Locum Consultant Respiratory Medicine
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Locum Consultant to join The Directorate of Respiratory Medicine at James Cook University Hospital.
The service includes a 35 bedded inpatient ward incorporating an 8 bedded Respiratory Support Unit for non-invasive ventilation; a Lung Cancer Nursing Team; TB Nursing Team; COPD Outreach Service, COVID-19 virtual ward service, domiciliary NIV and a Specialist Respiratory Physiology Laboratory. Consultant led Acute Respiratory Assessment Service and Pleural Day Case Service runs weekly. We have specialist cancer, pleural disease, and difficult asthma, TB, and bronchiectasis clinics, sleep and NIV clinics. We have close links with the Newcastle interstitial lung disease, when requiring consensus opinion for ILD, and for commencing anti fibrotics. Candidates with an interest in interstitial lung disease/non-invasive ventilation would complement the current team. Plans are underway to set up a local anaesthetic video assisted thoracoscopy service (LAVAT) and navigational bronchoscopy services.
Facilities for interventional bronchoscopy are available in a modern endoscopy suite. Endobronchial ultrasound, bronchial stenting, argon plasma coagulation and electrocautery tumour de-bulking are done routinely. Advanced Emphysema MDT and endoscopic Lung volume reduction service has been up and running for the past 4 years.
Main duties of the job
- Maintain the highest clinical standards in the practice of Respiratory Medicine.
Clinical/ on-call responsibilities
- Undertake any responsibility which relates to the agreed special interests
- Cover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absences
- Provide professional supervision and management of junior medical staff
- Be actively involved in the management of the department including attendance at the monthly Directorate meetings/consultant meetings
- Take part in annual appraisals (mandatory for all Consultants), carried out by the Clinical Director. Appropriate time and assistance will be provided for preparation
- Active involvement in audit
- Involvement in research - Joint research projects are undertaken with both the University of Teesside and Durham University and involvement in the further development of research links
- Continuing professional development. The Trust supports requirements for CPD as laid down by the Royal Collages and is committed to providing support for these activities
- Any other duties which may be required
About us
Since October 2019, we have been empowering our clinicians to make the decisions around how we allocate our resources and deliver care - supported by the wealth of experience and professional knowledge that exists within our operational, estates, human resources and other administrative and support teams.
We have done this through our Clinical Policy Group (CPG) which draws its membership from our clinical directors, nursing and allied health professional leaders, chief medical officer, executive team, operational managers, chairs of staff-side, our senior medical staff forum, and our BMA representative.
Our CPG has created ten clinically-led improvement collaboratives (service groups) - natural care communities of surgeons, physicians, nurses, midwives, scientists, allied health professionals and administrative and support colleagues, which have come together to make their services even better for our patients.
At the heart of our clinical collaboratives is our Leadership Improvement and Safety Academy which encompasses our patient safety faculty and provides a range of support, including leadership and management training, quality improvement skills, team and service support, coaching and human factors training.
Date posted
05 September 2024
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
Depending on experience per annum
Contract
Locum
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
328-SC-MED-0365
Job locations
The James Cook University Hospital
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3BW
Employer details
Employer name
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The James Cook University Hospital
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3BW
Employer's website
https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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