Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
We are seeking Respiratory Consultants to join our Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH). Our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
We are looking for dynamic, visionary and hard-working candidates to join our expanding Respiratory Department. We are advertising two full-time posts. We plan to develop innovative services to meet future demand for high-quality care for people with respiratory disease in Northern Lincolnshire.
We welcome candidates with sub-specialty interest and are particularly interested in those with specialist expertise in EBUS, Lung cancer, Interstitial Lung Disease, Asthma, Sleep Disordered Breathing, NIV, and Pleural Disease. Other potential areas for development include Tuberculosis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Bronchiectasis. However, for a good candidate, other sub-specialty interests may be accommodated.
The successful applicants will have the opportunity to be appointed as Honorary Senior Lecturer at Hull York Medical School (HYMS). This honorary appointment is in recognition of contribution to teaching and research and holders of honorary titles may request access to HYMS and University premises and facilities, systems, and library services.
Job description is approved by the Royal College.
AAC Date 11th October 2024
Main duties of the job
We are seeking to appoint an appropriately skilled and qualified Consultant Respiratory Physician to complement the skills of the 8 existing Consultants in the Trust. The posts carry a commitment to the adult general internal medicine rota (1:12). Procedures activity will be allocated to facilitate the delivery of timely EBUS and Bronchoscopies. In the Diagnostic Investigation Unit, we have developed a thoracic ultrasound service. Clinic sessions with appropriate administration time also form part of the work schedule.
You will be in a team of 9 consultants (including this post) responsible for the provision of Respiratory Services across North East Lincolnshire. The Department offers a full referral service for the diagnosis and management of patients with respiratory disease, with the exception of cystic fibrosis. The department has about 100 patients in a Home ventilation programme; we have an Endobronchial Ultrasound System established since January 2020. We aspire to start Medical Thoracoscopy in the near future.
The posts offer teaching both undergraduates and postgraduates. The Department is involved in teaching medical students from Hull and York Medical School (HYMS). There is an active programme for training of advanced care practitioners in association with Sheffield University.
About us
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital, and Goole and District Hospital for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery, and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled, and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group, and our community.
Job responsibilities
We place great emphasis on continuous professional development and will actively support you in the achievement of personal goals. In the future, the post holder will be expected to contribute to the development and modernisation of respiratory medicine services across the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
As a senior employee of the Trust, the post-holder 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 the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:
* To ensure the provision of a first-class clinical service
* To provide effective leadership to junior doctors and medical students
* To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust's procedures and operating policies
* To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's and Operational Divisions services plans
* To ensure evidence-based practice, keep up to date in topics, and ensure continued professional development and revalidation
As a Trust, we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, which will positively impact the care we provide.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team, or pay, based on patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery, and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers, we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of age, disability, sex, gender identity and expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* MBBS or equivalent medical qualification MRCP
* Full registration with the GMC at time of appointment.
* Eligibility to work in the UK.
* Undertaken a programme of training acceptable to the Royal College of Physicians for appointment to Consultant Status
* Entry on the Specialist Register via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within six months of interview), CESR, or European Community Rights
* Evidence of specific training in Respiratory Medicine
* Applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English OR have the following scores in the academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) - Overall 7.5, Speaking 7.5, Listening 7.5, Reading 7.5, Writing 7.5 OR have achieved at least grade B in the medicine version of the Occupational English Test, in each area, speaking, listening, reading & writing
* Demonstrates a commitment to maintaining professional skills and knowledge relevant to the job.
* ALS Provider certificate
* Evidence of involvement in Clinical Research
* Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit
Skills
* Appropriate Consultant
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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