Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
East Cheshire NHS Trust
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Job summary
The Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine. The successful candidate will join Dr M Babores, Dr J Gallagher and Dr T Nagarajan within the Respiratory Medicine department.
The consultants in respiratory medicine are based on the Respiratory ward (4) which comprises 28 beds, including 4 single rooms and a negative pressure room.
This post is for 10 PA's with the possibility of additional sessions subject to further discussion with the Clinical Lead.
The East Cheshire Trust was established in 1993 and is the main provider of secondary health services for people living in East Cheshire. There are currently four hundred and forty-six beds available for general and acute services across the Trust. Each year staff treat around 20,000 patients in our hospitals, see over 116,000 out patients and manage 48,000 attendances in the Accident and Emergency department.
During the last three years the Trust has undergone a programme of change to strengthen its senior clinical leadership and management. As part of this restructuring, the consultants in Respiratory Medicine have taken on senior leadership and educational roles. Dr M Babores is the Clinical Director (Acute and Integrated Community Care Services) and Dr Gallagher the TSTL for medicine.
East Cheshire NHS Trust has a well-developed pleural service including thoracoscopy, and insertion of IPC.
Both factors have created the need for a fourth Respiratory consultant.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will contribute to the management of all the patients in the Respiratory Ward and help provide a respiratory in reach service. It will be expected that the post holder will be heavily involved in the management of inpatients with at least twice weekly ward rounds and further visits to the ward during the week to facilitate discharges and help with management of acutely unwell patients.
They will undertake a weekly bronchoscopy/ EBUS session and help with pleural procedures such as Medical Thoracoscopy.
They will attend weekly video-conference MDT with South Manchester University teaching Hospital and local radiology meeting fortnightly.
The appointee will have an important role in the training of junior medical staff in the assessment and management of the acutely ill medical patients as well contributing to MRCP PACES teaching and postgraduate medical training of foundation year doctors and speciality trainees.
The post holder will be part of the Acute take on a rota basis on weekdays (1:9). The trust is compliant with the Royal College guidance and provides consultant support 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. This is provided by the acute physicians except during the weekend which is undertaken on an on call basis (1:13) by Consultants working within the Medicine arena. The consultant on call on the weekend has Monday off as rest day.
The successful candidate will be expected to work flexibly and achieve high quality care.
About us
Whether you are just starting out in your career or are looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, East Cheshire NHS Trust is the right employer for you. An organisation with a real sense of community we actively support and develop our staff to ensure our patients receive the best quality care, delivering the right care first time, every time.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://www.eastcheshirehrdirect.nhs.uk . There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate. If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.
Date posted
21 April 2022
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
£84,559 to £114,003 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
209-A-21-3501624-A
Job locations
Macclesfield District
General Hospital
Victoria Road, Macclesfield
SK10 3BL
Employer details
Employer name
East Cheshire NHS Trust
Address
Macclesfield District
General Hospital
Victoria Road, Macclesfield
SK10 3BL
Employer's website
https://www.careersateastcheshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)












For questions about the job, contact:
Respiratory Consultant and Deputy Medical Director
Dr Marta Babores
01625663319
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