Respiratory Consultant with Interest in Pleural Services inLeicester inLeicester PUBLISHED WED 4 DEC 2024

Band Consultant: £99,532 to £131,964 a year Per annum PERMANENT
CANCER CORONARY CARE UNIT CYSTIC FIBROSIS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE NHS NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust rfNco586

The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is seeking a Respiratory Consultant with a special interest in Pleural Diseases to enhance its respiratory services. The role is based at Glenfield Hospital, which is renowned for its academic and clinical expertise in various respiratory conditions, including lung cancer and chronic lung infections. The candidate will play a pivotal role in managing clinical services, particularly in the Clinical Decisions Unit, and will oversee the development of ambulatory care for conditions like pulmonary embolus and pleural disease.

The successful applicant will have opportunities for academic collaboration with the Universities of Leicester and Loughborough, contribute to advanced research initiatives such as the NIHR Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, and participate in a robust teaching portfolio for both undergraduate and postgraduate education. The Glenfield Respiratory services are known for their innovation, and the new consultant is expected to lead the ongoing development and improvement of these essential services.

CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN IN RESPIRATORY MEDICINE with an interest in Pleural Diseases

Applications are invited for asubstantiveconsultant post in respiratory medicine with special interest inpleural diseasesat the University of Leicester NHS Trust.

This is post will allow the Trust to continue to develop its respiratory services. Respiratory Medicine at Glenfield Hospital has a national and international reputation for its academic and clinical services. Clinically, we have specialist services in lung cancer with advanced bronchoscopic and pleural techniques, chronic suppurative lung infections, Cystic Fibrosis, TB, domiciliary ventilation, airways disease,interstitial lung disease, exercise and sports medicine. The unique Leicester cardio-respiratory emergency streaming pathway has been operational since 2and enables patients in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to be assessed at Glenfield Hospital by the cardio-respiratory teams.

All patients are assessed in the Clinical Decisions (CDU) and Coronary Care Units (CCU) following referral from GPs, 999 ambulances and the Emergency Department. CDU is the largest single cardio-respiratory receiving unit in the UK taking 50+ patients, on average, daily. 70% of our attendances are direct from primary care. Supporting this emergency workload we developed ambulatory care services for pulmonary embolus and pleural disease. We manage 5 base respiratory wards (129 beds) each with a sub-specialist theme comprising a short stay unit (ward 20), non-invasive ventilation (ward 15), cystic fibrosis and chronic suppurative lung disease (Ward 16), TB and higher dependency (ward 17) and pleural disease and cancer (ward 29).

Academically we have close links with both the Universities of Leicester and Loughborough. We host the NIHR Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, the East Midlands Breathomics Pathology Node (EMBER) and are a core component of the Leicester Cancer Research UK Thoracic Oncology Centre. Respiratory Medicine also has a large teaching portfolio and the post holder will contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate training.

Glenfield Respiratory services have a proven track record of innovation and the post holder will be expected to lead the on-going development of services.

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Glenfield Respiratory services have a proven track record of innovation and the post holder will be expected to lead the on-going development of services.

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Respiratory Consultant with Interest in Pleural Services inLeicester inLeicester PUBLISHED WED 4 DEC 2024

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust rfNco586

About us Further details are in the Job Description and Person Specification along with Service Overview Glenfield Respiratory services have a proven track record of innovation and the post holder will be expected to lead the on-going development of services.

About us
Further details are in the Job Description and Person Specification along with Service Overview

Glenfield Respiratory services have a proven track record of innovation and the post holder will be expected to lead the on-going development of services.