Fixed Term Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

This is a 6 month Fixed Term Consultant Respiratory post 10 PA: 8x DCC, 1x SPA (revalidation), 1x SPA* to be agreed (sub-speciality lead/service development/leadership/governance). Inpatient and outpatient respiratory care; contribution towards respiratory out of hours on-call and weekend rota (1:10). Procedural competence including pleural, bronchoscopy and/or endobronchial ultrasound advantageous dependent on experience and sub-specialist expertise. Participation in clinical supervision for doctors in training. Involvement in teaching medical students from Brighton and Sussex Medical School. This is a full-time post, however part-time and job-share applications are welcome.

The clinical duties of the post include the following: Respiratory Direct Clinical Care (DCC) - 8 PAs This currently includes a 1:10 respiratory on-call rota for weekends and an overnight on call rota from home for specific respiratory advice. The acute medical take is run by the acute medical team daily seven days per week 08:00-20:00. There are 3x consultants providing care for respiratory inpatients at any one-time Monday to Friday, supported by the team of trainees. Daily consultant led ward rounds are timetabled during ward weeks, covering inpatient areas: 2x consultants covering Respiratory Ward C9 and 1x consultant providing a Respiratory Physician of the Week (RPW) model (Monday-Thursday 8.30-5pm, Friday-Sunday 8-4pm). RPW involves daily in-reaching to the acute floor to take over care of those admitted with respiratory disease, providing a referral service for existing inpatients under the care of other teams, and providing rapid admission-avoidance reviews on the Respiratory SDEC or ambulatory care unit. There is no unselected general medical responsibility, and the workload is shared out with approximately 16-18 patients per consultant team. There will be two out-patient clinics per week, including one general and one sub-specialist respiratory clinic, to be determined by the skills and expertise of the successful applicant. The specific allocation will depend on the interests and experience of the successful applicants. On Call Commitment: 1:10, B 1%