A 12-month fixed-term locum consultant post in respiratory and general medicine, covering six programmed activities at Whittington Health NHS Trust to ease current outpatient demand. The work centres on outpatient clinics and consultant-led care for a 23-bed specialist respiratory ward, including four HDU beds. It joins an eight-consultant team with rising community, outpatient and inpatient referrals, and seeks leadership for asthma and lung cancer services. Candidates need GMC specialist register acceptance and a CCST, or be within six months of one by interview.
What the job involves
- Outpatient clinical work across six programmed activities to support current demand
- Consultant-led care on the 23-bed specialist respiratory ward, including four HDU beds
- Leading and carrying out quality improvement and audit
- Undergraduate teaching of medical students
- Formal and informal teaching of trainee doctors and other health professionals
- Supervising, appraising and supporting trainee doctors
- Leading, managing and supervising trainee medical staff
- Leading the development and delivery of asthma and lung cancer services
- Working within a multidisciplinary respiratory team
What’s required
Qualifications
- Membership of the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent
- CCST in respiratory and G(I)M, or within six months of obtaining one
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration
- Entry on the GMC specialist register, or equivalent such as CESR
Experience
- Training and experience across respiratory and general medicine, including pleural ultrasound and smoking cessation
- Experience of quality improvement and audit
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent communication skills
- Leading and working in a multidisciplinary team
- Skills to lead, manage, supervise and support trainee medical staff
- Skill in formal and informal teaching of trainee doctors and other health professionals
- Experience of and commitment to undergraduate teaching
- Skills to supervise and appraise trainee doctors
Other
- Commitment to leading and carrying out quality improvement and audit
- Commitment to the principles of quality improvement
Nice to have
- Further qualification such as MD, PhD, quality improvement, leadership, management or teaching
- Specialist expertise in asthma and/or lung cancer, with commitment to lead development of these services
- At least Level 1 Smoking Cessation Training, and experience of integrated care
- Knowledge and understanding of quality improvement methodology
- Behaviour change or motivational interviewing training, e.g. ADP
- Team leadership qualities, staff management skills, and knowledge of budget management and NHS commissioning
- Understanding of medical education issues and funding, willingness to gain a teaching qualification, and skills to support training of other MDT members
- Interest in research evidenced by publications and ideas, and willingness to work collaboratively on research
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
