Respiratory Consultant

This is an exciting opportunity to join our highly motivated,f riendly and dynamic respiratory team who are dedicated to delivering patient-centred,high-quality care to meet the needs of our population.

We are looking to recruit to two,substantive general respiratory consultants posts based at North Bristol NHS Trust. The jobs will comprise a mix of inpatient care, respiratory in-reach and outpatient clinics(including admission avoidance clinic).There is flexibility to allow successful applicants to develop the service according to their skills and experience and participate in quality improvement and teaching.

We are looking for consultant physicians with experience of working in respiratory medicine, who can deliver excellent care to our patients and work with us to further develop our service to meet the needs of our population.

This role is pending Royal College approval.

These appointments will support the general respiratory and specialist work of the department.

The job plans will include contributions to respiratory and general medicine ward work, 2 outpatient clinics per week and will contribute to our general respiratory consultant rota, including seeing in-reach referrals, covering our admission avoidance 'hot' clinic and weekend cover of our respiratory bed-base.

The postholders will have commitments within the base Acute trust (North Bristol NHS Trust) and will undertake one clinic per week in a satellite unit (Cosshamor Thornbury).

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building  are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.

For a detailed job description and main responsibilities please see attached job description and person specification document.

The main duties will include:

Being a fully integrated member of the Respiratory team

Undertaking outpatient clinics(both at the Brunel Building site and either

Cosshamor Thornbury)

Wardinpatientcareof respiratory and general medicine patients

Respiratory in-reachwork through referrals from other teams within NBT

Support education and training of resident doctors and allied health care professionals, including educational and clinical supervision.

Activelyparticipatein audit, qualityimprovementand research relevant tothe work of the respiratory department.

Full registration with the GMC.

Must have CCT in Respiratory and General Medicine and have been entered on the GMC Specialist Register at the time of the appointment(specialist registrars that do not hold a CCT must be due to be awarded one within 6 months of the interview date.) CESR applicants are welcome and must have their CESR in place at the time of interview.

MRCP (or equivalent) required.

Minimum of8years postgraduate experience including higher surgical/medical training, three years as a Senior Registrar in an approved training post, or equivalent.

Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).

Experience in audit project and write up

Strong leadership experience and values

Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues and political context within which weoperate.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Musthold the appropriate home office work / residence status to provide work in the UK.

• Maintain Full registration with the GMC.
• Must have CCT Respiratory and general medicine and have been entered on the GMC Specialist Register at the time of the appointment.
• Specialist registrars that do not hold a CCT must be due to be awarded one within 6 months of the interview date.
• MRCP or equivalent qualification is required
• CESR applicants are welcome and must have their CESR in place at the time of interview.
• Higher academic qualification (e.g., MD or MS).

• Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).
• Minimum of 8 years postgraduate experience including higher surgical/medical training, three years as a Senior Registrar in an approved training post, or equivalent. Part of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training potential.
• Training in diagnosis and treatment of Respiratory conditions
• Educational supervisor accreditation.

• Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career.
• Experience in audit project and…