Consultant in Respiratory Medicine - interest in Sleep & Ventilation

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine with a focus on Sleep and Ventilation. The role involves working in a multi-disciplinary team, delivering excellent patient care, and contributing to acute medical services. Ideal for post-CCT candidates or established consultants looking for new challenges. Benefits include career development and flexible working options.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing initiatives

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Car lease schemes

Season ticket loan

Onsite leisure facilities

Qualifications

• GMC registered Medical Practitioner.
• CCT in Respiratory and general internal medicine.
• Experience in sleep and/or ventilation clinic.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to acute medical take and respiratory ward consultant rota.
• Deliver care to patients with respiratory disease in a specialist centre.
• Participate in sleep and ventilation service.

Skills

Leadership

IT Skills

Management

Teaching

Clinical Audit

Education

MRCP(UK)

MD

PhD

Tools

Cerner

Job description

Consultant in Respiratory Medicine - interest in Sleep & Ventilation

The post-holder will contribute to the Sleep and Ventilation service, based at Charing Cross Hospital (CXH) at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. We are planning on holding the AAC interview panel in person on 6th June.

The Imperial Sleep and Ventilation Service is based at The Charing Cross Hospital. The refurbished diagnostic centre re-opened in 2019 and includes a purpose-built sleep laboratory with access to the following tests: respiratory polygraphy, transcutaneous CO2 measurement, capillary and arterial blood gas analysis, actigraphy, polysomnography, and multiple sleep latency tests. We carry out 160 outpatient sleep studies and 52 inpatient sleep studies per month. We issue at least 16 CPAP devices per week and follow up at least 90 CPAP patients per week. We liaise closely with community and inpatient respiratory and oxygen teams and attend monthly MDT regional oxygen MDT meetings for patients picked up in the community with type 2 respiratory failure. The service is currently supported by 1 respiratory consultants, one consultant clinical scientist, and three physiologists; one band 7, one band 6 and one band 5. We currently run 6 sleep clinics per week as well as a weekly home NIV clinic. The sleep service lead is Consultant Clinical Scientist Dr Gill Twigg.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will also contribute to the acute medical take at CXH and participate in the respiratory ward consultant rota, which includes the care of patients with acute primary respiratory failure requiring non-invasive ventilation on the recently-refurbished Acute Respiratory Unit at CXH.

This post, therefore, represents an opportunity to deliver excellent care to patients with respiratory disease, including sleep and ventilation conditions, in a specialist centre, supported by a well-established multi-disciplinary team. It would be suitable for both a post-CCT candidate looking to develop as a consultant in a supportive team or for a more established consultant looking to move to a larger organisation.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Job responsibilities

On appointment, the candidate will have a formal job plan meeting with the clinical director when the candidate will have the opportunity to make changes to the time-table to suit the candidates needs.

During acute medicine, all other clinical commitments are cancelled. Respiratory ward commitments never overlap with acute medicine commitments.

Similar to general respiratory clinics, in sleep and pleural clinics new patients are allocated 30 minutes per slot and follow ups 15 minutes per slot. A typical clinic includes 5 new cases and 2 follow ups, but this will vary with demand on the service. These slots may be used flexibly for new or follow up patients as needed.

Please see attached JD for job plan

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GMC registered Medical Practitioner
• MRCP(UK) or an equivalent qualification
• Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: a.Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) b.Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) c.European Community Rights
• Higher qualifications MD, PhD

Knowledge/ Skills

• CCT in Respiratory and general internal medicine
• Experience of working in a sleep and/or ventilation clinic
• IT Skills and computer literacy
• Competency in NIV/ management of acute respiratory failure
• Experience of leading acute unselected medical take
• IT skills/experience with Cerner electronic health records and e-prescribing

Leadership/ Management Skills

• Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority.
• Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
• Knowledge of finance/budgets
• Management of staff
• Involvement in smoking cessation work

Teaching & Training

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates / postgraduates and junior medical staff
• Formal educational role or qualification; accredited trainer meeting GMC standards under professional development framework

Audit

• Understanding of principles of clinical audit
• Leading audits
• Experience of submitting and reviewing data for national lung cancer clinical audit

Academic achievements

• Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at ICHT

Language

• Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfill the job requirements

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Head of Specialty for Respiratory Medicine

Depending on experience£105,504-£139,882 per annum WTE