Consultant Respiratory Physician

Job overview

All Consultants rotate through the ward, each providing 2 weeks daily ward cover every 8 weeks – the frequency will drop slightly with this appointment.  At any one time there will always be two consultants looking after all patients on the 29 bedded Respiratory ward, in addition to a variable number of medical outliers on two surgical wards.  When not on the ward the consultants focus more on delivering outpatient services.

Each consultant has their own outpatient clinics and subspecialty work, in addition to their share of the general respiratory duties, including bronchoscopy. All nine respiratory consultants will contribute equally to weekend specialty ward rounds on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

The post will include 1.5 SPA, 1PA General Medical Take (1 in 24 on call) and 0.3 PA Respiratory weekend ward rounds (1 in 10 weekends), with DCC activity making up the remainder of the total PA allocation

A possible 10PA job plan is included below, although this may change to suit the skill mix of the successful applicant.

• The appointee will share an office and have their own computer linked to the hospital IT system.  Secretarial support will be provided from six secretaries within the respiratory department who work flexibly and with considerable cross-cover due to the rotational nature of the respiratory consultant posts.  Mentoring is provided on an informal basis both within the department and outside the department by Consultant colleagues.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Duties:  The holder of this post will be a Consultant in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine.

The post will be based at the RUH and the holder will participate in audit, and directorate meetings and undertake administrative duties as required by the Lead Clinician of Respiratory.

A commitment to maintain professional expertise by attendance at meetings and courses is expected, and completion of diaries for CME is essential.  It is also essential that you have an annual appraisal with one of the Trust’s recognised appraisers.  The Trust employs an electronic tool that supports annual appraisals, 360 colleague and patient feedback, to help resource revalidation.

An interest in research and teaching is welcomed.  At a Trust level additional funding is potentially available to support activities such as research, Educational supervision, acting as an appraiser, chairing committees, management responsibility etc.

The post holder will be expected to cover for colleagues when absent or on leave.

Management Duties:  The post holder will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues in the efficient running of services.

Consultants are required to undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the running of clinical areas where they work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The more detailed job description is attached with the advert which outlines in more detail the main responsibilities of the role and proposed draft job plan