Consultant In Respiratory Medicine Sleep & Ventilation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS teaching trust in Oxford is seeking a professional to join their sleep and ventilation team. The role involves diagnosing and caring for patients with sleep-related breathing disorders, including managing a non-invasive ventilation service. Successful applicants will work at multiple locations, emphasizing the importance of delivering compassionate excellence in healthcare. Applicants should submit a standard application form via the NHS Jobs website.

Qualifications

• Willingness to work in any of the Trust’s locations.
• Experience in diagnosis and care of sleep-related breathing disorders.
• Ability to support in- and out-patient care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care for patients with sleep related breathing disorders.
• Contribute to diagnostic sleep study reporting and out-patient clinics.
• Engage in general respiratory clinic and in-patient ward work.

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the sleep and ventilation team here at OUH. The Oxford Adult Sleep and Ventilation Service is a regional centre with a world-class clinical and academic reputation, delivering excellence in care locally and to neighbouring counties, working in partnership with a wide OUH MDT across primary and secondary care. This is new post to support delivery in all aspects of the service. In addition, alongside other appointments, this post will help embed Respiratory Higher Care and both in- and out- patient care at the Horton Hospital, an area of the county with higher Respiratory Health inequalities.

In the interest of equal opportunities, we want to make sure that information about candidates is provided in the same format so all applicants should fill in the standard application form on the NHS Jobs website.

The post holder’s principal duties are based at the Horton, John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals (total of 10 PA) comprising a mix of 8.5 clinical PAs and 1.5 supporting PA s. The appointee will be responsible for the diagnosis and care of patients with sleep related breathing disorders including home non-invasive ventilation service for Oxfordshire and regional patients. Of the clinical PAs, PAs are allocated to diagnostic sleep study reporting, out-patient clinics and review of day case and in-patient non-invasive ventilation patients. There is a contribution to the general respiratory clinic and in patient ward working.

It is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ryan Evans Job title: Service manager Email address: [e-mail]