Consultant in Respiratory and General Internal medicineThis is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and enthusiastic team who believe in leading from the frontline with the aim of providing outstanding care to our community and investing in the well-being and development of our people.
This is a replacement post for a Consultant Respiratory physician with a specialist interest in interstitial lung disease.
We take pride in being a very functional and supportive department with a clear vision to provide the best respiratory care possible to our patients. We would welcome candidates with a defined sub-specialty expertise in interstitial lung disease but also those candidates prepared to develop this as their sub-specialty area of expertise.
Main duties of the jobThe job will comprise a mixture of inpatient care and outpatient clinics along with day case bronchoscopy lists. Successful applicants will be supported in developing the service according to their experience, in particular, expanding the service with an ILD CNS and involvement with Oxford and the evolving anti-fibrotic service. There will be considerable opportunity to be involved in service development, participation in clinical research and undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
Job responsibilitiesActivity will be based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading with the opportunity for some clinics at one of our spoke sites rather than the RBH. Specific responsibilities will include the following, although there is flexibility in this that can be discussed upon appointment:
1 weekly general clinic, 2 weekly ILD clinics, one of which includes hot slots to review deteriorating patients or those with a flare (clinics are cancelled when on-call for general medicine and when covering respiratory inpatients, with cross-cover provided by colleagues as needed)Running the monthly ILD MDTAttendance at the monthly rheumatology MDTAttendance at the Oxford ILD MDTParticipation in the bronchoscopy rotaTriage and review of incoming routine and urgent referralsInpatients and on-call Managing the specialist respiratory inpatient ward and referrals on a rotational basis (currently 4 weeks in 18). Outpatient commitments are cancelled when covering inpatients.Contribution to the respiratory of the day (ROD) rota again outpatient commitments are cancelled when acting as respiratory of the day.Weekend cover of the respiratory ward; 08.30-14.30 reviewing new patients to the ward, patients on the RSU, sick patients flagged by the nursing staff. Junior cover (2 juniors) is provided from 08.30-17.30 for the respiratory ward at the weekend.Supervision and education of ward junior doctors and final year medical students, with on-the-job clinical teaching.Participation in the general medicine on call. Full time equivalent frequency is as below:1:24 weekdays15.00 -22.30, on-site, including post-take reviewOvernight- non-residentialThe general medical on-call weekend rota is also at a 1 in 24 frequency, on site 0800-20.00 both Saturday and Sunday with overnight non-residential on call.Person SpecificationEducation & QualificationsFull registration with the GMC and Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom or equivalentHigher degree e.g. PhD/ MD submitted/awardedClinical ExperienceFully trained in Respiratory and GiM with knowledge of all aspects of general respiratory medicine and patient careExperience of working in the NHS at SpR or Consultant levelPrevious responsibility for clinical governance and GMC Good Medical PracticeFully trained in BronchoscopyExperience of running an ILD servicePersonal QualitiesAble to abide by the Trust CARE Values; Compassionate, Aspirational, Respectful and ExcellenceWork collaboratively with multi-disciplinary team, understanding each other's unique roleDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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