Locum Consultant in Allergy

This advert is for a 1.0WTE Consultant in Allergy based at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (QMC Campus).

This appointment will be on the terms and conditions of the extant NHS Consultant contract. The contract is for a fixed 12 month period.

The successful candidate will be on the Full and Specialist Register of the GMC or be eligible for registration within six months of interview. It is expected that the appointee will hold Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) or Pathologists (FRCPath).

The appointee, in collaboration with the other consultants, will be expected to fulfil the duties within the agreed Job Plan.

Summary Of Duties

• participation in the provision of a clinical service in the diagnosis and management of patients with allergic disease. This may occasionally require review of individual patients on the wards or discussion with colleagues outside NUH, for example in other Trusts or in primary care.
• cover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absences.
• professional supervision and management of junior medical staff, nursing staff, specialist pharmacist, dietitian, STPs and clinical scientists where required
• responsibility for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and for contributing to undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing medical education activity locally and nationally.
• participating in medical audit, the Trust’s Clinical Governance processes and in CPD.
• involvement in research, as appropriate to job plan
• a willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional, or national levels.
• the post holder must at all times carry out their duties with due regard to the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
  
  

Every day, our teams at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) make a difference. We save lives, we improve lives, and we usher in new life. We are proud to play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and our surrounding communities.

With more than 20,000 colleagues, we are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond. Our Trust spans over three sites

including Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC), Nottingham City Hospital and Ropewalk House.

We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services, and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes.

We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.

As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands, including the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr William Bermingham Job title: Consultant in Clinical Immunology and Allergy Email address: nuhnt.allergyandimmadmin@nhs.net

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