Job Overview
Ideally, we are looking for a locum respiratory consultant, initially on a one year fixed term contract with potential to convert to a substantive and would support development of any sub-specialist interests. We have a large Integrated Respiratory team and given our successful bid of £1.2 million have expanded our respiratory virtual ward and work very closely with our extensive and experienced award winning Acute Integrated Respiratory (AIR) nursing team. However, the job is flexible and the department would support applicants who wish to develop or join other subspecialties, for example TB. We have one of the highest TB incidence areas outside of London and run a busy NHSE funded latent TB new entrant screening programme. We were also one of the initial pilot sites for Lung Cancer Screening, with this now being rolled out nationally, interest and development within this service would also be supported, as well as ILD as prescribing of anti-fibrotics is expected to extend to spoke sites. The roles are based at Wexham Park Hospital with Respiratory clinics largely held at King Edward VII Hospital in Windsor. The departments are hugely supportive and happy to support new CCT holders in gaining skills and experience to help with future substantive applications. Ideally applicants would be able to start in October 2025, but later and earlier start dates would be considered.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a Consultant Respiratory Physician. This is a full-time appointment with a commitment to the general weekday medical rota (approx 1:14) and the respiratory weekend rota 1 in 8.
The Appointee Would Be Expected To Undertake On Average
- 2 general respiratory outpatient clinics in clinic weeks
- 2 specialist clinic - TB/Asthma/ILD /Sleep/Cancer
- Weekly procedures list (bronchoscopy, EBUS or pleural procedures depending on experience / competence)
- 1 in 7 week ward commitment
- 1 in 7 week respiratory HDU commitment
- Triage of ERS referrals
The job also entails inpatient care as part of the respiratory megafirm, looking after approximately 50 inpatients with other colleagues. The consultants currently rotate on and off the wards, doing a ward block and weeks on HDU.
During the ward block (respiratory ward and the HDU); we provide daily consultant input, in-reach into the medical assessment unit and emergency department and the provision of inpatient consultations.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
The basis of the post is 10 programmed activities, of this the on-call duties are recognised at 1.5 PA and this is reviewed periodically. There are 8.5 fixed sessions with the remainder being allocated to supporting activities.
The post holder will be expected to have commitment to teaching junior doctors,
nurses – including specialist nurses and medical students. The job plan below is intended to serve as a broad indication of the duties of the post and the successful candidate will be required to monitor a workload including on call.
Office space has been identified and secretarial support will also be provided.
Person specification
Skills, mental abilities, special aptitudes eg. logical reasoning, numerical, innovative
Essential criteria
- Able to evaluate own clinical practice
- Able to demonstrate innovative thinking
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Ability to organise and develop service provision
Knowledge/ Qualifications/ Special Training
Essential criteria
- MRCP or equivalent through EEC rules
- Postholder must be on the specialist register for respiratory and general internal medicine on the date of taking up the appointment
- Full GMC registration
- Management – understanding the structures of NHS hospitals and willing to play a role in the Department and in the Hospita
- Possession of CCT or within 6 months of receipt.
Desirable criteria
Experience
Essential criteria
- General respiratory experience
- Competent in respiratory practical procedures, e.g. fibre optic bronchoscopy, chest drain insertion
- Experience of lung cancer MDT working and understanding of the roles of the lung cancer treatment team
- Experience in working in a medical HDU / ICU.
- Willingness to be involved in teaching at under graduate and post graduate level
- Understand principles and participated in audit activity
- Understand the principles of Clinical Governance and demonstrate experience of evidence based practice
- Competent in Endobronchial Ultrasound
- Competent in Endobronchial Ultrasound
Desirable criteria
- Competent in thoracoscopy / pleural procedures/ tunnelled drain insertion
- Minimum 6 months experience in a relevant subspecialty
- Competent in managing complex respiratory infection including cystic fibrosis and TB
- Competent in managing ILD
Special Circumstances/ Additional Requirements (location, mobility etc)
Essential criteria
- Able to do on call on site including a weekend rota
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
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