Consultant Respiratory Physician

Job summary

Consultant Respiratory Physician with an interest in ILD

Applications are invited for 2.0wte positions in Respiratory Medicine, one based at Ealing Hospital, and one based at Northwick Park Hospital with cross site working for both posts. The successful applicant will join an expanding and dynamic forward-thinking team.

We would welcome hearing from applicants who are interested in a sub-speciality of Interstitial Lung Disease.

The appointee will be responsible to the Divisional Director of Integrated Medicine for London Northwest Healthcare NHS Trust.

The department of Respiratory Medicine comprises 18.0 wte consultants across 3 sites: Ealing, Central Middlesex, and Northwick Park Hospitals. Although each post holder will have a main base, they may be asked to work at any of the other sites in the future.

The service is supported by a respiratory matron, 5 x CNS across the two sites, and a junior doctor establishment including 6 SpR trainees, 2 Trust grade Registrars, 3 x IMTs, and a mix of FY2 and FY1s on both sites.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name

Dr Shalin Diwanji - Ealing post

Shalin.diwanji@nhs.net

Dr Camus Nimmo - Northwick Park post

Camus.nimmo@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

This post will contribute pro rata to the Acute Medicine Rotas in operation at the time of appointment. The successful applicant will support the Respiratory ILD service, general respiratory outpatient service, and participate in regular ILD MDT. They will also join their consultant colleagues at the Ealing site where there is a 34 bedded Respiratory ward including a 6 bedded Enhanced Respiratory Unit with a Consultant of the Week service model, and post 2 will join their colleagues at Northwick Park Hospital where there is a 33 bedded Respiratory ward and a COTW service model.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.