Consultant In Respiratory Medicine Sleep & Ventilation

Job description

Job responsibilities

Teaching/Research

Oxford Radcliffe University Hospitals NHS Trust is a teaching hospital Trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of every day clinical activity. The post-holders contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.

Clinical Governance, Audit and QI

The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.

Personal and Professional Development

The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs. The post holder will be expected to participate in regular Appraisal and Revalidation processes. The post holder will be allocated a mentor.

Management

The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients, and the running of his/her clinical department under the direction of the lead clinician and/or directorate chair.

The management of risk is the responsibility of everyone and will be achieved within a progressive, honest and open environment.

Staff will be provided with the necessary education, training and support to enable them to meet this responsibility.

Staff should be familiar with the

Major Incident Policy

Fire Policy

and should make themselves familiar with the local response plan and their role within that response.

The post holder is responsible for ensuring that all duties and responsibilities of this post are carried out in compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, Statutory Regulations and Trust Policies and Procedures. This will be supported by the provision of training and specialist advice where required.

Infection Control

Infection Control is everyones responsibility. All staff, both clinical and non clinical, are required to adhere to the Trusts Infection Prevention and Control Policies and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection control at all times thereby reducing the burden of Healthcare Associated Infections including MRSA.

All staff employed by the ORH Trust have the following key responsibilities:

• Staff must decontaminate their hands prior to and after direct patient contact or contact with the patients surroundings.
• Staff members have a duty to attend mandatory infection control training provided for them by the Trust.
• Staff members who develop an infection (other than common colds and illness) that may be transmittable to patients have a duty to contact Occupational Health.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

• MRCP or equivalent
• CCT in Respiratory Medicine or registration on GMC Specialist register in Respiratory Medicine; OR within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview

Desirable

• MD or PhD

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent leadership skills to function as a consultant in the specialty
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to function as a consultant in a large teaching hospital
• Track record of ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team
• Good spoken and written English. Communication skills should be highly developed
• Experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
• Clear understanding of current clinical governance structures and evidence of active contributions to clinical governance during specialty training. Commitment to continuing professional development. Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities
• Evidence of active interest and participation in research

Desirable

• Evidence of leadership in research, professional bodies, or other spheres
• Evidence of organisational skills in research, professional bodies or other spheres
• Proven ability to communicate in written form (publications, reports etc)
• Experience of supervising junior researchers

Experience

Essential

• Experience in all aspects of management of patients with sleep related breathing disorders, including reporting of sleep studies. Experience of bronchoscopy and care of acute respiratory in-patients
• Experience of diagnosis and care of patients with ventilatory failure secondary to neuro-muscular disorders, obesity hypoventilation, chest wall disease and intrinsic lung disease. Experience of diagnosis and care of patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome
• Ability to make decisions at consultant level

Desirable

• Higher Sleep and Ventilation training at clinical fellow or consultant level

Other Requirements

Essential

• Full GMC Registration

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

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital

Old Road, Headington

Oxford

OX3 7LE

Employer's website

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