Main area: Respiratory
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 10 sessions per week (Full time 10 PA's)
Job ref: 372-MED-MD187
Employer: Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Calderdale Royal Hospital
Town: Halifax
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum (dependant on experience)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 15/01/2025 23:59
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
Job overview
During an exciting time within Respiratory medicine at the trust, we are looking to appoint a consultant to consolidate the services currently provided by the Trust. The vision is to expand the department to 11 WTE consultants. The posts involve out-patient, in-patient duties and a regular commitment to 7-day working. We are particularly looking for an individual with an interest in Sleep and TB.
This is a full-time post providing 10 Programmed Activities (PAs), but applicants wishing to work part-time are also encouraged to apply and job plans will be adjusted accordingly, and by negotiation with appointees.
Main duties of the job
The respiratory medicine in-patient bed base is now on one site. We have introduced a respiratory weekend rota with a respiratory Consultant present every weekend. Overnight on-calls are now part of a Respiratory rota, separate from GIM. Applications are encouraged from all consultants wishing to take up a new challenge or newly accredited consultants who will be supported through our highly regarded development programmes. The post holders will be encouraged to develop his/her own sub-specialty interests.
Working for our organisation
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is an exceptional place to work with many amazing teams of hard working and dedicated staff, delivering high standards of patient care. We have made significant changes in the way we work to meet the challenges of the changing NHS, and were rated by the Care Quality Commission as Good in June 2018.
Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is at the forefront of the digital health revolution. With the launch of a full Electronic Patient Record in 2017, the Trust started on its journey to be the safest, most efficient and patient-centred trust in the NHS. EPR is part of an ongoing project to develop a digital ecosystem within the trust to become a truly paper-free organisation. With this modernisation, there are future opportunities for research and development in this rapidly developing field of medicine. Through working at CHFT, you can be part of this innovative area aiming to bring safer and more effective care to our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Trust wishes to ensure that Consultants have time in their job plan to undertake Supporting Professional Activities which underpin and maintain high quality patient care. The Trust Board and Local Negotiating Committee have agreed that a Core allocation of 1.5 SPAs should be allocated to undertake CPD, appraisal, clinical supervision, audit and clinical governance, mandatory training and the general management of the service. Objectives should be agreed at the Job Plan review meeting with regards to this SPA.
Person specification
Qualifications
* MRCP or equivalent
* All applicants must have Specialist registration for Respiratory (or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK) but consideration will be given to applicants with relevant consultant level experience or trainees in a UK training scheme who are within 6 months of attaining specialist registration.
* Applicants must be Registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practise
Experience and Achievements
* Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of the Respiratory specialty
* Also, should have significant minor procedures experience and any other post graduate qualifications that can advance the department needs would be preferable
* Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
* Attendance at a recognised management course
* Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions
Teaching and Training
* Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff
* Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications
* Training in clinical and educational supervision
* Attendance at a teaching course
Audit and Research
* Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects
* Critical Appraisal Skills
* Evidence of knowledge of research methodology
* Good communication and empathy skills with patients
* Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service
* Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
* Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
* Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co-ordinate staff
* Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff
* Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost effective healthcare
Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities
* Evidence of continual learning and development
* Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
* Evidence of innovation
General
* Eligibility to work in the UK
* Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
* For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening
* An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service
Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co-create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that’s why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.
Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.
If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.
You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.
CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
If you have any questions please contact ask.recruitment@cht.nhs.uk for assistance.
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: Sumerra Afzal
Job title: HR Assistant
Email address: sumerra.afzal@cht.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01484 355029
Additional information:
Dr Karthik Viswanathan - Clinical Director - 07751711852
Dr Steven Thomas - Clinical Lead - 01422 223119
Dominic Bryan - General Manager - 07901107502
Purav Desai - Divisional Director - 01484 342026
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