be mentored by one of the existing Respiratory consultants.

The appointees will share with the other respiratory consultants:

• On call duties
• In-patient duties
• Attendance at appropriate MDT meetings
• Undergraduate and post-graduate medical teaching
• Clinical and educational supervision of junior doctors
• Departmental management duties
• Support of clinical research

All consultants, including the appointee, will be expected to be involved in implementing the Trust’s Clinical Governance programme.  This includes active participation in clinical audit, quality, clinical guidelines/pathways, professional development, appraisal and risk management.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a detailed job description and main responsibilities of this post please read the attached job description and for informal enquiries please contact Dr Christopher Atkins, Service Director on 01603 289803 or 01603 289807. To learn more about the Trust, please visit our website