Fixed Term Appointment in Respiratory Medicine

Job overview

The Department of Respiratory are appointing an IMT (Senior Clinical Fellow) level doctor to support acute Respiratory in-patients at the Grange University Hospital. This is a 39 bedded ward, with an additional 6 Respiratory High Care beds located adjacent to Critical Care.

The post will be ward based with the opportunity to attend specialist outpatient clinics, and the Respiratory Ambulatory Care Unit.

The successful applicant will consolidate their existing skills and experience in medicine within a busy Respiratory department. Exposure to a wide range of Respiratory specific conditions with place them in an excellent position when applying for further training within the speciality.

The post will include on call in General Internal medicine at the IMT 3 level on the on call rota.

Those wishing to discuss the post informally in the first instance or arrange a visit to the department should contact Dr Sara Fairbairn, Clinical Director for Respiratory, [email protected]

Dr Alina Ionescu, Respiratory consultant & Pleural Lead: [email protected]

Main duties of the job

The main responsibilities are for the effective and appropriate medical care of inpatients admitted under the care of Respiratory.

The duties and responsibilities will be appropriate to the grade and speciality with appropriate consultant supervision.

This will include the assessment, monitoring, and initiating treatment, with colleagues and under consultant supervision.

Attend consultant and multidisciplinary ward rounds and supervise relevant junior medical students who may rotate through the directorate.

Undertake regular unsupervised ward rounds on the relevant ward to ensure patients are making satisfactory progress.

Complete discharge summaries in a timely fashion.

Attend clinic as part of continuing professional development

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This position involves Regulated Activity with adults as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) and the following checks will be undertaken following any conditional offer:

• Enhanced check with barred list information, including

- an adults barred list check

Applicants must hold or be eligible to hold full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC

Free parking is available across all Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Sites.