Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

The Respiratory Medicine Department has undergone marked transformation in recent years. The burden of respiratory disease in the local population is significant and often presents interesting, but challenging work. With the addition of the communities division to the rust there are further opportunities for innovative working across the boundaries between primary and secondary care.

We are looking for consultant physicians with experience of working in respiratory medicine, who can deliver excellent care to our patients and work with us to further develop our service to meet the needs of our population. There is opportunity for flexible and less than full time working and for the post-holder to maintain interests outside the trust. We welcome applicants with any specialist interest, but particularly those with interest sleep disorders.

Main duties of the job

General responsibilities as Consultant in Respiratory Medicine. The following is not an exhaustive list of the duties of the consultant. The appointee is expected to:

• Deliver day-to-day clinical care and leadership in Respiratory outpatient clinic.
• Provide training, supervision and support to doctors in training, medical students and other health professionals working in respiratory medicine.
• Lead in on-going development of clinical guidelines in respiratory medicine, audit and other key aspects of the clinical governance agenda.
• Work with consultant colleagues and nursing staff to ensure efficient use of trust resources and contribute actively to clinical governance in the department and to development of quality enhancement projects in the unit.
• Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks at the request of the clinical manager, as the need arises.
• Actively participate in the department's teaching program and undertake supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multiprofessional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Rolyal Colleges or specialty bodies.
• Actively participate in clinical guidelines development, audit and CPD.

About us

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICSc's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICSc infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Job responsibilities

For detailed job description and main responsibilities please see attached job description and personal specification document.

Person Specification Qualifications/Training

• MRCP or Equivalent
• Full GMC registration with licence to practice
• CCST/CCT or equivalent in Respiratory & General (Internal) Medicine and on the specialist register, or within 6 months of CCT date at the time of interview, or evidence of working towards specialist registration via CESR
• MSc, MD or PhD

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively with staff, patients and relatives
• Evidence of leadership and management experience
• Accomplished interpersonal and organisational skills
• Experience of service development and quality improvement initiatives
• Effective organisational skills
• Evidence of leadership & management experience

Personal Qualities & attributes

• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
• Motivated, flexible & enthusiastic
• Ability to demonstrate initiative & see projects through to completion

Other requirements

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and an ability to relate to staff and patients
• Knowledge of resource management issues
• Willingness to work flexibly as part of a team

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.

£113,565 to £150,569 a yearper annum (London weighting included)