Locum Consultant Respiratory Physician

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

This is a fixed term Respiratory Consultant post. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi‑disciplinary team providing and further developing care for Respiratory medicine and to provide both Sleep and Ventilation and Lung Cancer clinics. The individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the Care Group.

We have expanded the Lung Function team to include a band 8a physiologist. We deliver polygraphy alongside oximetry. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the department including bronchoscopy, EBUS and pleural procedures, whilst having a significant commitment to teaching and training of resident staff.

Main duties of the job:

• The post will be based at the Princess Royal University Hospital and the proposed Job Plan (up to 10 PAs) is attached. This is subject to review within 3 months of the post holder commencing in post.
• The On‑Call commitment is for a 1:9 rota, which is classed as Category B 1%. There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays as part of the total job planned PAs.
• All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trust’s sites as required by the service.
• As a senior employee of the Trust, you will work in close co‑operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients.

Integral to these responsibilities are the following:

• The provision of a first‑class clinical service
• Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
• Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King’s College London / KHP
• Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
• Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s service plans
• Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• Together with other colleagues, to provide a high‑quality care service to patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.
• Shared responsibility with other colleagues and responsible also for covering colleagues periods of annual leave and short‑term sickness as detailed in your contract.
• Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
• Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
• Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group’s management team where part of the service structure.
• Contribute to the Care Group’s research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
• Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.
• Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group’s Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies.
• Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
• Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post‑qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.
• Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues.
• Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.
• Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.
• Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence‑based practice and maintaining patient safety.
• King’s is committed to providing Consultant led 7‑day services and in the event of future developments the post holder would be expected to contribute equally with other Consultant colleagues.

Person specification:

• Full MRCP
• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)
• Full Registration with GMC
• Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment
• On the day of interview applicants must be within 6 months of CCT or on CESR pathway. Any applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered.

• Wide experience in all aspects of respiratory and general medicine, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or CESR Pathway
• EBUS experience

• Experience in day‑to‑day organisation of respiratory services in a busy Teaching Hospital
• Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
• Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi‑disciplinary teams
• Management course and/or qualification

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
• Audit Publications

• Experience of clinical research.
• Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
• Relevant research experience

• Experience of undergraduate and post‑graduate teaching and exam preparation.
• Teaching skills course/qualification

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.