Consultant Physician with an interest in Respiratory Medicine
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
The closing date is 19 May 2024
Job summary
This is a replacement post to join our current consultant workforce and help us in providing support to our respiratory patients at Maidstone Hospital. Although this is a full time post, applicants wishing to work part time will be considered.
Main duties of the job
The Respiratory Medicine department provides services on both acute sites of the Trust (Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital). The appointees will join Dr Mankragod in this replacement on the Maidstone site.
The expected full-time commitment for these posts will average to 10 PAs per week, made up of 8 DPAs and 2 SPAs. The successful applicants will share medical responsibility for managing up to a 32 bedded Respiratory inpatient ward, with their other Respiratory colleagues, with appropriate junior medical doctor support. The ward has at least 1 registrar grade, 3 F2/GPST/IMT trainees, 2 FY1 trainee.
The Department is looking for a consultant to take over as COPD Lead and Smoking cessation Lead for the Trust and lead on the COPD MDM at Maidstone Hospital.
About us
The Trust was formed in April 2000 by the merger of the Mid Kent Healthcare Trust and the Kent & Sussex Weald NHS Trust. It provides general hospital services to a population of approximately 460,000 in West Kent and North East Sussex, and some specialist services to a considerably larger population. Its major hospitals are the Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury and Maidstone Hospital. The Trust's Headquarters are at Maidstone Hospital. The Trust's Chairman is Mr David Highton, the Chief Executive is Mr Miles Scott and the Medical Director is Dr Peter Maskell. Clinical services are organised into nine Directorates. The Clinical Director for Specialist Medicine, which encompasses Respiratory Medicine, is Dr Simon Webster.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering on-call or for annual leave.
- To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
- To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trusts patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trusts strategic direction.
- To participate fully in and share leadership of the clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trusts Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.
- To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.
- To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision.
- To assume responsibility, both personally and corporately with consultant colleagues, for the management of junior medical staff. You are expected to be involved in their professional development, both clinical and personal as per guidance from the Deanery.
- To ensure that all doctors in training for whom you have supervisory responsibilities undertake delegated clinical tasks that are within their level of competence and knowledge.
- To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Councils published guide Good Medical Practice including the Duties of a Doctor.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering on-call or for annual leave.
- To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
- To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trusts patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trusts strategic direction.
- To participate fully in and share leadership of the clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trusts Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.
- To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.
- To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision.
- To assume responsibility, both personally and corporately with consultant colleagues, for the management of junior medical staff. You are expected to be involved in their professional development, both clinical and personal as per guidance from the Deanery.
- To ensure that all doctors in training for whom you have supervisory responsibilities undertake delegated clinical tasks that are within their level of competence and knowledge.
- To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Councils published guide Good Medical Practice including the Duties of a Doctor.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS (or equivalent)
- Registered with GMC
- MRCP or equivalent
- Broad experience of respiratory medicine.
Desirable
- Distinctions, scholarships, prizes
- Other degrees, eg BSc, MSc, MD, PhD
- A sub-specialist interest complimentary to those of current staff in the department
- On GMC Specialist Register for G(I)M and respiratory medicine (or within 6 months of CCT date)
- Successful completion of Specialty Certificate Examination in Respiratory Medicine.
Audit
Essential
- Understand the principles of audit
Desirable
- Evidence of participation in audit projects
Research
Essential
- An understanding of general principles, scientific method and interpretation of literature
Desirable
- Evidence of personal research projects and their presentation
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS (or equivalent)
- Registered with GMC
- MRCP or equivalent
- Broad experience of respiratory medicine.
Desirable
- Distinctions, scholarships, prizes
- Other degrees, eg BSc, MSc, MD, PhD
- A sub-specialist interest complimentary to those of current staff in the department
- On GMC Specialist Register for G(I)M and respiratory medicine (or within 6 months of CCT date)
- Successful completion of Specialty Certificate Examination in Respiratory Medicine.
Audit
Essential
- Understand the principles of audit
Desirable
- Evidence of participation in audit projects
Research
Essential
- An understanding of general principles, scientific method and interpretation of literature
Desirable
- Evidence of personal research projects and their presentation
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
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
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).
