Job Description

Company Description

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.


Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

This role is pending Royal College approval

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is seeking an enthusiastic, forward-thinking Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine.


The post offers an exciting opportunity for either a recently trained or established Respiratory Consultant with expertise or experience in lung cancer and pleural disease, to join our busy and visionary department within a newly appointed University Hospital.


The successful applicant will join five other Respiratory Consultants working within the lung cancer services. Pleural clinics are run by 2 Consultants and supported by a Pleural Specialist Nurse. Ultrasound is available in clinic, where on-the-spot diagnostic aspirations are performed.

Job Summary

Portsmouth is a training centre for medical thoracoscopy, with over 25 years' experience and Video-thoracoscopy is performed by the respiratory physicians. There is also an IPC ambulatory chest drain service (for which we run nationally available training courses) and have recently started undertaking pleural biopsies. 3 dedicated ultrasound machines are used to facilitate all pleural procedures and to support diagnosis on the wards and in clinic, in addition to endobronchial ultrasound.


The successful applicant would also be expected to undertake inpatient work covering the three respiratory wards and respiratory high care unit along with undertaking reviews of respiratory patients on the admissions unit. Job plans will be negotiated with the successful applicant, but the expectation is that ward cover will be provided for 14 weeks of the year with additional sessions reviewing respiratory patients on the admissions unit.


They would also be expected to participate on the respiratory and general medical on call rotas which is currently 1:19. There is currently no commitment to the acute medical take, but this is a possibility moving forward. The successful applicant would undertake a range of duties including advice and guidance to both the community and the hospital along with delivering two outpatient clinics per week. The successful applicant would be involved in delivering respiratory procedures such as bronchoscopy and pleural procedures in their off-ward time. Each respiratory consultant provides weekend cover for 4 weekends per year plus an additional day for bank holiday cover.


Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust has many trainees, and the successful applicant would be expected to undertake supervision and education for members of the wider multidisciplinary team. This would be included in the time for supporting professional activities (SPA) for which there will be 2 session per week with 8 sessions delivering clinical care.


and Job Plan

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC registration with license to practice at time of interview MRCP or equivalent Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for respiratory and general medicine Register for Respiratory and G(I)M via: CCT (expected CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) CESR or European Community Rights
Desirable

Higher degree or diploma in relevant clinical, research, educational or managerial subject Prizes and honours ALS training - current Completed Educational Supervisor training

Clinical Experience

Essential

Leading G(I)M "acute take" Acute respiratory work Respiratory High Care Unit work Chest Clinic work
Desirable

Expertise in a sub-specialty area of respiratory medicine (particularly lung cancer and pleural)

Clinical Skills

Essential

Bronchoscopy, chest drain and pleural aspiration skills to "competency" Respiratory physiology - clinical experience Understanding of clinical risk management
Desirable

Prior experience of lung cancer Experience of thoracic ultrasound, level 1 or 2 certification Ability to undertake IPC insertion, thoracoscopy and ultrasound guided biopsies Ability to undertake endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy

Knowledge

Able to demonstrate appropriate level of clinical knowledge Knowledge and use of evidence-based practice IT skills Effective, confident presentation ability Experience in and outside speciality Record of organisation experience e.g. rotas, specialist meetings, undergraduate or postgraduate examinations

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.


We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran's status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.