Job summary
UHB is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national, and international population.
Our multiple sites, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic allow people to be treated as close to home as possible.
We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe.
We are a regional centre for cancer, bone marrow transplants, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis; thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe.
Main duties of the job
We have over 20,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing.
The current respiratory service at UHBFT comprises 40+ consultant respiratory physicians and consultant clinical scientists across several sub speciality teams. The service has strong MDT bases that provide regional services in cystic fibrosis, interstitial and occupational lung disease, lung transplantation, severe asthma, pulmonary tuberculosis and sleep and ventilation. Teams are supported by respiratory nurse specialists, physiotherapist, speech and language therapist and psychologists. The Trust provides lung cancer services in conjunction with one of the largest thoracic surgery units in the country supported by a team of lung cancer nurses and MDT co-ordinators. There are state of the art lung function and sleep services and well established Endobronchial Ultrasound and local anaesthetic thoracoscopy services.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are seeking a talented individual who has recently obtained their Respiratory CCT and wishes to obtain further specialist experience in the management of interstitial lung disease (ILD). This post will be predominantly based at the QE Hospital. The Birmingham Interstitial Lung Disease Unit is a designated Regional Specialist Unit. One of the largest units in the country, it looks after more than 3000 patients from Birmingham, the West Midlands and beyond, via a number of sites across the city. In addition to providing a commissioned anti-fibrotic service, we look after patients with a range of interstitial lung and rare lung diseases and have close links with onsite speciality colleagues. We run specialist joint clinics in cardiac sarcoidosis, neurosarcoidosis, pulmonary vasculitis, occupational lung disease and palliative care and are supported by a team of ILD specialist nurses and coordinators.
The successful applicant will contribute to ILD multi-disciplinary meetings and clinics, and have the opportunity to take part in ILD research, clinical trials and development. They will work within a multi-disciplinary team supporting nurses and allied healthcare professionals, and will have the opportunity to be involved in super-specialty clinics and MDTs. They will be expected to deliver in-patient care to a cohort of respiratory and general medical patients in a physician of the week model, together with 1:8 weekend ward cover.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are seeking a talented individual who has recently obtained their Respiratory CCT and wishes to obtain further specialist experience in the management of interstitial lung disease (ILD). This post will be predominantly based at the QE Hospital. The Birmingham Interstitial Lung Disease Unit is a designated Regional Specialist Unit. One of the largest units in the country, it looks after more than 3000 patients from Birmingham, the West Midlands and beyond, via a number of sites across the city. In addition to providing a commissioned anti-fibrotic service, we look after patients with a range of interstitial lung and rare lung diseases and have close links with onsite speciality colleagues. We run specialist joint clinics in cardiac sarcoidosis, neurosarcoidosis, pulmonary vasculitis, occupational lung disease and palliative care and are supported by a team of ILD specialist nurses and coordinators.
The successful applicant will contribute to ILD multi-disciplinary meetings and clinics, and have the opportunity to take part in ILD research, clinical trials and development. They will work within a multi-disciplinary team supporting nurses and allied healthcare professionals, and will have the opportunity to be involved in super-specialty clinics and MDTs. They will be expected to deliver in-patient care to a cohort of respiratory and general medical patients in a physician of the week model, together with 1:8 weekend ward cover.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development including CME
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development including CME
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
