Consultant in Respiratory and General Internal medicine

This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and enthusiastic team who believe in leading from the frontline with the aim of providing outstanding care to our community and investing in the well-being and development of our people.
This is a replacement post for a Consultant Respiratory physician with a specialist interest in interstitial lung disease.
We take pride in being a very functional and supportive department with a clear vision to provide the best respiratory care possible to our patients. We would welcome candidates with a defined sub-specialty expertise in interstitial lung disease but also those candidates prepared to develop this as their sub-specialty area of expertise, The job will comprise a mixture of inpatient care and outpatient clinics along with day case bronchoscopy lists. Successful applicants will be supported in developing the service according to their experience, in particular, expanding the service with an ILD CNS and involvement with Oxford and the evolving anti-fibrotic service. There will be considerable opportunity to be involved in service development, participation in clinical research and undergraduate and postgraduate teaching., Respiratory Medicine is based out of the Royal Berkshire Hospital (RBH) site in Reading within our own self-contained department providing a comprehensive range of outpatient services inclusive of full respiratory physiology support and clinical nurse specialists. We also provide consultant clinics and community diagnostics at West Berkshire Hospital (Newbury), Bracknell Healthspace (Brants Bridge) and Townlands Memorial Hospital (Henley). We have an inpatient unit with 50 beds, including eight beds within a Respiratory Support Unit. We also have a purpose built pleural procedure room on the ward for elective and non-elective pleural lists.
The interstitial lung disease service at the RBH is a busy sub-speciality service with excellent potential for growth. The post holder will work closely with Oxford as our tertiary centre with the future aim to have greater involvement in the delivery of anti-fibrotic medications with the potential of us becoming a tier 2 ILD centre. Along with weekly ILD clinics, there is a bi-monthly joint rheumatology-respiratory ILD clinic. There is a monthly ILD MDT run with thoracic radiologists with a specialist interest in interstitial lung disease, along with a separate rheumatology ILD MDT. The post holder will also attend the Oxford ILD MDT allowing for smooth referral pathways for review for anti-fibrotics., Activity will be based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading with the opportunity for some clinics at one of our spoke sites rather than the RBH. Specific responsibilities will include the following, although there is flexibility in this that can be discussed upon appointment:
Outpatient activities:
+ 1 weekly general clinic, 2 weekly ILD clinics, one of which includes 'hot' slots to review deteriorating patients or those with a flare (clinics are cancelled when on-call for general medicine and when covering respiratory inpatients, with cross-cover provided by colleagues as needed)
+ Running the monthly ILD MDT
+ Attendance at the monthly rheumatology MDT
+ Attendance at the Oxford ILD MDT
+ Participation in the bronchoscopy rota
+ Triage and review of incoming routine and urgent referrals
Inpatients and on-call
+ Managing the specialist respiratory inpatient ward and referrals on a rotational basis (currently 4 weeks in 18). Outpatient commitments are cancelled when covering inpatients.
+ Contribution to the respiratory of the day (ROD) rota - again outpatient commitments are cancelled when acting as respiratory of the day.
+ Weekend cover of the respiratory ward; 08.30-14.30 - reviewing new patients to the ward, patients on the RSU, sick patients flagged by the nursing staff. Junior cover (2 juniors) is provided from 08.30-17.30 for the respiratory ward at the weekend.
+ Supervision and education of ward junior doctors and final year medical students, with on-the-job clinical teaching
+ Participation in the general medicine on call. Full time equivalent frequency is as below:
o 1:24 weekdays
o 15.00 -22.30, on-site, including post-take review
o Overnight- non-residential
o The general medical on-call weekend rota is also at a 1 in 24 frequency, on site 0800-20.00 both Saturday and Sunday with overnight non-residential on call.

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated 'Good' with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust's overall rating has also improved to 'good'. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
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