Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

Job overview

Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine.

This is an exciting opportunity for an applicant to join an enthusiastic, supportive and dedicated team of respiratory consultants based at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital.

The post is for an initial 12 month period with the potential opportunity to extend or apply for a substantive consultant role at the end of the term.

The successful candidate will be committed to provide excellent clinical care and to work as part of a larger countywide team (currently of 11 consultants) providing the best Respiratory Medicine services we can to the Worcestershire population.

We welcome applications from high quality candidates who are experienced and enthusiastic about general respiratory acute inpatient and outpatient work. An interest in lung cancer is particularly welcomed but there is opportunity to contribute to other sub-specialist areas.

Main duties of the job

This post has a well balanced mix of inpatient and outpatient activities and attracts 10 PAs including Saturday respiratory ward rounds (1 in 6).

The department of respiratory medicine at Worcester Royal Hospital is made up of 7 consultants. Existing sub-specialist clinics/services include Lung Cancer, ILD, pleural disease, complex asthma, allergy, EBUS and Domiciliary ventilation and sleep medicine.

The department is very well supported in both the outpatient and inpatient setting by an excellent respiratory CNS team in many sub specialty areas and 4 nurse practitioners.

There is a well established triage pathway supported by radiology for referrals to the lung cancer service and many patients have a CNS telephone consultation in advance of a dedicated consultant clinic for those patients with suspected lung cancer. There are regular bronchoscopy lists across the county and an established EBUS and interventional radiology service. Depending on the successful candidate, bronchoscopy and EBUS lists will be available. There is a cancer centre on the Worcestershire Royal site allowing most cancer treatments including SABR and microwave ablation to be delivered locally.

Enquiries can be arranged through Dr Cusworths Secretary Louise Aspinall email: louise.aspinall@nhs.net

Job responsibilities

A suitably experienced post-holder will be expected to provide a clinical service in Respiratory to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and to General Practitioners.

The post-holder will be expected to provide a Respiratory Medicine service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend multi-disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi-disciplinary teams in providing high quality clinical care.

The post-holder will provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care.

The post-holder will attend cross county & cross site meetings.

To collaborate with colleagues to deliver a high quality, timely service and to work towards meeting the Trusts and departmental objectives.

The post-holder will develop close collaborative links with Clinicians working in his/her area of specialist expertise and work to develop services to patients in these areas to the highest standard, according to departmental protocols and Trust guidance. To include development of diagnostic and where appropriate therapeutic protocols and guidelines, where appropriate this will involve active participation with Primary Care colleagues.

The post-holder will participate in the Trusts annual appraisal as described by DOH and leading to revalidation and job planning process.

The post-holder will seek approval for any absence from the Trust such as annual leave, professional leave, study leave & other leave and make available this record at your job plan review.

Consultants will provide cross cover for periods of annual and study leave.

To facilitate effective quality assurance and audit and to ensure that services comply with national standards and guidance.

The post-holder will take part in departmental and multi-disciplinary audit programmes in addition to undertaking individual audit. Participation is required in the Departmental Clinical Governance Programme.

The post-holder will participate in regular clinical meetings, post-graduate activities and maintain continuing medical education in accordance with the requirements of the relevant Royal College and General Medical Council. The Post-holder will ensure their own practice is up to date and they support the principles of revalidation by the GMC.

Share responsibility for data protection arising out of the use of computers.

Comply with all relevant Trust policies and procedures.

Adhere to the pledges as laid out in the NHS Constitution.

A suitably experienced post-holder will be expected to provide a clinical service in Respiratory to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and to General Practitioners.

The post-holder will be expected to provide a Respiratory Medicine service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend multi-disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi-disciplinary teams in providing high quality clinical care.

The post-holder will provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care.

The post-holder will attend cross county & cross site meetings.

To collaborate with colleagues to deliver a high quality, timely service and to work towards meeting the Trusts and departmental objectives.

The post-holder will develop close collaborative links with Clinicians working in his/her area of specialist expertise and work to develop services to patients in these areas to the highest standard, according to departmental protocols and Trust guidance. To include development of diagnostic and where appropriate therapeutic protocols and guidelines, where appropriate this will involve active participation with Primary Care colleagues.

The post-holder will participate in the Trusts annual appraisal as described by DOH and leading to revalidation and job planning process.

The post-holder will seek approval for any absence from the Trust such as annual leave, professional leave, study leave & other leave and make available this record at your job plan review.

Consultants will provide cross cover for periods of annual and study leave.

To facilitate effective quality assurance and audit and to ensure that services comply with national standards and guidance.

The post-holder will take part in departmental and multi-disciplinary audit programmes in addition to undertaking individual audit. Participation is required in the Departmental Clinical Governance Programme.

The post-holder will participate in regular clinical meetings, post-graduate activities and maintain continuing medical education in accordance with the requirements of the relevant Royal College and General Medical Council. The Post-holder will ensure their own practice is up to date and they support the principles of revalidation by the GMC.

Share responsibility for data protection arising out of the use of computers.

Comply with all relevant Trust policies and procedures.

Adhere to the pledges as laid out in the NHS Constitution.