Locum Respiratory Consultant

5 months ago


Wirral, United Kingdom Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The post will involve a commitment to respiratory inpatient care, bronchoscopic and pleural lists and respiratory outpatient care with an opportunity to develop a sub-speciality interest in one of sleep medicine, Interstitial Lung disease or community respiratory care.

Sessions will be provided for patient-related administration and supporting patient activities. Successful applicants will be encouraged to develop a sub-speciality interest that complements the existing team.

Currently the Respiratory Physicians participate in a respiratory on call rota (currently 1:9 weekdays and 1:10 weekends). Upon appointment of a new colleague via this post the rota would become 1:10weekdays and 1:11 weekends.

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

The contract assumes 10.25 sessions of professional activity amounting to 8.25 PA’s allocated as direct patient care and 2 PA’s to supporting professional activities. This would include teaching and training of junior doctors, CPD, audit and governance. There are regular good practice meeting replacing routine clinical work which has been factored into the allowance. In practice this amounts to 0.5 PA a week and the expectation, therefore, is that the routine week will consist of 8 PA’s allocated to direct patient care and 2.0 PA for supporting professional activity.

On call duties involve daytime ward rounds of the respiratory ward. Consultants are expected to take phone calls during the day and evenings, which would attract a 3% uplift. Consultants are very rarely called back to the Trust but are expected to in case of emergencies. Weekend on call work involves daily ward rounds of the 2 respiratory ward areas with experienced ANP support.

Provision to the Trust with other medical colleagues of a service in Respiratory Medicine. There will be responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of patients with Respiratory as well as general medical illnesses.

The post holder will be responsible for respiratory and other medical referrals within the Trust and continuing care of patients who are not located on the respiratory ward.

Professional supervision and management of staff in the department, for example doctors in training and Specialist Nurses. The post holder will participate in the training of those doctors in training. The post holder will also be required to participate in teaching.



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