Respiratory Consultant

Job overview

This is a 12 month Locum post  which is an exciting opportunity to work with a friendly, enthusiastic hard-working team, in a large DGH with increasing catchment area, in state of the art new PFI facilities

You will join the existing Consultants in Respiratory Medicine – Dr Keith Hattotuwa, Dr Steve Jenkins, Dr Malcolm Lawson Dr Abigail Moore, Dr Joyce Chew and Dr Malcolm Avari. The postholder will be expected to provide inpatient and outpatient services in Respiratory and General (Internal) Medicine and to take part in the Acute On Call Rota for Medicine, and support weekend working in Respiratory Medicine.

This is a full-time clinical post but research is encouraged. There is a network of research nurses able to support new clinical trials. Currently we are recruiting patients for Clinical Trials in lung cancer, COPD, Bronchiectasis, Asthma, chronic cough and drug allergy

Main duties of the job

The changing nature of the contracting process makes it essential that all consultants have a flexible approach to working arrangements which may include innovative working patterns, including 7 day working in the future.

The purpose of this post is to provide inpatient (ward rounds, consultations) and outpatient (clinics) services in Respiratory and General (Internal) Medicine, along with acute Medicine on call 1 in 22.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We look forward to your application. Please refer to attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities.