Locum Consultant in Respiratory and Transplant Medicine

Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust in the UK is seeking a full-time Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and Transplant Medicine to support service expansion. The successful candidate will provide a responsive clinical service, participate in the medical rota for transplantation, and contribute to the ongoing development of the programme's ECLS service. They will also be responsible for training junior medical staff and improving clinical service management. This role offers a chance to be part of a renowned team dedicated to clinical excellence and high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Respiratory Medicine and Transplant Medicine is essential.
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide responsive clinical service to referring Physicians.
• Participate in a medical rota for transplantation and weekly Transplant MDT meetings.
• Involved in training junior medical staff within Transplant and cardiac surgery services.

Job description

Overview

This post is a new post to support service expansion; it is a whole time Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and Transplant Medicine.

Responsibilities

• 5.1 To provide a responsive clinical service to referring Physicians.
• 5.2 To work as a full member of the multi-disciplinary heart and lung transplant team, including participation in the medical rota for transplantation, and the weekly Transplant MDT meeting.
• 5.3 To actively participate in the on-going development of the programme's ECLS service and be responsible for patients on ECLS.
• 5.4 To undertake regular ward rounds to ensure timely safe discharge of patients whenever possible.
• 5.5 The post-holder will be required to contribute to consultant physician cover for the Transplant Unit.
• 5.6 To participate fully in the management of the Clinical Division, and to undertake specific tasks, as agreed with the Clinical Director(s) to improve the management of clinical services.
• 5.7 To participate in the Trust's individual performance review and appraisal programme.
• 5.8 To be involved in training the team of junior medical staff (including staff physicians) within the Transplant and cardiac surgery services. This will entail teaching, career counselling and guidance in the development of the careers of junior staff.

Trust Information

Guy's and St Thomas' is amongst the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients from across the world in cardiovascular, respiratory, cancer, renal and orthopaedic services as well as a full range of hospital and community services for people in south east London.

Our Trust includes St Thomas' Hospital, Guy's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Evelina London Children's Hospital, and community services in Lambeth and Southwark.

Our Trust has a reputation for clinical excellence and high-quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. Together with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities and a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre. We are also working in partnership with King's Health Partners, to deliver the vision of creating a brand-new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease, in patients from pre-birth to old age.