Job summary
- Main area
- Respiratory Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Locum: 6 months
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 393-NMUH-5106
- Employer
- North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Middlesex Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £101,694 - £134,126 per annum inclusive (basic salary + london weighting)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant Respiratory Physician
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.
In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.
Job overview
Full - time Respiratory Consultant locum post consisting of 10 PA's supporting outpatient clinics withparticular focus on Sleep and Lung Cancer services.
Main duties of the job
The appointee will be expected to:
- Deliver day-to-day clinical care and leadership in Respiratory outpatient clinic
- Provide training, supervision, and support to doctors in training, medical students, and other health professionals working in respiratory medicine.
- Lead in on-going development of clinical guidelines in respiratory medicine, audit and other key aspects of the clinical governance agenda.
- Work with consultant colleagues and nursing staff to ensure efficient use of Trust’s resources and contribute actively to clinical governance in the department and to development of quality enhancement projects in the unit
- Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks at the request of the clinical manager, as the need arises.
- Actively participate in the department’s teaching program and undertake supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multi-professional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies.
- Actively participate in clinical guidelines development, audit and CPD.
SPA activity may additionally include:
- Educational supervision of junior doctors
- Lead quality and service roles within the department
- Any additional SPA activity will be agreed with the post holder and additional Quality & service SPA allocation will be given
Working for our organisation
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Full duties of job and indicative job plan is included in attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- MRCP or equivalent
- Full GMC registration with licence to practice
- CCST/CCT or equivalent in Respiratory & General (Internal) Medicine and on the specialist register, or within 6 months of CCT date at the time of interview, or evidence of working towards specialist registration via CESR
- Experience of working in respiratory & acute medicine
- Ability to take full and independent responsibiity for clinical care of patients
- Current ALS certification
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate qualification
- Experience in ambulatory emergency care
- Skills, experience, or qualifications in another specialty
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff, patients and relatives
- Evidence of leadership and management experience
- Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
- Experience of service development and quality improvement initiatives
- Ability to work and lead teams in a pressurised clinical environment
Desirable criteria
- Training/qualification in leadership and management
- Posters/presentations at regional and national meetings
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- Ability to support and moticvate staff during periods of pressure
Knowledge and teaching
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and participation of clinical audit
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Experience in providing high quality training and education to undergraduates and postgraduates
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate diploma in teaching
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and an ability to relateto staff and patients
- Knowledge of resource management issues
- Computer literate
- Willingness to work flexibly as part of a team
Desirable criteria
- Ability to support and motivate staff during periods of pressure
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Chris Valerio
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for Respiratory Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Dr Michael Debney - Clinical Director for Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine, Neurology and Stroke Medicine - [email protected]
Ivor Davies - Service Manager for Respiratory Medicine - [email protected]
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