Overview
Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine. Join to apply for the Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine role at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
This post is Fixed Term 5PAs. The Respiratory Department is highly successful and nationally renowned. The current consultants have strong general Respiratory backgrounds with subspecialty interests in lung cancer, mesothelioma, sleep disordered breathing, non-invasive ventilation, pulmonary physiology, interstitial lung disease, medical thoracoscopy, COPD and asthma. We have established EBUS, bronchoscopy and medical thoracoscopy services across the trust. Both Winchester and Basingstoke sites are supported by a visiting Thoracic surgeon.
Responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to:
* Support the existing respiratory outpatient services across our hospitals with a base at the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital for inpatient services;
* Cross cover clinics and other clinical procedures as well as supporting services across all Trust sites;
* Be involved in the regional/departmental teaching programmes.
On each site, in addition to the Consultant staff, there are currently two specialist registrars, two IMTs and two/three FY1s. Four/five respiratory nurse specialists are based on each site, covering lung cancer, sleep disorders, tuberculosis, and airways disease services, in addition to a specialist respiratory physiotherapist who provides sputum clearance and breathing pattern disorder clinics. The pulmonary physiology department offers basic and specialist tests including bronchial provocation and cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Bronchoscopy services are performed within our endoscopy unit, with two lists a week on each site. Medical thoracoscopy is performed in the Winchester site with plans to commence on the Basingstoke site imminently. Additional pleural procedure lists are conducted in the endoscopy twice weekly on the Winchester site. There is a fortnightly EBUS list on each site.
Any successful applicant will be involved in the regional/departmental teaching programmes.
Department and Trust information
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the major provider of hospital services to the population of North and mid Hampshire and surrounding areas. The hospitals in Basingstoke and Winchester provide a comprehensive range of acute services as well as being a tertiary referral centre for colorectal, liver, peritoneal carcinomatosis, haemophilia and pseudomyxoma surgery. The Trust covers a population of 600,000 incorporating BNHH, RHCH, Andover War Memorial Hospital (AWMH) and community hospitals. BNHH and RHCH are 23 miles apart, with excellent transport links to London and the south coast.
How to contact
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Nick Williams
Job title: Consultant and Clinical Director
Email: Nick.Williams@hhft.nhs.uk
Telephone: 07957918004
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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