Locum Consultant in Respiratory and General Medicine

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is looking to appoint a Locum Consultant in Respiratory and General Medicine. This is a replacement post to fill an existing vacancy in order to meet the demand of the increasing inpatient and outpatient referrals, the growing demand for 2-week wait, and inpatient care, that includes the provision of a respiratory support unit and CPAP.

All Respiratory specialist interests are welcome to apply.

The post is focused on the delivery of high-quality patient service in areas of Respiratory Medicine and General Medicine. In addition, the post also involves inpatient respiratory care, including NIV and is shared with four other respiratory physicians.

The post is offered on a full-time basis of 10 programmed activities with GIM on-call commitments. There will be 8.0 PAs of direct clinical care and 2.0 PAs allocated for supporting professional activities. As a senior employee of the Trust you will work in close co-operation with and support other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality, safe health care to patients.

Main duties of the job

Integral to these responsibilities is the following:

The provision of a first-class service

Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty

Active involvement in undergraduate and post graduate teaching and training

Undertaking all work in accordance with trust policies and procedures including the Code of Behaviour

Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of Homerton's business plans

Contribute to the management of the clinical service and service development

Clinical ResponsibilitiesThe successful candidate will be expected to provide specialist expertise in Respiratory Medicine. In addition, the post holder will take part in acute medical on-take as part of the on-call medical rota.

The post primarily focuses on inpatient respiratory care on Lamb ward and other wards, including the provision of NIV, and inpatient respiratory consultations. The post-holder will be expected to deliver outpatient clinics, seeing those patients referred for general thoracic and the post holders specialist interest (Asthma, Sleep, Lung Cancer etc). These clinics are expected to complement the existing respiratory services, which include COPD, sleep and ventilation, and lung cancer. The post-holder will be expected to support colleagues in the department with ongoing management of patients on the cancer pathway.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (HH) is an acute hospital located in the east London Borough of Hackney. The current Chairman is Sir John Gieve, and the Chief Executive is Ms Basirat Sadiq.

Homerton became one of the first ten NHS foundation trusts in the country in April 2004. This allows the Trust to secure certain freedoms to facilitate innovation in the way services are developed and provided. As well as our Trust Board, we also have a Council of Governors comprised of governors representing the local community.

In 2011 the Trust integrated with City & Hackney Community Health Services thereby providing it with an opportunity to develop new service models and pathways that cross traditional organisational boundaries.

Employing over 3000 people, the hospital has approximately 500 beds and manages a 50-bed nursing home, Mary Seacole Nursing Home, in Shoreditch, East London. In 2022, the Trust saw over 300,000 people in outpatient clinics, and over 126,000 people were treated in the accident and emergency department. The Trust also had contact with over 280,00 patients and clients within the community, often in their own homes.

The Trust has a turnover in the region of £220 million, performs consistently well against national performance targets, and has an ambitious objective to increase its income to £300 million over the next few years.