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Job summary

Main area
Respiratory
Grade
Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
12.5 sessions per week (Full time)
Job ref
390-DoM-SO-8214
Employer
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Southend
Town
Westcliff-on-Sea
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/07/2025 23:59

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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust logo

Consultant - Respiratory Medicine

Medical & Dental: Consultant

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

 

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Respiratory Consultant with a specialist interest in Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) to lead and shape the future of our ILD service. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic clinician to take a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across the entire ILD pathway.

The successful candidate will be instrumental in driving service development, championing clinical excellence, and contributing to education, training, and continuous quality improvement within our dedicated respiratory team.

If you’re passionate about making a real impact in ILD care, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Your role will be to partake in a 1:15 rota on call for General Medicine, this will attract a Category B 1% on-call supplement.

You will be expected to promote a friendly and team based working environment – in line with our Trust Values, the teaching of primary care colleagues and junior medical staff through mixture of case-based review and formal teaching activity, undertaking managerial and budgetary responsibilities as required and mandatory involvement in annual appraisals.

Our Respiratory service has facilities and links for the development of Research work and the hospital has an active audit department to which respiratory division tends to contribute to the major national audits on the regular basis.

Working for our organisation

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
 
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
 
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you ready to join and develop within our Respiratory team? Then we want to hear from you!

Please see the attached Job Description for further details of this varied and rewarding role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MRCP (or equivalent)
  • Possession of a CCST in General & Respiratory Medicine (or within 6 months of the award at the time of interview) and / or inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register.
Desirable criteria
  • Postgraduate qualification

Clinical experience

Essential criteria
  • Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCST in respiratory and general medicine
  • Expertise in Lung cancer

Management experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of audit management
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
  • ability to teach clinical skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDNHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion PartnersApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/kickstart-scheme-employer-resources/kickstart-scheme-brand-guidelinesStonewall Silver 2022Disability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeNHS Pastoral CareNHS 75th Birthday

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Duncan Powrie
Job title
Clinical Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01702 435555
Additional information

Dr Dora Amran

[email protected] 

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