Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of Yorkshire’s leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000 across South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire and the surrounding areas.
Hosting three main hospital sites and a number of additional services, the Trust is one of only five Teaching Hospitals in Yorkshire and trains 25% of all medical students in the region, in addition to 30% of all other healthcare professional students.
A forward-facing Trust employing over 7,000 colleagues, we provide a full range of local hospital services across Doncaster Royal Infirmary in Doncaster, Bassetlaw Hospital in Worksop and Montagu Hospital in Mexborough.
In February 2020, the Trust was rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, an accreditation which applies to the organisation’s four hospital sites.
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This one year fixed term post based at Bassetlaw District General Hospital (BDGH), Worksop with the aim to further promote the delivery of the well-established and progressive Respiratory and General Medicine service and to enhance our patient outcomes. We particularly encourage applications from those with a special skill in thoracoscopy or advanced bronchoscopy techniques including EBUS or with an interest in difficult asthma.
Strengthening the delivery of a high quality respiratory medicine service across the hospital and community.
Forging links between respiratory medicine and the Accident and Emergency departments to develop effective patient pathways
Liaising and developing working policies with relevant hospital departments, local General Practitioners, nurses and paramedical staff.
Developing innovative practices in clinical patient management, focusing on high quality care and emphasis on community management where appropriate.
Developing the use of nurse practitioners and paramedical staff in the hospital and community.
Developing a subspecialty interest.
Maintaining close links with respiratory medicine colleagues across sites.
Provide a 7 day service, with colleagues, as resources allow
Teaching and training undergraduates as well as postgraduates
Quality assurance of the service and individual practice
DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.
It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities to grow their career, it’s our pledge to help you Develop, Belong and Thrive, Here.
As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:
* Extensive range of learning opportunities
* NHS Pension Scheme
* Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
* Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
* NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
* Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.
We have 3 dedicated respiratory inpatient wards in the trust (1 at Bassetlaw and 2 at Doncaster Royal Infirmary) and we work closely with the acute medicine team. There are Specialty Training Registrars attached to respiratory medicine on both main sites. We have a range of specialist respiratory nurses and work closely with the community nursing teams.
We have an award winning Assessment and Treatment Centre (ATC) in Bassetlaw and a refurbished Acute Medical Unit (AMU) in Doncaster. Both assessment centres have purpose built ambulatory care units operating 7 days a week. There is consultant acute physician presence in both units 7 days of the week, with 10-12 hour cover.
The post will be based at Bassetlaw Hospital. All overnight on call will be at Bassetlaw Hospital. On-call is classed as Category B and is a 1:8 Rota, which attracts a 4% on call availability Supplement.
The post-holder will be expected to make a significant contribution to the achievement of joint working with General Practitioners in the proactive management of respiratory patients. There is space within the timetable for the post-holder to develop their specialty interest, from a variety of fields such as sleep medicine, difficult asthma, ILD, thoracoscopy, advanced bronchoscopy, EBUS etc. #J-18808-Ljbffr