Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are thrilled to be able to advertise for a locum consultant to support our ambitions within the respiratory department at SWFT.

The successful candidate will support a 7 day inpatient service, as well as a varied outpatient program and contributing towards other services such as bronchoscopy, EBUS, pleural services.

The consultant body also supports medical education, with students from both Warwick and Buckingham medical schools.

Main duties of the job

The unit is currently led by five chest physicians. These consultants have special interests in lung cancer, tuberculosis, interstitial lung disease, bronchiectasis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma.

The wider MDT includes close collaboration with the thoracic surgery and oncology departments at University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW), and other team members at SWFT including consultant radiologists, microbiologists and pathologists.

Depending on disease site and expertise, the team also liaise with colleagues across the Midlands.

About us

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

Date posted

10 September 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

Depending on experience dependant on experience

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

203-M1767

Job locations

Thoracic Medicine E23340

Warwick

CV34 5BW


Job description

Job responsibilities

THE PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS OF THE POST WILL BE:

1) To support the inpatient service in Respiratory Medicine at Warwick Hospitala. The Consultant will have 10 sessions per week to support the Respiratory Physician of the Week and the Respiratory Registrars to manage all the Inpatient workload including referrals and procedures working approx. 1 in 4 weeks.b. The Consultant will be required to undertake Weekend and Bank Holiday ward support for the Respiratory Service on a 1 in 4 basis which equates to 14 weekends approximately. We have a 7-day respiratory service for 365 days a year.

2) Outpatient workloada. The Consultant will have scheduled bronchoscopy sessions on a rota basis, approximately 1 in 4 weeks. In addition, there will be occasional emergency bronchoscopy sessions, and EBUS sessions once this service commences.b. Outpatient clinics will be scheduled throughout the week

Job description

Job responsibilities

THE PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS OF THE POST WILL BE:

1) To support the inpatient service in Respiratory Medicine at Warwick Hospitala. The Consultant will have 10 sessions per week to support the Respiratory Physician of the Week and the Respiratory Registrars to manage all the Inpatient workload including referrals and procedures working approx. 1 in 4 weeks.b. The Consultant will be required to undertake Weekend and Bank Holiday ward support for the Respiratory Service on a 1 in 4 basis which equates to 14 weekends approximately. We have a 7-day respiratory service for 365 days a year.

2) Outpatient workloada. The Consultant will have scheduled bronchoscopy sessions on a rota basis, approximately 1 in 4 weeks. In addition, there will be occasional emergency bronchoscopy sessions, and EBUS sessions once this service commences.b. Outpatient clinics will be scheduled throughout the week

Person Specification

Professional Experience

Essential

  • Expressed interest in undergraduate and postgraduate education.
  • Extensive experience of management of pleural disease.

Desirable

  • GIM Accreditation
Person Specification

Professional Experience

Essential

  • Expressed interest in undergraduate and postgraduate education.
  • Extensive experience of management of pleural disease.

Desirable

  • GIM Accreditation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Thoracic Medicine E23340

Warwick

CV34 5BW


Employer's website

https://www.swft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Thoracic Medicine E23340

Warwick

CV34 5BW


Employer's website

https://www.swft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Service Manager

Claire Price

Claire.Price@swft.nhs.uk

01926495321

Date posted

10 September 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

Depending on experience dependant on experience

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

203-M1767

Job locations

Thoracic Medicine E23340

Warwick

CV34 5BW


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