Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine

Job overview

This is a replacement/reconfiguration substantive post resulting from changes to organisation of consultant team to deliver the existing respiratory and Cystic Fibrosis service. The post holder will join an established Respiratory and Cystic fibrosis service which provides tertiary respiratory care including Cystic fibrosis, Long-term ventilation, Sleep, Difficult asthma, Primary ciliary dyskinesia, Bronchiectasis and several other conditions.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will join an established Respiratory and Cystic fibrosis (CF) service which provides tertiary respiratory care including in CF, long term ventilation, sleep problems, difficult asthma, non-Cf bronchiectasis, Primary ciliary dyskinesia and several other conditions. The post holder will participate in general respiratory and CF service outpatient provision and there is provision to develop a subspeciality interest in LTV and sleep based on post holder’s experience and service needs. There is also scope to support the development of CF service provision with newer expectations and specifications and lung function testing.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work along with a team of 8 other consultants who work together to provide continuous cover for respiratory and CF patients. The post-holder will be involved in all aspects of the department as described above. Each newly appointed consultant will be expected to participate in a Trust-wide Consultant developmental programme designed to maximize their professional development during their early years as a consultant. This will include areas such as R&D, clinical leadership and management, education and training, and governance. A formal rolling programme delivered within the Trust in selected cohorts over 5 years. Office space is within the department, with personal IT and internet facilities and shared secretarial support.

Direct clinical care (DCC) comprises 7.0PAs and 2.0SPAs for Supporting Professional Activities (1.5 core SPA for teaching, audit, research, administration, clinical governance, appraisal and continuing professional development, additional 0.25 SPA for educational supervision and 0.25 SPA for service development as per specialty interest) are allocated to the post. Additional roles such as educational lead, governance lead, service lead and CF Director come with additional SPAs and are carried out amongst the consultants in a rotational manner and as per interest/ departmental need. The DCC is to cover outpatient, inpatient and MDT clinical work and all clinical activities pertaining to the Consultant role. There is also potential to obtain up to 2 additional research PAs through the BWCH Charity funds.

The work is split over ‘on service’ (On-call weeks) and non- on service weeks.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.