Consultant in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine (2 posts)

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

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Job summary

West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are inviting applications to join the Respiratory Team as a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine. We are looking for 2 motivated and enthusiastic consultants to join The Respiratory Team at West Herts who won the BMJ 2021 Respiratory Team of the Year Award. Full or part time applicants are invited to apply for this exciting opportunity based at Watford General Hospital, Hertfordshire.

Enquires about these posts with a view to arranging informal visits are welcomed. Please contact: Dr Andy Barlow, Divisional Director for Medicine (a.barlow1@nhs.net) or Dr Niall Keenan, Clinical Lead for Respiratory Medicine (niall.keenan@nhs.net).

Main duties of the job

The posts have been approved following the ongoing expansion and reconfiguration of the department of Thoracic Medicine at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust. The appointees will join the team delivering in-patient, out-patient and bronchoscopy services.

There are subspecialty clinics for interstitial lung disease TB, lung cancer and pleural disease, as well as for sleep, domiciliary ventilation, COPD, asthma and bronchiectasis in collaboration with our community partner, Central London Community Healthcare Trust. There is an acute interventional programme with EBUS and medical thoracoscopy. There is, in addition, the full range of lung function testing including cardio-pulmonary exercise testing. We have recently expanded our ARCU with an emphasis on level 2 medical HDU support. We are proud to have a Nationally high-profile Covid Virtual Hospital and we are expanding this to include COPD Virtual Hospital in the coming months.

Applicants with existing skills in CPET and/or medical HDU are particularly encouraged to apply.

About us

There has never been a more exciting time to join West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust! Major redevelopment works are due for completion by 2025 or soon after. These will be most dramatic at Watford General Hospital where up to 90% of buildings will be new.

There are also plans for a digital transformation, new models of care and a multi-storey car park. As well as this, the Trust - which won the UK Best Employer Award (Nursing Times 2019) - has been granted Teaching Hospital status in recognition of its wide and well-renowned role in educating doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.

We encourage and welcome applications from people with disabilities and encourage you to contact us to seek assistance with this if required.

We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Date posted

14 January 2022

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£84,559 to £114,003 a year London Fringe - £149 per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

360-A-70-RB

Job locations

Chest Medicine

Watford

WD18 0HB

Job description

Job responsibilities

The department of Respiratory Medicine is comprised of 9 established respiratory consultants, two associate specialists and 4 Lung CNS supported by a team of community-based respiratory specialist nurses and physiotherapists providing nurse led clinical care, hospital at home, oxygen and pulmonary rehabilitation.

The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to the weekday General Internal Medicine (G(I)M) on call rota. By substitution the chest physicians have dropped G(I)M on call commitments at weekends for a specialist respiratory rota (Saturday/Sunday mornings/ 1in 10).

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Your application will be scored against the Person Specification

Essential

Please see attached JD

Person Specification

Your application will be scored against the Person Specification

Essential

Please see attached JD

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).