Trust Doctor in Respiratory Medicine (ST3) | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Clinical:

The successful appointee will an opportunity to work mainly with all the Respiratory consultants based on Ward 29 at the Freeman Hospital which is the primary respiratory ward as well as the ward 38 which is the primary transplant ward based at the Institute of Transplantation at the Freeman Hospital.

A clear timetable of duties will be provided, but there will be the opportunity to experience some of the other specialist services indicated above, depending on individual interest with the broad case-mix of patients that are referred to attend the Freeman hospital both regionally and nationally with many forms of advanced lung disease. The timetabling of core duties will be determined with Educational Supervisor and Head of Department.

The department also provides a daily respiratory consultation and pleural service to other departments that present a unique opportunity for gaining experience with other regional services, namely Haematology, Bone marrow transplantation, renal and hepatology services, including renal and liver transplant patients, and a regional oncology service.

Administrative:

Responsibility for in-patient electronic records and discharge summaries for those patients admitted to the ward and communication with Specialist referring teams and General Practitioners regionally and nationally across the United Kingdom as necessary. Responsibility for updating participant records in Targeted Lung Health Checks bespoke software system.

Other:

Participation in the weekly Regional ST Teaching Programme is encouraged, plus attending GIM monthly teaching. This post includes on call cover which is for Freeman respiratory and transplant services out of hours on the middle grade rota alongside the respiratory specialist trainees; this is non-resident. This would attract the appropriate banding supplement. On call duties include cover for new admissions and existing respiratory patients on ward 29, as well as respiratory and lung transplant patients based on outlying wards such as ward 25 and 30 in the Cardiothoracic block, and ward 38 based at the Institute of Transplantation. There is support from the Hospital at Night team overnight at Freeman.

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team., This post is to commence ASAP until 5 August 2025. Candidates must possess full GMC registration with a license to practise at time of application. Experience working within the NHS is desirable., Disability Confident
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Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.