Job overview

Consultant (x3) in Respiratory Medicine with Interest in Thoracic Oncology

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two new consultant posts to join the Lung Cancer & Thoracic surgery directorate at  Manchester University Foundation Trust (MFT), in anticipation of the expansion of Targeted Lung Health Checks (lung screening) across Greater Manchester.

The successful applicants will join an established team of health care professionals in providing specialist respiratory services to a population in excess of 3.2 million people.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to:

• Share with Consultant colleagues the responsibility for providing clinical services for the local population
• Be readily available during the working week so that medical and nursing staff can communicate and consult freely
• Ensure that management plans are clearly displayed in the notes of patients
• Be actively involved in the leadership, management and decision making within Directorate
• Work flexibly to achieve high quality care through the team job plan covering all aspects of the service.
• Ensure the policies for communication with General Practitioners, Trust staff and patients are followed
• Ensure that optimal use is made of all resources allocated to the post
• Cover Consultant colleagues during periods of leave.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

 

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

 

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

 

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

 

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.