Consultant in Respiratory Medicine | Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Due to a recent successful Respiratory expansion business case for additional clinical staff, Walsall Healthcare Trust are currently recruiting to the post of Consultant in Respiratory Medicine.

This post will be a full-time substantive post for a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine. The intention is that the post holder will eventually be instrumental in developing a high-quality clinical service, including participation and management of delivery of all respiratory conditions. This will involve liaison with neighbouring trusts and ICB to develop the services. There will be an expectation that this position will also include active roles in research and quality audits.

The successful applicant will also contribute, with other consultant respiratory colleagues, to the care of respiratory and general medical inpatients as part of the GIM on-call rota.

Interview date for this postis TBC.

Please note, this Job Description is pending Royal College approval.

Main duties of the job
1. To assist the current team and have responsibility for ensuring a commitment to provide a high quality of Respiratory and General Internal Medicine Services to patients by continual development of practice in the light of evidence-base, and clinical standards.
2. To provide advice to colleagues in other specialities on Respiratory care.
3. To provide a comprehensive Outpatient service and good interventional skills for the delivery of Bronchoscopy and EBUS procedural sessions. Training and accreditation for EBUS will be provided by the department if required.
4. To assist in the future development of Medical Thoracoscopy, if desired.
5. To provide clinical support and teaching to Junior Medical Staff, Medical Students and Postgraduate Medical Education.
6. To participate as part of personal CPD development the involvement in local and national quality improvement projects. The department will provide training support if required.
7. Research opportunities are available in conjunction with the research team.
8. To have responsibility for ensuring a commitment to maintaining a high quality of service to patients.
9. To actively participate in CPD and personal development plans.
10. To undertake Saturday respiratory ward round on a rotational basis with other Respiratory consultants.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides a first class integrated acute and community healthcare service within the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. It employs more than 4,000 staff with a combined total income of just over £220m. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services with 550 acute beds.

The post holder will be a committed Respiratory Consutlant.

They will have a track record of excellent clinical service delivery, service improvement, teaching, training, and other qualities as identified in the person specification. It is a requirement of the post that every doctor takes part in annual job planning and annual appraisal as part of the revalidation of cycle.

Duties of the post will include bronchoscopy sessions, general respiratory ward rounds and teaching and supervision of junior medical staff. The ideal candidate for this post should be skilled in Endoscopic Bronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) or willing to undertake training in this procedure.

The post is for 10 Programmed Activities per week with an additional PA available subject to negotiation to cover a Saturday morning ward round (currently on a 1:7 rota). Participation in the General medical on call rota the current rota frequency being 1:18, which will incur an additional PA. Total PA's for this role is 11.5.