Locum Consultant Respiratory Physician PVDU

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading heart and lung hospital in Cambridge seeks a role focused on patient care within the PVDU service. Responsibilities include diagnostic procedures, MDT participation, and covering on-call duties. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing patient care in Thoracic Medicine and training medical professionals. The Trust values diversity and encourages applications from all backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Experience in patient management and investigations in Thoracic Medicine.
• Ability to participate in MDT discussions and clinical trials.
• Training experience for specialty trainees and medical students.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to patients in the PVDU service as directed.
• Participate in regular MDT presentations and discussions.
• Cover PVDU on-call rota providing 24/7 patient management.

Job description

Provide care to patients being managed by the PVDU service as per their job plan. This will involve planning investigations, undertaking diagnostic procedures and formulating appropriate management plans for both routine and emergency management of patients.

Participate in MDT presentations, discussions and outcomes management.

Assist with recruiting patients to clinical trials, tissue banking and research methodology.

The post holder will also be encouraged to submit work / attend national / international meetings in Thoracic Medicine.

The post holder will participate in regular PVDU on-call rota providing cover 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

To share responsibility for the training of specialty trainees, clinical fellows and medical students in conjunction with consultant colleagues, ensuring that College and local requirements are met.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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