Job overview

The Respiratory Department is highly successful and nationally renowned. Each of the existing consultants has a strong general Respiratory background with subspecialty interests in lung cancer, mesothelioma, sleep disordered breathing, non-invasive ventilation, pulmonary physiology, interstitial lung disease, medical thoracoscopy, COPD and asthma. We have established EBUS, bronchoscopy and medical thoracoscopy services across the trust. Both Winchester and Basingstoke sites are supported by a visiting Thoracic surgeon.

The post holder will be expected to support the existing respiratory outpatient services across our hospitals with a base at the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital for inpatient services.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to cross cover clinics and other clinical procedures as well as supporting services across all Trust sites.

On each site, in addition to the Consultant staff, there are currently two specialist registrars, two IMTs and two/three FY1’s. Four/five respiratory nurse specialists are based on each site, covering lung cancer, sleep, 
tuberculosis, and airways disease services in addition to a specialist respiratory physiotherapist who provides sputum clearance and breathing pattern disorder clinics.

The pulmonary physiology department offers basic and specialist tests including bronchial provocation and cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Bronchoscopy services are performed within our endoscopy unit, two list a week on each site. Facilities are available for x-ray screening. Medical thoracoscopy is performed in the Winchester site with plans to commence on the Basingstoke site imminently. Additional pleural procedure lists are conducted in the endoscopy twice weekly on the Winchester site. There is a fortnightly EBUS list on each site.

Any successful applicant will be involved in the regional/departmental teaching programmes.

Working for our organisation

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the major provider of hospital services to the population of North and mid Hampshire and surrounding areas. The hospitals in Basingstoke and Winchester provide a 
comprehensive range of acute services as well as being a tertiary referral centre for colorectal, liver, peritoneal carcinomatosis, haemophilia and pseudomyxoma surgery.

The Trust covers a population of 600,000 incorporating Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospitals (BNHH), Royal Hampshire County Hospital (RHCH) in Winchester, Andover War Memorial Hospital (AWMH) and 
community hospitals. We provide one hospital service across multiple localities, delivering services as close as possible to the patient. BNHH and RHCH are 23 miles apart, situated in the middle of the M3 corridor, with 
excellent transport links to London and the south coast.