Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

This is a locum post created to provide consultant level care to respiratory patients in the community and secondary care with a focus on COPD. The post holder will work with the Integrated respiratory teams to enable care of suitable patients in neighbourhoods and at home. The postholder will be the COPD Virtual ward clinical lead for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and contribute to the acute medicine on-call rota at St Mary's Hospital (SMH), providing respiratory outreach to the acute medical unit there.

This post therefore represents an opportunity to deliver excellent care to patients with respiratory disease, bridge the gap between primary and secondary respiratory care, help flow through the hospital by advising the Virtual COPD ward and help provide clinical leadership in COPD care. The post would be suitable for a post-CCT candidate looking to develop as a consultant in a supportive team in a large organisation.

Main duties of the job

The Imperial Community respiratory service is a consultant led service overseeing the overall management of patients with a chronic lung condition, from diagnosis to end of life, living in the inner boroughs of Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham.

You will join a team of 30 health care professionals and 6 consultants who provide:

• Outpatient clinics within community sites for diagnosis and optimisation of respiratory disease at St Mary's St Charles' in Ladbroke grove, Maida vale clinic, Violet Melcher and others.
• Disease optimisation.
• Pulmonary rehabilitation.
• MDT working with Diagnostic hubs, breathlessness services and COPD optimization.
• Education and support across primary and community care.

The service works seamlessly with colleagues within Imperial College Healthcare NHS hospital sites and the NWL remote monitoring hub.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Job responsibilities

On appointment, the candidate will have a formal job plan meeting with the clinical director when the candidate will have the opportunity to make changes to the timetable to suit the candidates needs.

During acute medicine, all other clinical commitments are cancelled. Respiratory ward commitments never overlap with acute medicine commitments.

Full JD and an example job plan are provided.

Qualifications

• GMC registered Medical Practitioner
• MRCP(UK) or an equivalent qualification
• Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via approved route
• Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
• Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues
• Management of staff

Teaching & Training

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates / postgraduates and junior medical staff

Audit

• Understanding of principles of clinical audit
• Leading audits
• Experience of submitting and reviewing data for national lung cancer clinical audit

Academic achievements including research/publications

• Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at Consultant at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Language

• Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

Knowledge/Skills

• CCT in Respiratory and general internal medicine
• Experience of MDT working
• Experience of virtual wards
• Experience of community COPD MDT
• IT Skills and computer literacy
• Knowledge of airways disease management
• Competency in NIV/ management of acute respiratory failure
• Experience of leading acute unselected medical take

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.

Depending on experience£109,725 to £145,478 per annum WTE