Locum Respiratory/ Acute Medicine Consultant

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

This is a locum post, following the retirement of a consultant colleague, creating a vacancy. The post-holder will contribute to the Sleep and Ventilation and Pleural service, based at The Charing Cross Hospital (CXH) and Hammersmith Hospital at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

The post-holder will also contribute to the acute medical take at CXH and participate in the respiratory ward consultant rota, which includes the care of patients with acute primary respiratory failure requiring non-invasive ventilation on the recently refurbished Acute Respiratory Unit at CXH.

This post, therefore, represents an opportunity to deliver excellent care to patients with respiratory disease, including sleep and ventilation and pleural disorders, in a specialist centre, supported by a well-established multi-disciplinary team. It would be suitable for both a post-CCT candidate looking to develop as a consultant in a supportive team or for a more established consultant looking to move to a larger organisation.

Main duties of the job

Provide High Quality Care to Patients in Acute & General Medicine and Respiratory medicine;

o The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration.

o They maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties of the post.

o They must ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.

o They must ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.

o The Trust supports the requirements of CME as laid down by the Royal College of Physicians and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.

Medical Staff Management

The post holder will:

o Work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors' hours are compliant with EWTD and New Deal;

o Ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior medical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas, including on-call commitments;

o Participate in the recruitment of junior medical staff as delegated by the Divisional management team;

o Participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle;

o Be responsible for the ongoing appraisal of all doctors in training, Trust doctors and non-consultant grades as delegated by the Divisional management team.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Job description

Job responsibilities

On appointment, the candidate will have a formal job plan meeting with the clinical director when the candidate will have the opportunity to make changes to the time-table.

During acute medicine, all other clinical commitments are cancelled. Respiratory ward commitments never overlap with acute medicine commitments.

Similar to general respiratory clinics, in sleep clinics new patients are allocated 30 minutes per slot and follow ups 15 minutes per slot. A typical clinic includes 5 new cases and 2 follow ups, but this will vary with demand on the service.

Example job plan is in the JD provided.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GMC registered Medical Practitioner MRCP(UK) or an equivalent qualification Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: a.Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) b.Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) c.European Community Rights

Knowledge/ Skills

Essential

CCT in Respiratory and general internal medicine Independent practice in bronchoscopy Pleural ultrasound level 1 Competency in NIV/ management of acute respiratory failure Experience of leading acute unselected medical take IT Skills and computer literacy Experience of leading Lung cancer MDTs and clinics and knowledge of the lung cancer waiting time standards and national audit targets Experience of working in a sleep and ventilation clinic

Leadership/ Management Skills

Essential

Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority. Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues. Knowledge of finance/budgets Management of staff

Teaching & Training

Essential

Experience of teaching and training undergraduates / postgraduates and junior medical staff

Audit

Essential

Understanding of principles of clinical audit Leading audits Experience of submitting and reviewing data for national lung cancer clinical audit

Academic achievements

Essential

Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at ICHT

Language

Essential

Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfill the job requirements

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