Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

Consultant Respiratory Physician
Speciality Medicine Directorate, Medical Care Group (all our jobs include work across both our RBH and PH sites)
We are seeking to appoint a new Consultant Respiratory Physician with general medicine accreditation. The appointment is to the University Hospitals Dorset Respiratory Team with an expectation that the successful candidate will work across both our Poole and Bournemouth hospital sites. The post is for 10 PAs, less than full-time work can be negotiated, our expectation is a full time post is split over four days. The posts will contain general respiratory medical care and most specialist interests can be accommodated but we are particularly interested in a candidate with an interest in our interstitial lung disease service and in clinical governance.
The successful applicants will join us at an exciting time of great change and opportunity. The University Hospitals Dorset Respiratory Team comprises fourteen Respiratory Consultants who work closely with a team of Respiratory Physiologists, Lung Cancer Specialist Nurses, TB Specialists, the Dorset Adult Integrated Respiratory Service (DAIRS) Team and our inpatient wards and colleagues. Joining us at this time of transformation in the Trust and department gives the applicant the unique opportunity to be involved in shaping the future service of UHD Respiratory Medicine.

Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with 'university hospital' status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you'll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we're also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.
This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.