Job summary
This post offers an exciting opportunity for a Respiratory Consultant to join an expanding, progressive and forward-thinking team of Respiratory clinicians, who provide a number of quality services to respiratory patients across South Warwickshire.
We are looking for a committed and passionate colleague to support and develop our Respiratory service at Warwick Hospital. The job is offered on a 10 PA contract and will be a mixture of ward-based Physician of the week, and clinic weeks.
Main duties of the job
The main elements of the post will be:
- To support the inpatient service in Respiratory Medicine.
- 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.
- The Consultant will have scheduled bronchoscopy sessions on a rota basis, approximately 1 in 4 weeks. Additionally, there will be occasional emergency bronchoscopy sessions and EBUS sessions once this service commences.
- Outpatient clinics will be scheduled throughout the week.
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.
As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below:
https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2
We appreciate you completing the survey.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the job, please visit the job description and person specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the job, please visit the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance
Professional Experience
Essential
- Eligible for the specialist register in Respiratory Medicine
- Expressed an interest in undergraduate and postgraduate education
- Extensive Experience of Management of Pleural Disease
Desirable
Academic Achivements
Essential
Desirable
- Research Experience and/or Higher Qualifications
- Additional Relevant Qualifications
Research, Audit and Clinical Governance
Essential
- Proven Experience in Undertaking Clinical Audit and Governance
- Demonstrate Skills in Audit and Clinical Governance Activities
Desirable
- Research Experience and/or Higher Qualifications
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Good Verbal and Written Communication
- Able to plan a new service and developments in service delivery
- Willingness to work unsocial hours
- IT skills
- Good team leader and player
- Good interpersonal skills
- Reliable
- Able to work under pressure
- Able to work flexibly
- Willingness to work with colleagues
- Willing to travel to the different hospitals in the Warwickshire area
- Demonstrate skills in audit and clinical governance activities
Desirable
Personal Circumstances
Essential
- Willing to live within 10 miles of Warwick Hospital or 30 minutes travelling distance
Desirable
Person Specification
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance
Professional Experience
Essential
- Eligible for the specialist register in Respiratory Medicine
- Expressed an interest in undergraduate and postgraduate education
- Extensive Experience of Management of Pleural Disease
Desirable
Academic Achivements
Essential
Desirable
- Research Experience and/or Higher Qualifications
- Additional Relevant Qualifications
Research, Audit and Clinical Governance
Essential
- Proven Experience in Undertaking Clinical Audit and Governance
- Demonstrate Skills in Audit and Clinical Governance Activities
Desirable
- Research Experience and/or Higher Qualifications
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Good Verbal and Written Communication
- Able to plan a new service and developments in service delivery
- Willingness to work unsocial hours
- IT skills
- Good team leader and player
- Good interpersonal skills
- Reliable
- Able to work under pressure
- Able to work flexibly
- Willingness to work with colleagues
- Willing to travel to the different hospitals in the Warwickshire area
- Demonstrate skills in audit and clinical governance activities
Desirable
Personal Circumstances
Essential
- Willing to live within 10 miles of Warwick Hospital or 30 minutes travelling distance
Desirable
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.
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).
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.
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).
