The successful applicant will benefit from opportunities for professional growth, including involvement in teaching and participating in a comprehensive on-call rota for both respiratory and general medicine. Work activities will mainly be based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital with occasional clinics at other sites, and flexibility in responsibilities can be discussed upon appointment. The department emphasises providing exceptional patient care while supporting the well-being of its staff.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and enthusiastic team who believe in leading from the frontline with the aim of providing outstanding care to our community and investing in the well-being and development of our people.
This is a replacement post for a Consultant Respiratory physician with a specialist interest in interstitial lung disease.
We take pride in being a very functional and supportive department with a clear vision to provide the best respiratory care possible to our patients. We would welcome candidates with a defined sub-specialty expertise in interstitial lung disease but also those candidates prepared to develop this as their sub-specialty area of expertise
The job will comprise a mixture of inpatient care and outpatient clinics along with day case bronchoscopy lists. Successful applicants will be supported in developing the service according to their experience, in particular, expanding the service with an ILD CNS and involvement with Oxford and the evolving anti-fibrotic service. There will be considerable opportunity to be involved in service development, participation in clinical research and undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
About us
Please see enclosed Consultant job information pack for further details and information.
Activity will be based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading with the opportunity for some clinics at one of our spoke sites rather than the RBH. Specific responsibilities will include the following, although there is flexibility in this that can be discussed upon appointment:
Outpatient activities:
- 1 weekly general clinic, 2 weekly ILD clinics, one of which includes hot slots to review deteriorating patients or those with a flare (clinics are cancelled when on-call for general medicine and when covering respiratory inpatients, with cross-cover provided by colleagues as needed)
- Running the monthly ILD MDT
- Attendance at the monthly rheumatology MDT
- Attendance at the Oxford ILD MDT
- Participation in the bronchoscopy rota
- Triage and review of incoming routine and urgent referrals
Inpatients and on-call
- Managing the specialist respiratory inpatient ward and referrals on a rotational basis (currently 4 weeks in 18). Outpatient commitments are cancelled when covering inpatients.
- Contribution to the respiratory of the day (ROD) rota again outpatient commitments are cancelled when acting as respiratory of the day.
- Weekend cover of the respiratory ward; 08.30-14.30 reviewing new patients to the ward, patients on the RSU, sick patients flagged by the nursing staff. Junior cover (2 juniors) is provided from 08.30-17.30 for the respiratory ward at the weekend.
- Supervision and education of ward junior doctors and final year medical students, with on-the-job clinical teaching
- Participation in the general medicine on call. Full time equivalent frequency is as below:
- 1:24 weekdays
- 15.00 -22.30, on-site, including post-take review
- Overnight- non-residential
- The general medical on-call weekend rota is also at a 1 in 24 frequency, on site .00 both Saturday and Sunday with overnight non-residential on call.
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