Consultant in Respiratory medicine | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust in Bury

Welcome to The Fairfield Family at Fairfield General Hospital, Bury Care Organisation! We are part of the larger Northern Care Alliance of hospitals in the region which also includes Salford Royal Hospital, Royal Oldham Hospital and Rochdale Infirmary.

We are looking for great colleagues to join our team. This post is within the directorate of Respiratory Medicine for a doctor who can lead, complement and develop general and specialist respiratory and lung cancer care within the Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford Locality. You will be part of a hospital and medical department rated as “outstanding” by the CQC, and a close-knit community of medical colleagues who support each other.

The Respiratory Directorate provides specialist services from our hospital sites and community settings for the people in the North East sector of Greater Manchester. It is a well-developed service with an excellent reputation led by a dynamic team.

Candidates should be on the Specialist Register for Respiratory Medicine and General Internal Medicine (GIM) or hold the certificate of completion of specialist training or expect to do so within six months of the interview for the appointment. Three posts are being offered at 10Pas, all with 1.5PA as GIM on call with opportunities in the future for additional leadership and sessional commitments.

The post holders will lead, complement and develop respiratory and lung cancer care within the Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford Locality. Subspecialty interests in lung cancer (including screening and EBUS provision), sleep, ILD, pleural and asthma can be offered. Triage, virtual and outpatient review of general respiratory referrals will be included in all job plans.

The postholders will input to local and shared lung cancer, sleep, ILD and asthma MDT’s and regional asthma and cough MDT’s based on their specialist interests. Developing an acute respiratory “hot clinic” to allow patients presenting to A&E/ SDEC to be discharged with early respiratory input on discharge or to see urgent referrals from primary care will be encouraged.

Pleural day case procedures including indwelling pleural catheters are currently done in the Pleural assessment unit located close to the Respiratory inpatient unit. Thoracoscopy is weekly on the Salford site with input from a Fairfield respiratory physician.

This is an exciting time for a new Respiratory Physician to help develop and enhance respiratory and lung cancer services for the local population.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.