Respiratory Consultant

2 months ago


London, United Kingdom Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

This is a substantive post and the post-holder will contribute to the lung cancer services at Imperial, and lead the service on the Charing Cross hospital (CXH) site. In addition, they will further develop pleural services on the CXH site, supported by the cross-site pleural lead.

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, lung cancer and pleural disease, in a specialist centre, supported by well-established multi-disciplinary teams.

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

This post-holder will support acute medicine on the Charing Cross site, which delivers a consultant-led service for all patients admitted under Acute Medicine 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, meeting the national standards for the provision of acute medical services and the 2013 London Quality standards. All commitments other than the acute take are cancelled during acute medicine commitments.

The ward areas covered by Acute Medicine/Acute Take are the Acute Medicine Unit (AMU) on the Marjory Warren Ward and the Acute Assessment Unit (AAU). There are 32 beds on AMU, 20 of which have cardiac monitors. The Acute Assessment Unit has 20 beds and accepts both medical and surgical patients. The Acute Respiratory Unit (ARU) is embedded within the 4 South Respiratory Ward and has 5 beds including one side room.

The post-holder will contribute to pleural and cancer clinics at CXH and SMH, as well as bronchoscopy at CXH.

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

Full job description and person specification are provided and includes example job plan.

Respiratory ward commitments never overlap with acute medicine commitments.

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

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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