Consultant in Respiratory

Job overview

During an exciting time within Respiratory medicine at the trust we are looking to appoint a consultant to consolidate the services currently provided by the Trust. The vision is to expand the department to 11 WTE consultants. The posts involve out-patient, in-patient duties and a regular commitment to 7 day working. We are particularly looking for an individual with an interest in Sleep and TB.

This is a full-time post providing 10 Programmed Activities (PAs), but applicants wishing to work part- time are also encouraged to apply and job plans will be adjusted accordingly, and by negotiation with appointees.

Main duties of the job

The respiratory medicine in-patient bed base is now on one site. We have introduced a respiratory weekend rota with a respiratory Consultant present every weekend. Overnight on-calls are now part of a Respiratory rota, separate from GIM.  Applications are encouraged from all consultants wishing to take up a new challenge or newly accredited consultants who will be supported through our highly regarded development programmes. The post holders will be encouraged to develop his/her own sub-specialty interests.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Trust wishes to ensure that Consultants have time in their job plan to undertake Supporting Professional Activities which underpin and maintain high quality patient care. The Trust Board and Local Negotiating Committee have agreed that a Core allocation of 1.5 SPAs should be allocated to undertake CPD, appraisal, clinical supervision, audit and clinical governance, mandatory training and the general management of the service. Objectives should be agreed at the Job Plan review meeting with regards to this SPA.

Please see job description for full details of the roles including an overview of the department and the Trust