Consultant Physician with an interest in Respiratory Medicine

Job title:

Consultant Physician with an interest in Respiratory Medicine

Company

British Medical Journal

Job description

This is a replacement post to join our current consultant workforce and help us in providing support to our respiratory patients at Maidstone Hospital. Although this is a full time post, applicants wishing to work part time will be considered.Main duties of the jobThe Respiratory Medicine department provides services on both acute sites of the Trust (Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital). The appointees will join Dr Mankragod in this replacement on the Maidstone site.The expected full-time commitment for these posts will average to 10 PAs per week, made up of 8 DPAs and 2 SPAs. The successful applicants will share medical responsibility for managing up to a 32 bedded Respiratory inpatient ward, with their other Respiratory colleagues, with appropriate junior medical doctor support. The ward has at least 1 registrar grade, 3 F2/GPST/IMT trainees, 2 FY1 trainee.The Department is looking for a consultant to take over as COPD Lead and Smoking cessation Lead for the Trust and lead on the COPD MDM at Maidstone Hospital.About usThe Trust was formed in April 2000 by the merger of the Mid Kent Healthcare Trust and the Kent & Sussex Weald NHS Trust. It provides general hospital services to a population of approximately 460,000 in West Kent and North East Sussex, and some specialist services to a considerably larger population. Its major hospitals are the Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury and Maidstone Hospital. The Trust’s Headquarters are at Maidstone Hospital. The Trust’s Chairman is Mr David Highton, the Chief Executive is Mr Miles Scott and the Medical Director is Dr Peter Maskell. Clinical services are organised into nine Directorates. The Clinical Director for Specialist Medicine, which encompasses Respiratory Medicine, is Dr Simon Webster.Job description
Job responsibilities

• To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering on-call or for annual leave.
• To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
• To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trusts patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trusts strategic direction.
• To participate fully in and share leadership of the clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trusts Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.
• To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.
• To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision.
• To assume responsibility, both personally and corporately with consultant colleagues, for the management of junior medical staff. You are expected to be involved in their professional development, both clinical and personal as per guidance from the Deanery.
• To ensure that all doctors in training for whom you have supervisory responsibilities undertake delegated clinical tasks that are within their level of competence and knowledge.
• To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Councils published guide Good Medical Practice including the Duties of a Doctor.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• MB BS (or equivalent)
• Registered with GMC
• MRCP or equivalent
• Broad experience of respiratory medicine.

Desirable

• Distinctions, scholarships, prizes
• Other degrees, eg BSc, MSc, MD, PhD
• A sub-specialist interest complimentary to those of current staff in the department
• On GMC Specialist Register for G(I)M and respiratory medicine (or within 6 months of CCT date)
• Successful completion of Specialty Certificate Examination in Respiratory Medicine.

Audit
Essential

• Understand the principles of audit

Desirable

• Evidence of participation in audit projects

Research
Essential

• An understanding of general principles, scientific method and interpretation of literature

Desirable

• Evidence of personal research projects and their presentation
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Employer details
Employer nameMaidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustAddressMaidstone HospitalHermitage LaneMaidstoneME16 9QQAny attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.359-MSD6264858

Expected salary

£93666 – 126281 per year

Location

Maidstone, Kent

Job date

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 07:40:18 GMT

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