Job summary
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust wishes to appoint a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine. This is a full time post attracting an initial 10 PA's, including on call work. Applicants interested in working less than full time will be considered.
This post will have a subspecialty interest in asthma and severe asthma. LUHFT severe asthma service runs across three sites, receives tertiary referrals, initiates and monitors patient on biologics and assesses patient with complex symptoms. There is a large multidisciplinary team including respiratory consultants, a specialist pharmacist, specialist nurses, senior physiotherapist and a highly specialist speech and language therapist. In addition, there is an MDT upper airway clinic run jointly with ENT. There are weekly severe asthma MDTs held in hybrid form.
Main duties of the job
The role would be based primarily on the Aintree site for inpatient and outpatient work. The post holder will be responsible for management of respiratory inpatients on a rota basis. They will also contribute to review of acute admissions on a respiratory PTWR. They will be involved in training of junior medical staff and participate in weekly departmental meetings and radiology meetings.
There will be weekly asthma clinics run in parallel with respiratory nurse specialists (RNS). The post holder will work closely with the RNS team for local asthma MDTS and team meetings.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The timetable is based on a 10 PA job plan including 0.7PA for respiratory on-call duties within the 10 PAs, and 1.5 supporting PAs. Time off is given in lieu for any work carried outside of these times including a bank holiday.
An indicative timetable of the fixed sessions is described below. Actual timings of these fixed sessions in the week is negotiable and dependent upon clinic room availability, the overall needs of the respiratory medicine service etc.
On an annualised job plan there would be between 80 and 100 outpatient sessions, although more could be carried out with an agreed job plan with additional APAs.
There are 1.5 SPAs identified in the job plan. Newly appointed consultants are offered 1.5 SPAs as a given to deliver core SPA tasks, with additional SPA being available subsequently which are discretionary/performance managed against clearly agreed set objectives. These objectives will be defined after appointment in consultation with the Clinical Director.
The post take element of the job role maintains general Respiratory knowledge and allows insight into the general functioning of the trust as a whole which would be desirable.
The appointee will participate in an on-call service for respiratory medicine. This is approximately 1 in 16 weekdays with occasional calls for advice and 1 in 8 weekends (2 consultants on). This is non-resident but does require attendance to perform post-take ward rounds at weekends and on Bank Holidays, when there are approximately 30-40 patients to review between 2 consultants. The time needed for this is variable depending on the number of new patients admitted to the respiratory wards but would usually be around 3-4 hours each day. There is junior doctor support for these post take ward rounds. This currently attracts 0.7 PA and will be within the 3% banding for on-call payments. There are parallel on call arrangements for other medical specialities, and therefore the on call is purely for Respiratory Medicine.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The timetable is based on a 10 PA job plan including 0.7PA for respiratory on-call duties within the 10 PAs, and 1.5 supporting PAs. Time off is given in lieu for any work carried outside of these times including a bank holiday.
An indicative timetable of the fixed sessions is described below. Actual timings of these fixed sessions in the week is negotiable and dependent upon clinic room availability, the overall needs of the respiratory medicine service etc.
On an annualised job plan there would be between 80 and 100 outpatient sessions, although more could be carried out with an agreed job plan with additional APAs.
There are 1.5 SPAs identified in the job plan. Newly appointed consultants are offered 1.5 SPAs as a given to deliver core SPA tasks, with additional SPA being available subsequently which are discretionary/performance managed against clearly agreed set objectives. These objectives will be defined after appointment in consultation with the Clinical Director.
The post take element of the job role maintains general Respiratory knowledge and allows insight into the general functioning of the trust as a whole which would be desirable.
The appointee will participate in an on-call service for respiratory medicine. This is approximately 1 in 16 weekdays with occasional calls for advice and 1 in 8 weekends (2 consultants on). This is non-resident but does require attendance to perform post-take ward rounds at weekends and on Bank Holidays, when there are approximately 30-40 patients to review between 2 consultants. The time needed for this is variable depending on the number of new patients admitted to the respiratory wards but would usually be around 3-4 hours each day. There is junior doctor support for these post take ward rounds. This currently attracts 0.7 PA and will be within the 3% banding for on-call payments. There are parallel on call arrangements for other medical specialities, and therefore the on call is purely for Respiratory Medicine.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB ChB or equivalent
- MRCP or equivalent
- Full registration with GMC
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register
Desirable
- Higher research degree or in the process of obtaining a higher research degree
Clinical Experience
Essential
- CCT in general respiratory or within 6 months of obtaining one at the time of interview
- A sub speciality interest of asthma with relevant experience
- Evidence of continuing medical education
Teaching and Experience
Desirable
- Evidence of delivering training and education
- Evidence of delivery of education to both undergraduate and postgraduate level
- Teaching experience
- Leadership and service development
- Relevant experience in organisation and undertaking audit
- Expertise in sub speciality field
Research / Audit
Desirable
- Understanding principles of research
- Proven track record in research, publication of research
- Proven track record in significant audit
- Publication of audit results
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB ChB or equivalent
- MRCP or equivalent
- Full registration with GMC
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register
Desirable
- Higher research degree or in the process of obtaining a higher research degree
Clinical Experience
Essential
- CCT in general respiratory or within 6 months of obtaining one at the time of interview
- A sub speciality interest of asthma with relevant experience
- Evidence of continuing medical education
Teaching and Experience
Desirable
- Evidence of delivering training and education
- Evidence of delivery of education to both undergraduate and postgraduate level
- Teaching experience
- Leadership and service development
- Relevant experience in organisation and undertaking audit
- Expertise in sub speciality field
Research / Audit
Desirable
- Understanding principles of research
- Proven track record in research, publication of research
- Proven track record in significant audit
- Publication of audit results
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).
