Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a 10PA locum appointment for a Consultant Respiratory, with special interests in TB & Asthma for 6 months fixed term.

The appointee will work at St Jamess University Teaching Hospital, where there will be inpatient and outpatient responsibilities.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertise and medical technology. We care for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds itself. The Trust has a budget of £1.1 billion. Our 20,000 staff ensure that every year we see and treat over 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 260,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best for specialist and integrated care.

Our vision is based on The Leeds Way, which is a clear statement of who we are and what we believe, founded on values of working that were put forward by our own staff. Our values are to be:

Patient-centred

Fair

Collaborative

Accountable

Empowered

We believe that by being true to these values, we will consistently achieve and continuously improve our results in relation to our goals, which are to be:

The best for patient safety, quality and experience

The best place to work

A centre of excellence for specialist services, education, research and innovation

Hospitals that offer seamless, integrated care

Financially sustainable

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.

WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition.

There is a commitment to acute Respiratory on call on a 1:12 and Acute Medicine on call 1:109. The applicant should be committed to teaching and research.

15 whole time equivalent consultant respiratory physicians provide a cross-city inpatient and outpatient service. Current sub-specialty interests among the physicians include lung cancer, pleural disease, interstitial lung disease, difficult asthma, tuberculosis, sleep disordered breathing & non invasive ventilation, cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, PCD, COPD and alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency.

The Leeds TB Service

We offer an integrated service including diagnosis and treatment of active Tuberculosis and Latent Tuberculosis Infection, and screening for people who have been in contact with tuberculosis. In addition, we manage patients with pulmonary non tuberculous mycobacterial disease.

Respiratory medicine and infectious diseases consultants work together in the clinic. We aim to provide holistic care for patients and their families, with support in the clinic from the specialist TB Health Visitor team, and adult and paediatric services running together so parents, children, and other family members needing contact screening can usually be seen in the same visit. TB drugs are supplied directly within the clinic by a specialist pharmacist.

There is a weekly MDT before the clinic to discuss new and complex cases, involving respiratory and infectious disease physicians, paediatrician, microbiologist, pharmacist, and TB nurse specialists.

We provide a regional service for Multidrug resistant TB and act as a tertiary referral centre for complex mycobacterial disease.

The West Yorkshire TB Clinical Network meets twice yearly for cohort review, discussion of complex cases and issues, and TB related CPD. There is a quarterly Leeds TB group meeting to discuss and plan local TB strategy including representatives from LTHT, Leeds Community Health Care, UKHSA, and the City Council.

The Leeds Difficult asthma service

We offer an integrated difficult asthma service for the investigation and management of difficult and severe asthma. The service is supported by a MDT including specialist nurses, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy. There are also links with liaison psychiatry and immunology, and a well-developed transition service to support children and young people with severe asthma.

There is a weekly MDT, and also Leeds host the wider regional MDT to support hub and spoke model of care to deliver biological therapies across West Yorkshire.

The Leeds difficult asthma service is a founder member of the Yorkshire Asthma MDT which coordinates and delivers severe asthma services across three ICBs in Yorkshire and Humber.

Person Specification

Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills

Essential

• All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics
• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Is up to date and fit to practise safely

Clinical Experience and Career Progression

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in Respiratory Medicine with special interest in Asthmas& TB
• Must be able to demonstrate higher training in Respiratory Medicine and General Medicine
• Evidence of continuous career progression consistent with personal circumstances

Desirable

• Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills

Essential

• Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research
• Experience of participation in regular clinical audit

Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent qualification. MRCP or equivalent qualification Certificate of completion of Specialist training in Respiratory and General Medicine or CESR or equivalent
• The appointee must hold the Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom, or equivalent, and have completed higher specialist training in Respiratory Medicine
• Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)