Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 12 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £93,666 - £126,281 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Sutton-In-Ashfield, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6223572/214-MED-6053520-A |
Summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic colleague to join the Department of Respiratory Medicine on a fixed-term basis. This post will involve in-patient, out-patient and on-call emergency work at King’s Mill Hospital as well as out-patient work at Newark Hospital.
Our department currently has three base wards for in-patients at King’s Mill Hospital with an eight-bedded respiratory support unit to allow acute and chronic non-invasive ventilation.
The over-riding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
Respiratory outpatient clinics are held at King’s Mill and Newark Hospitals as well in the Ashfield and Mansfield Community Hospitals. As well as general Respiratory out-patient clinics, we have also sub-specialist clinics for Lung Cancer, Interstitial Lung Disease, Sleep/Ventilators, COPD, TB and Bronchiectasis. We sees approximately 2600 new outpatients per year and over 6400 follow up patients. There are bronchoscopy sessions at both King’s Mill Hospital and in Newark. We also perform Endobronchial ultrasound, Thoracoscopy and indwelling pleural catheters at King’s Mill. We support pulmonary rehabilitation and oxygen services at three sites across mid-Nottinghamshire.
We have excellent clinical support from 10 respiratory physiologists with access to full pulmonary function tests, exhaled nitric oxide, exercise tests and muscle strength tests. There are also facilities for in-patient and out-patient sleep studies, with 4000 patients under follow-up for sleep disorders. We also organises the community oxygen assessment programme.
We are well served by the Radiology department with 2 consultants who specialise in Chest Radiology. We have weekly support from the tertiary oncology centre in Nottingham with 2 oncologists and a thoracic surgeon attending our local MDT. We have 3 lung cancer specialist nurses and 3 respiratory specialist nurses.
We have an established research portfolio including recruitment into lung cancer and COPD and ILD and COPD studies with support from a responsive Research and Innovation department.
Please see attached job description and person specification for full job details and main responsibilities
This advert closes on Monday 6 May 2024
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