Locum Consultant Respiratory Medicine

Job overview

Applications are invited for the post of a Locum Consultant in Respiratory and General Medicine at Whittington Health NHS Trust.

This is a fixed term post for 12 months to aid with the current outpatient work.

The respiratory team at Whittington Health, presently led by Dr Ruvini Dharmagunawardena, has an excellent reputation for innovation and integrated care, focusing on delivering high-value, multidisciplinary holistic care to patients admitted with acute respiratory deterioration and those living with long-term conditions.

The successful candidate will join a team of eight respiratory consultants, who lead a thriving multidisciplinary respiratory team with increasing community, outpatient and inpatient referrals, as well as providing consultant-led care for our 23-bedded specialist respiratory ward, which also includes 4 HDU beds.

Full registration with the GMC and acceptance on the GMC Specialist Register are required and you should hold a CCST or be within six months of obtaining it by the time of interview.

Main duties of the job

Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached full Job Description and Person Specification for further details about the job role, including a sample timetable of the main duties and responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Membership of the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent.
• CCST in respiratory and G(I)M or within 6 months of obtaining.
• Entry on GMC specialist register or equivalent required (e.g., Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration {CESR})

Desirable criteria

• A further qualification such as MD or PhD, quality improvement, leadership, management or teaching qualification

Professional Experience

Essential criteria

• Training and experience in all aspects of respiratory medicine and general medicine including, pleural ultrasound, and smoking cessation.

Desirable criteria

• Areas of specialist expertise, including management of asthma and/or lung cancer, with associated commitment and enthusiasm to lead and innovate in development and delivery of services in these areas, where there are currently gaps in the department consultant leadership
• At least Level 1 Smoking Cessation Training. Experience of integrated care.

Quality Improvement and Audit

Essential criteria

• Experience of quality improvement and audit.
• Commitment to lead & carry out relevant quality improvement and audit activities.
• Commitment to principles of quality improvement.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of QI methodology.

Communication, leadership, management and team working

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication skills
• Able to lead and work in a multi-disciplinary team
• Skills to lead manage, supervise and support trainee medical staff

Desirable criteria

• Behaviour Change/motivational interview training e.g., ADP.
• Demonstrable team leadership qualities and staff management skills.
• Knowledge of budget management and of current and future NHS commissioning arrangements

Teaching & Training

Essential criteria

• Experience of and commitment to undergraduate teaching.
• Skill and ability in formal and informal teaching of trainee doctors and other health professionals.
• Skills to supervise and appraise trainee doctors

Desirable criteria

• An understanding of current issues in medical education and knowledge of current and future funding arrangements
• Willingness to acquire a recognised teaching qualification or equivalent
• Skills to supervise and support professional development and training of other members of respiratory MDT

Research

Desirable criteria

• An interest in research as evidenced by publications and by ideas for development using current resources within Whittington Health.
• Ability and willingness to institute and work collaboratively on research with clinical and technical colleagues.

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.