Consultant in Respiratory Medicine inMiddlesbrough inMiddlesbrough PUBLISHED
MON 21 OCT 2024
The successful candidate will engage with a range of services, including a specialist respiratory physiology laboratory, COPD and TB outreach programs, and virtual ward services for COVID-19. They will also be involved in managing the Acute Respiratory Assessment Service and Pleural Day Case Service. This role provides an exciting opportunity for clinicians enthusiastic about enhancing and expanding respiratory care services within a well-equipped hospital setting.
THE JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
10 PA CONTRACT
Current NHS Consultant Terms and Conditions
We are seeking applications for one Consultant in Respiratory Medicine who will be based at The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough.
The successful applicants will be working as part of our team of six Consultant Physicians within the Directorate of Respiratory Medicine on The James Cook University Hospital site. These posts offer an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic clinicians to join the team in developing both acute and chronic respiratory services and the post holders will participate in all aspects of the service. The successful candidates would participate in a specialist respiratory on-call with no acute medicine on-call commitments.
The Directorate of Respiratory Medicine includes a 35 bedded inpatient ward incorporating an 8 bedded Respiratory Support Unit for non-invasive ventilation; a Lung Cancer Nursing Team; TB Nursing Team; COPD Outreach Service, COVID-19 virtual ward service, domiciliary NIV and a Specialist Respiratory Physiology Laboratory. Consultant led Acute Respiratory Assessment Service and Pleural Day Case Service runs weekly. We have specialist cancer, pleural disease, and difficult asthma, TB, and bronchiectasis clinics, sleep and NIV clinics.
Facilities for interventional bronchoscopy are available in a modern endoscopy suite. Endobronchial ultrasound, bronchial stenting, argon plasma coagulation and electrocautery tumour de-bulking are done routinely. Advanced Emphysema MDT and endoscopic Lung volume reduction service are in place.
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