Locum Consultant Respiratory Medicine

Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role.

Please see the attached full Job Description and Person Specification for further details about the job role, including a sample timetable of the main duties and responsibilities.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Essential: - Membership of the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent.; - CCST in respiratory and G(I)M or within 6 months of obtaining.; - Entry on GMC specialist register or equivalent required (e.g., Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration {CESR})

Desirable: - A further qualification such as MD or PhD, quality improvement, leadership, management or teaching qualification

Essential: - Training and experience in all aspects of respiratory medicine and general medicine including, pleural ultrasound, and smoking cessation.

Desirable: - Areas of specialist expertise, including management of asthma and/or lung cancer, with associated commitment and enthusiasm to lead and innovate in development and delivery of services in these areas, where there are currently gaps in the department consultant leadership; - At least Level 1 Smoking Cessation Training. Experience of integrated care.

Essential: - Experience of quality improvement and audit.; - Commitment to lead & carry out relevant quality improvement and audit activities.; - Commitment to principles of quality improvement.

Desirable: - Knowledge and understanding of QI methodology.

Essential: - Excellent communication skills; - Able to lead and work in a multi-disciplinary team; - Skills to lead manage, supervise and support trainee medical staff

Desirable: - Behaviour Change/motivational interview training e.g., ADP.; - Demonstrable team leadership qualities and staff management skills.; - Knowledge of budget management and of current and future NHS commissioning arrangements

Essential: - Experience of and commitment to undergraduate teaching.; - Skill and ability in formal and informal teaching of trainee doctors and other health professionals.; - Skills to supervise and appraise trainee doctors

Desirable: - An understanding of current issues in medical education and knowledge of current and future funding arrangements; - Willingness to acquire a recognised teaching qualification or equivalent; - Skills to supervise and support professional development and training of other members of respiratory MDT

Desirable: - An interest in research as evidenced by publications and by ideas for development using current resources within Whittington Health.; - Ability and willingness to institute and work collaboratively on research with clinical and technical colleagues.