Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, interest in severe asthma and COPDNHS

Job summary

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant in Respiratory Medicine with sub speciality interest in severe asthma and COPD

10PAs St George's Hospital

This post provides an opportunity for an enthusiastic physician to provide respiratory services at St George's Hospital. The successful candidate will join a group of 12 other consultants affiliated to the respiratory department at St George's.

Prospective candidates are encouraged to visit for informal discussion, contact details below:

• Dr Helen Meredith, Respiratory Care Group Lead - [email protected]

Provisional Date for Interview: TBC

Main duties of the job

To provide a clinical service in respiratory medicine as part of a team of respiratory specialists.

To participate in clinical and other service activities with the objective of ensuring a high standard of patient care; including general respiratory, sleep and cancer clinics

To join and help develop the severe asthma and COPD services

To contribute to service developments

To take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training. Depending on the skills of the candidate, this could involve managing the respiratory clinical placements and other medical student clinical experience as well as the teaching program for the respiratory doctors.

To contribute to the management of the service.

Full consideration will be given to applicants who wish to apply for a less than full time post and we welcome enquires regarding that.

Job description

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Proposed Job Plan template

Standard Royal College of Physicians framework of 10PAs of which:

8 PAs will be dedicated to direct clinical care (DCC)

2 PAs will be devoted to Supporting professional activities (SPAs)

About us

St George's Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest healthcare facilities in the United Kingdom with over 1100 beds. Based in Tooting, it treats 80,000 inpatients/day cases and over 300,000 outpatients annually. The Trust employs more than 5000 people, including 700 medical and dental staff. It provides general acute services and also specialties such as neurosciences, vascular, cardiothoracic and children's services.

St George's Hospital is the main teaching hospital in the South West Thames region. It serves a local population of 300,000 but has developed links with most District General Hospitals in the region. There is a significant training programme for junior doctors who rotate through the Trust.

In 2003, the neurosciences services based at Atkinson Morley's Hospital in Wimbledon relocated to the Tooting site. The new purpose-built Atkinson Morley Wing is shared by neurosciences and cardiothoracic services. Accommodation is arranged over four floors, is built around inner courtyards and incorporates 233 inpatient and day case beds, eight operating theatres, and a range of state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment facilities.