Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

Working Trust wide. This is an exciting time to join the Acute Medicine and Medicine Specialties Teams at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. The aspirations for our patient focused services are bold. We are a forward thinking team, that prides itself on providing high quality clinical care. We are looking for dynamic and innovative individuals to enhance and develop Respiratory Services in line with our vision to be the local provider of choice for respiratory services, including the ward and Respiratory Support Units, our large lung cancer service, procedures such as bronchoscopy and EBUS and our general respiratory clinics. This vision is underpinned by investments in our radiological infrastructure and our physiology lung function and sleep diagnostic services.

Successful candidates will join a team of 10 respiratory consultants and 1 SAS doctor across our two acute sites. The service is supported by a large team of specialist respiratory nurses and diagnostic services across our main hospital sites and one of our community hospitals. Post holders will undertake outpatient clinics at their main base site and also cover clinics at one of our community hospitals. Clinics are general respiratory clinics and cancer clinics. There are also opportunities for sub-speciality area for those who are interested up to maximin of 2 PAs The ward work at UHND is covered via a weekly specialty rota (in -hours only) and the post holder will take part in an unselected medical on-call rota on the Acute Medical Unit alongside physician colleagues and acute care physicians. Procedures (EBUS, Bronchoscopy and Pleural work) are undertaken on our main acute sites and supported by the medical day units. Applicants wishing to combine clinical work with a research or educational career will be supported with opportunties for academic roles available.