Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine (Lung Cancer)

Job responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical:

This post will support the general respiratory and multi-disciplinary lung cancer service by:

1. Seeing new and review general respiratory medicine patients

2. Seeing new and review lung cancer patients in clinics.

3. Participating in the weekly multidisciplinary lung cancer meeting

4. Support the adult respiratory service with a commitment to flexibly arrange sessions as service demands change.

5. Contribute to the Respiratory ward and look after respiratory in-patients.

The appointee will have an equitable share in the attachment of junior medical staff and secretarial support.

Administrative:

The appointee will be expected to organise and ensure probity of their clinical practice and that of their supporting team so as to provide coordinated, quality care to patients in line with wider departmental objectives. This would include, for example, providing timely responses to clinical and related correspondence, appropriate management of waiting lists, supervision and assessment of trainees.

The appointee may also be required to support colleagues or the clinical director in running aspects of the department from time to time. This may include timely investigation of complaints working to provide reports within the timeframe set out by Trust policy.

The appointee will:

Undergo Continued Medical Education (CME) in accordance with guidelines stipulated by the Royal College of Physicians

Undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review. It is expected that objectives within job plan reviews will be based on Trust objectives such as fulfilment of fixed contractual commitments on the basis of a 43 week working year with due allowance for statutory holidays

It is a condition of employment that so far as is reasonably practicable, all employees must minimise the risk of infection to themselves, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors and, in so doing, must:

-be familiar with, and adhere to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control

-attend Trust Induction Programme(s) and statutory education programmes in infection prevention and control

-include infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development

-take personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care acquired infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently by you and your colleague.

Audit and CPD:

The Trust supports requirements for continuing professional development as laid down by the Royal Colleges and is committed to providing support for these activities.

ABOUT THE RESPIRATORY DEPARTMENT

There are currently 11 consultant respiratory physicians contributing to the clinical work of the department at Freeman. We provide in-patient care on a 31 bedded respiratory ward which takes patients from the assessment unit of the Royal Victoria Infirmary as well as planned subspeciality admissions e.g. bronchiectasis, pulmonary hypertension / transplant assessment. NIV provision is supported by specialist respiratory physiotherapists. The ward is supported by a trust grade registrar, and 3 IMT level doctors. There is additional support, particularly with specialist liaison referrals from speciality trainees undertaking specific sub speciality training modules and numerous clinical nurse specialists. We have excellent support from specialist thoracic radiologists (including interventional radiology), thoracic surgery and intensive care.

Current consultant team:

Prof Tony De Soyza Bronchiectasis, domiciliary ventilation, COPD

Prof Andy Fisher Lung transplantation/ Pulmonary Hypertension

Dr Liz Fuller Lung cancer

Dr Katy Hester Bronchiectasis / COPD

Dr Kishor Lekhak Lung cancer, pleural disease

Dr Lim Lordan Lung transplantation/ Pulmonary Hypertension/ severe asthma

Dr Gerry Meachery Lung transplantation/ Pulmonary Hypertension/ sleep

Dr Arun Nair Lung transplantation/ Pulmonary Hypertension

Dr Andrew Stanton Pleural disease, severe asthma, lung cancer

Dr Ann Ward Lung cancer

Dr Sophie West Sleep

Research:

The Trust welcomes and encourages research as a high profile activity that compliments the service provided. The emphasis is that studies should fall within the National Institute of Health Research Portfolio. The Respiratory Department at Freeman Hospital has a strong base in clinical and applied molecular biological research with dedicated facilities on site in the William Leech Centre at Freeman Hospital and laboratory facilities at the Medical School on the University Campus. The Academic Respiratory Department has a prominent role within the Institute of Cellular Medicine at Newcastle University. Academic Respiratory Medicine is led by Professor John Simpson. The grouping has 4 separate research laboratories (2 in the NUTRI, one in the Institute of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, plus the small satellite lab at Freeman Hospital). The first of these is a shared, communal lab space incorporating 3 closely interactive respiratory groups, encouraging exchange of ideas and facilities. The grouping has collective expertise in basic research, in vivo work, experimental medicine and large randomised controlled clinical trials. A distinct strength in Newcastle is the research contribution made by full-time NHS consultants, complementing and extending the outputs of the academic appointments. The broad academic interests of the grouping are described below (*indicates full-time NHS employees who lead clinical research). There is an academic clinical fellowship programme in addition to clinical research fellows participating in research programmes based on lung transplantation, innate immunity, pulmonary vascular disease and sleep medicine. There are clinical research fellows in post who also contribute to the on call rotas.

Prof John Simpson, Professor of Respiratory Medicine (NUTRI) neutrophil/monocyte biology, ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Prof Andrew Fisher, Professor of Respiratory Transplant Medicine and Dean of Clinical Medicine lung transplant.

Prof Tony De Soyza (Population and Health science Institute, PHSI) bronchiectasis and COPD.

Dr Malcolm Brodlie (NUTRI) cystic fibrosis and paediatric respiratory medicine.

Dr Chris Ward (Institute of Cell and Biomedical Science and NUTRI) respiratory airway epithelial biology and the pulmonary effects of reflux.

Dr Stephen Bourke* COPD.

Dr Sophie West* sleep medicine.

Dr Ian Forrest* interstitial lung disease.

Dr Carlos Echevarria COPD

Teaching:

As with all other colleagues, the appointee will be expected to contribute to teaching activity when required as part of their appointment. The hospital is also a designated teaching centre for undergraduate medical students from Newcastle University. The appointee will be expected to attend and contribute at departmental meetings, administrative, audit, governance and academic teaching.

Flexibility:

In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

Essential

• Primary Medical Qualification.
• Full GMC Registration.
• MRCP or equivalent.
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).

Desirable

• Higher Degree.

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Evidence of experience and competence in bronchoscopy
• Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
• At least British Thoracic Society CiP level 4 Primary TUS operator
• Evidence of experience and training in management of patients with lung cancer
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.

Desirable

• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
• Evidence of experience and competence in Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)

Management and Administration Experience

Essential

• Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
• Able to communicate well with patients and colleagues
• Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the directorate to the Trust and its workforce
• An understanding of Clinical Governance

Desirable

• Ability to run a respiratory service and participate in management process
• Involvement with unit management and project leadership
• Proven management and administration ability and understanding of management goals
• Evidence of leadership and project management
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies
• Ability to review clinical guidelines

Teaching

Essential

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification in medical education
• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
• Ability to teach clinical, technical and practical skills

Research

Desirable

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
• Higher degree. Research/critical review of literature.
• Publications in the last five years.

Audit

Essential

• Evidence of participation in audit.

Desirable

• Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
• Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Alignment with the Trust's values.
• Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development.
• Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce.
• A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
• Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota.
• Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.

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

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UK Registration

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