Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

Job summary

Are you a dedicated and enthusiastic Respiratory Consultant seeking a new and exciting opportunity? Look no further! We're thrilled to announce an opening in our Respiratory Medicine department at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals, and we invite you to be a part of our team.

About Us: Led by Dr Saikia, our Specialty Lead for Respiratory, we take pride in our achievements, including specialized linked Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs) for severe asthma and Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), fantastic working environments with outstanding feedback from respiratory juniors, a fully operational EBUS/bronchoscopy service, a thriving pleural service, and the recent development of a medical thoracoscopy service. We boast specialized services in TB, Sleep, and NIV, coupled with strong research links.

Our Team: We are a team of seven, friendly, flexible, and like-minded consultants eager to welcome a new colleague. Supported by experienced nursing and allied healthcare professionals, as well as a strong team of middle grades and juniors, we offer a fantastic development and coaching program for new consultants.

Job Description:

• Full or part-time positions available
• Opportunity for flexible working
• Support for new consultants through a development and coaching program
• Emphasis on a high-quality patient experience
• Collaborative and friendly working environment

INTERVIEW DATE: 14/10/2024

Main duties of the job

Direct Patient Care:

• Provide direct clinical care to patients across all departmental facets, actively contributing to clinical decision-making and sharing the workload equally among the consultant team.
• Ensure comprehensive senior clinical cover for the Respiratory Department.

Team Collaboration:

• Engage fully with the care of patients outside the department, offering prompt opinions upon request from consultant colleagues in other specialties.
• Collaborate with medical, nursing, and management teams to achieve departmental objectives, emphasizing clinical leadership and enhancing the patient experience.

Education and Training:

• Actively participate in departmental staff appraisal and support educational activities for medical and non-medical staff.
• Contribute to teaching sessions for hospital staff, both undergraduate and postgraduate, and supervise junior medical staff.

Learning and Development:

• Encourage and support consultants with special interests that align with department objectives, ensuring opportunities for learning and development.
• Participate in clinical audit activities, maintaining effective record-keeping.
• Undertake research and develop special interests within clinical and service workload limits.
• Engage in continuing medical education, both internally and externally, with appropriate study leave entitlement.

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment.

We hope to use this centre to create an environment of learning and to facilitate training of the next generation of our skilled NHS workforce. Our plans are ambitious - why not, come and be a part of our journey.

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

Employer details

Employer name

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Peter's Hospital

Chertsey

KT160PZ

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Peter's Hospital

Chertsey

KT160PZ

Employer's website

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

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