This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual who is looking to progress through the CESR route or to a Specialist post in Respiratory medicine. The department is committed to supporting the successful candidate with either route they decide to pursue. This is an opportunity to join an ambitious and forward-looking team. The post is full time (10 sessions), fixed term post as a Specialty Doctor. It is anticipated the successful candidate with support the development of pleural services including ambulatory pneumothorax pathway, indwelling drains and potentially help to establish a thoracoscopy service. It is anticipated the candidate will support the cancer service development as we strive to make Northampton General hospital a cancer centre of excellence. The post holder will be supported by a newly recruited physician associate in pleural disease, and it is anticipated further pleural nurses will be employed in the near future subject to a current business case.

The post holder will be supported by the current substantive consultants.

Main duties of the job

Principle elements of the post

• Supervise and train junior medical staff including being Educational and or Clinical Supervisor
• Supervise specialist nurses / physician associates and other respiratory trainees in pleural procedures
• Assessing and appraising juniors
• Continue to develop subspecialty interest of choice
• Undertake outpatient clinics
• Undertake pleural procedure and bronchoscopy / EBUS sessions
• Involved in Care-flow (Internal referral systems from other specialties) o Attend lung cancer MDT sessions
• Being part of and contribute to the Mortality and Morbidity meeting
• Undertake respiratory outpatients
• Contribute to sessions on Becket ward (respiratory ward)

About us

Our current consultants are: Dr Fiona McCann (Clinical Lead), Dr Brian Richardson (FY1 Programme Director), Dr Philip Pearson (Lung Cancer Lead) Locum post 1, Locum post 2

We are a welcoming and friendly group of clinicians who are currently embarking on an exciting new journey within respiratory medicine at Northampton General Hospital. We believe the team is the key to our success and work hard to ensure the respiratory department is a supportive, fun and motivated group of individuals. We are currently undergoing significant expansion of the footprint of both our chest clinic and gaining a Level 1 Respiratory Support unit which allows us to develop the service in a very positive way to fulfil the needs of our patients. There are many exciting opportunities ahead of us. We describe the current service initially and then the up and coming changes that are happening within our service further in the attached job description.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The appointed candidate will be able to work independently under direct and indirect supervision as required, and to support the existing respiratory team to provide general respiratory services to Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. This includes carrying out outpatient clinics, supporting trainee doctors in the department and nursing staff and seeing patients on the ward. There is no commitment to the on-call general medical services.

Please see the attached JD for further information.

The job plan reflects the emphasis that the Trust places on education, both of undergraduates and postgraduates and the successful candidate would be required to take an active part in education.

Support for the Role

You will be provided with secretarial support and computing facilities to be able to access all the information technology required for your role. We have online dictation, prescribing, discharge summaries, clinic letters, investigation requests and results and radiology.

Proposed Job Plan

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Am

2WW clinic

Nodule virtual clinic

Pleural procedures

Service development

EBUS / Pleural procedures

Lunch

Pm

Pleural clinic

EBUS / Admin

Teaching / supervising

SPA

Admin

Other

Lung MDT

10PA

Other opportunities can include participating in the general medical take / additional clinics (waiting list initiatives).

Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
Essential

• Relevant speciality degree qualification
• Any other post requirement (e.g. Experience in Respiratory, etc)

Desirable

• MRCP
• MD, PhD or other higher degree

TEACHING & AUDIT
Desirable

• Experience of Audit
• Teaching of Junior Staff

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND RESEARCH
Essential

• A specialist interest in a specialist area to complement the other consultants in the department

Desirable

• Publication(s) in recognised journals
• Research project(s) relating to speciality

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
Essential

• Organisational Skills
• Communication Skills

Desirable

• Leadership Skills

OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential

• Full registration and license to practice with General Medical Council

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