Locum Consultant in Respiratory and General Internal medicine

Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

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Job overview

This is a fixed term locum post to provide increased Consultant Respiratory and General Medicine physician cover as part of the rising demands of winter pressures.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and enthusiastic team who believe in leading from the frontline with the aim of providing outstanding care to our community and investing in the well-being and development of our people.

We take pride in being a very functional and supportive department with a clear vision to provide the best respiratory care possible to our patients. We would welcome candidates with defined sub-specialty expertise but also those candidates prepared to develop a sub-specialty area of expertise complementary to those within the department.

Main duties of the job

This is a 10 PA locum post for a Consultant physician at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust providing cover for a general medical ward and increased input to the respiratory of the day and clinic activity.

Working for our organisation

Respiratory Medicine is based out of the Royal Berkshire Hospital (RBH) site in Reading within our own self-contained department providing a comprehensive range of outpatient services inclusive of full respiratory physiology support and clinical nurse specialists.

We have an inpatient unit with 50 beds, including eight beds within a Respiratory Support Unit. We also have a purpose built pleural procedure room on the ward for elective and non-elective pleural lists.

The team provides a Respiratory of the Day (ROD) service that is staffed on a rotational basis. This allows early, daily assessment of patients by a Respiratory Physician on the Acute Medical Unit and medical wards with benefits including earlier commencement of a specialist treatment plan, reduced admission rate, facilitated admission to a Respiratory ward and early supported discharge with the help of the community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see enclosed Consultant job information pack for further details and information.

Activity will be based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. Specific responsibilities will include the following, although there is flexibility in this that can be discussed upon appointment:

Outpatient activities:

• A weekly general clinic
• A pleural list if the candidate has the required experience.
• Participation in the required MDT

• 3 inpatient consultant ward rounds per week - managing the acute medical inpatient ward (Whitley Ward, 22 beds).
• Review of new and sick patients twice a week on Whitley.
• Contribution to the respiratory of the day (ROD) rota –outpatient commitments are cancelled when acting as respiratory of the day.
• Supervision and education of ward junior doctors and final year medical students, with on-the-job clinical teaching

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC and Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom or equivalent

• Higher degree e.g. PhD/ MD submitted/awarded

Clinical Experience

• Fully trained in Respiratory and GiM with knowledge of all aspects of general respiratory medicine and patient care
• Experience of working in the NHS at SpR or Consultant level
• Previous responsibility for clinical governance and GMC Good Medical Practice

Personal Qualities

• Able to abide by the Trust CARE Values; Compassionate, Aspirational, Respectful and Excellence
• Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary team, understanding each others unique role