Consultant in Respiratory Medicine; ILD and Virtual Ward care

Overview

Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine with a specialist interest in Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) and Virtual Ward Care.

Location:

Newham University Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity to combine tertiary ILD care with innovative Virtual Ward services, helping to shape modern respiratory pathways that support early discharge, remote monitoring, and patient-centred care. You will work closely with a well-established multidisciplinary ILD team across our network, including tertiary services based at St Bartholomew’s and Mile End Hospital. Pending Royal College approval.

The successful applicant will join our Respiratory department as a substantive Respiratory Medicine Consultant with a special interest in ILD. The post includes 10 programmed activity (PA) of activity. This post is currently pending Royal College of Physicians approval.

• Lead the integration of Virtual Ward technology into respiratory care pathways in alignment with national NHS strategic goals, utilising remote monitoring to facilitate early discharge and reduce avoidable hospital stays.
• Deliver tertiary ILD care as part of the multidisciplinary ILD team based at St Bartholomew’s and Mile End Hospital, providing care to ILD and sarcoidosis patients in North East London.
• Attend a regular Barts Health ILD MDT to present new cases and review current patients who may require treatment initiation or adjustment.
• Participate in multidisciplinary clinics – ILD/Rheumatology and other collaborative working opportunities.
• Contribute to the general medical on-call rota (current frequency: 1 in 18) with unselected medical take numbers varying (approximately 30–35 patients over a 24-hour period). Supported by 2 SpRs during the day and 4–6 resident doctors; overnight support by 2 SpRs and 3 SHOs. Admissions are unselected older (>75 years) and younger adult patients.
• Overnight on-call cover is provided from home; morning post-take ward round lasts ~2 hours starting at 8:00 am the following morning; weekends include an additional mid-take ward round at 16:00.
• Consideration for time off in lieu for on-call periods that fall on bank holidays.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country and a leading healthcare provider. The group is on an improvement journey toward becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Our vision is to be a high-performing group renowned for excellence and innovation, delivering safe and compassionate care in east London and beyond, with WeCare values and behaviours guiding how we work together.

We strive to promote inclusion and an inclusive working environment where every staff member has a sense of belonging.

WeCare values guide patient safety, harm-free care, and timely care in the right place. The postholder will contribute to a supportive, hub-and-spoke model with robust pathways to tertiary centres and collaborative working across the Trust, aligned with our commitment to reducing health inequalities.

There will be an opportunity to engage with other services across the Trust and to contribute to a range of clinical developments within ILD and Virtual Ward initiatives.

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