Job summary
This is a locum post for six months in the first instance. The post-holder will contribute to the Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Service, based at The Hammersmith Hospital (HH) at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
We are a tertiary, NHSE commissioned prescribing service, with dedicated ILD Coordinator, ILD Clinical Nurse Specialist, and ILD Pharmacist support. The Hammersmith currently runs 7 consultant-led ILD clinics a week, including a sarcoidosis clinic; a pulmonary vasculitis clinic alongside renal, rheumatology, and ENT; and a CTD-ILD clinic alongside rheumatology. There is a quarterly scleroderma ILD clinic. There are weekly ILD radiology MDT and clinical MDT meetings, a weekly vasculitis MDT, and a monthly cardiac sarcoid MDT. There are day case admission facilities at Hammersmith and Charing Cross sites. There is close collaboration with the Hammersmith National Pulmonary Hypertension Service, and the Harefield and Papworth lung transplant services.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will also contribute to the acute medical take at Charing Cross Hospital (CXH) and participate in the respiratory ward consultant rota, which includes the care of patients with acute primary respiratory failure requiring non-invasive ventilation on the recently-refurbished Acute Respiratory Unit at CXH.
This post, therefore, represents an opportunity to deliver excellent care to patients with respiratory disease, including ILD, in a specialist tertiary NHS England commissioned centre, supported by a well-established multi-disciplinary team. It would be suitable for both a post-CCT candidate looking to develop as a consultant in a supportive team or for a more established consultant looking to move to a larger organisation.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.
As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
On appointment, the candidate will have a formal job plan meeting with the clinical director when the candidate will have the opportunity to make changes to the time-table to suit the candidates needs.
During acute medicine, all other clinical commitments are cancelled. Respiratory ward commitments never overlap with acute medicine commitments.
In ILD clinics new patients are allocated 30 minutes per slot and follow ups 15 minutes per slot. A typical clinic includes 5 new cases and 2 follow ups, but this will vary with demand on the service. These slots may be used flexibly for new or follow up patients as needed.
Please see attached JD for job plan
Job description
Job responsibilities
On appointment, the candidate will have a formal job plan meeting with the clinical director when the candidate will have the opportunity to make changes to the time-table to suit the candidates needs.
During acute medicine, all other clinical commitments are cancelled. Respiratory ward commitments never overlap with acute medicine commitments.
In ILD clinics new patients are allocated 30 minutes per slot and follow ups 15 minutes per slot. A typical clinic includes 5 new cases and 2 follow ups, but this will vary with demand on the service. These slots may be used flexibly for new or follow up patients as needed.
Please see attached JD for job plan
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GMC registered Medical Practitioner
- MRCP(UK) or an equivalent qualification
- Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: a.Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) b.Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) c.European Community Rights
Knowledge/ Skills
Essential
- CCT in Respiratory and general internal medicine
- Independent practice in bronchoscopy
- Pleural ultrasound level 1
- Experience of working in an ILD tertiary service
- Experience of working in ILD clinics
- Competent in acute use of NIV, CPAP and Highflow Nasal oxygen
- Experience of leading acute unselected medical take
- IT Skills and computer literacy
Leadership/ Management Skills
Essential
- Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority.
- Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
- Knowledge of finance/budgets
- Management of staff
Teaching & Training
Essential
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates / postgraduates and junior medical staff
Audit
Essential
- Understanding of principles of clinical audit
- Leading audits
- Experience of submitting and reviewing data for national lung cancer clinical audit
Academic achievement
Essential
- Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at ICHT
Language
Essential
- Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfill the job requirements
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GMC registered Medical Practitioner
- MRCP(UK) or an equivalent qualification
- Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: a.Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) b.Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) c.European Community Rights
Knowledge/ Skills
Essential
- CCT in Respiratory and general internal medicine
- Independent practice in bronchoscopy
- Pleural ultrasound level 1
- Experience of working in an ILD tertiary service
- Experience of working in ILD clinics
- Competent in acute use of NIV, CPAP and Highflow Nasal oxygen
- Experience of leading acute unselected medical take
- IT Skills and computer literacy
Leadership/ Management Skills
Essential
- Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority.
- Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
- Knowledge of finance/budgets
- Management of staff
Teaching & Training
Essential
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates / postgraduates and junior medical staff
Audit
Essential
- Understanding of principles of clinical audit
- Leading audits
- Experience of submitting and reviewing data for national lung cancer clinical audit
Academic achievement
Essential
- Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at ICHT
Language
Essential
- Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfill the job requirements
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).
