Consultant in Respiratory and General Medicine in Plymouth

Consultant in Respiratory and General Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

The UHPNT Respiratory Department is a dynamic and welcoming team with a clear vision to provide the best care possible to our patients. We would encourage applicants with a pre-defined sub-specialty area of expertise and, in particular, those with an interest in COPD, complex pulmonary infection, interstitial lung disease, and/or pulmonary hypertension. We will, however, work with any successful candidate to develop a job plan that meets their needs and interests, whilst complementing the expertise of colleagues within the department and supporting the continued delivery of a high-quality service for our patients. Flexible and/or less than full time working, including job sharing, will be accommodated for any candidate(s) to whom this is important, with arrangements to be discussed and agreed on an individual basis.

Main duties of the job

The employer is University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, with the post description and responsibilities below being based on a whole-time appointment. The model job plan is based on a full-time appointment of 10 PAs. Trust policy is for job plans to be based on 8.5 DCC and 1.5 SPA, although up to one further SPA may be agreed within this during the job plan review process, depending on departmental and/or care group needs. The average maximum weekly programmed activities for direct clinical care will not exceed 8.5 PA unless by prior mutual agreement.

Please see attached job description for further information.

Working for our organisation

We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Full job description and person specification attached. Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of the role.

Person specification

Knowledge

• Demonstrate a commitment to delivering an acute and general respiratory service and an understanding of NHS systems.
• Competent to give a specialist opinion across the full range of respiratory and general medicine conditions.
• Ability to lead a team.
• Attended appropriate courses/meetings in the last 6 years covering the spectrum of the entire specialty.
• Evidence of ability to perform advanced invasive procedures as appropriate
• Experience of working in pulmonary hypertension clinic and contribiting to a Pulmonary Embolism Response Team
• Evidence of recent involvement in clinical audit and/or quality improvement.
• Commitment to continuing medical education.
• Awareness of the requirements of clinical governance
• Presentations at local meetings
• Experience and understanding of research methodology.
• Presentations or publications in peer reviewed journals
• Presentations at regional/national/ international meetings.
• Demonstrate an enthusiasm to continue with research, clinical audit and service improvement
• Postgraduate teaching qualification.
• Experience in simulation and/or human factors training

Disposition

• Willingness to interact with management colleagues
• Evidence of participation in regular appraisal and reflective practice
• Evidence of ability to work in a team.
• Ability to delegate appropriately.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with patients, relatives and staff, both orally and in writing.
• Information technology skills
• Previous experience in change management and quality improvement.
• Evidence of advanced communication skills training
• Leadership skills.

Other Factors

• Ability and willingness to work hours of the job, shifts, on-call with any reasonable adjustment to take account of any local requirement or disability.
• Evidence of experience and ability in teaching.
• Full UK Driving Licence

Education, Qualifications and Training

• MRCP UK (or equivalent)
• Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register
• Higher Degree
• Postgraduate prizes and awards

Medical/Doctor recruitment: Unsolicited CVs and Candidate Profiles/Details

University Hospitals Plymouth has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies.

We do, however, work with a defined list of preferred HTE Framework suppliers who may be invited to support us in sourcing candidates for particular roles.

In line with our preferred supplier list, we only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and an agency has been instructed by a member of the Trust’s Medical Workforce team.

We do not pay agency fees where speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to the Trust or Trust employees by any other means than the official route above. Where this is not observed the Trust reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and initiate discussions without payment of any agency fee.

Any candidate details (whether written or spoken) or CVs that are referred directly will not constitute an introduction. The Trust will under no circumstances be responsible for any recruitment fees in relation to these contacts.

Submission of any unsolicited CVs, candidate’s details and/or proposals to the Trust will not be considered further and will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this Agency Protocol.

In order to establish and maintain good working relationships with the Trust’s agency suppliers, we ask that this Protocol is adhered to and thank you for your co-operation.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Dr Tom Nicholson Job title Respiratory Consultant and Service Line Director Email address thomas.nicholson2@nhs.net Telephone number 01752 431218