Respiratory Specialty Doctor
Employer Location Lancaster Salary £52,530 to £82,400 a year Additional ad hoc duties which will be paid separately. Closing date 15 Feb 2024
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To be responsible for the delivery of Respiratory care for patients referred to the Respiratory Service.
To review referrals made to the unit and to thus supervise appropriately referred patients, ensuring clinics run on time and that full documentation, including discharge letters to other specialties/ GPs etc. are accurate, comprehensive and timeously completed.
The Doctor will be part of the on call team for general medicine with other middle grade colleagues. The rota is EWTD compliant
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the delivery of Respiratory care for patients referred to the Respiratory Service.
To review referrals made to the unit and to thus supervise appropriately referred patients, ensuring clinics run on time and that full documentation, including discharge letters to other specialties/ GPs etc. are accurate, comprehensive and timeously completed.
To ensure, with Respiratory Service colleagues, that the service provides an effective service, as established by the Care Group/ Trust, working to and within national and local standards. It is expected that the appointee will join in the running of Clinics in the Department, and share the management of patients under the care of the Respiratory Consultants as part of the service and help achieve national key performance indicators.
The appointment will be 10 PA's plus the option of up to an additional 2 PA's as outlined below.
Holidays are agreed within the team as per the departmental holiday rules and must be requested in line with Trust policy, at least 6 weeks in advance.
1.5 of the PAs is allocated as SPA time, 0.5 of which may be worked off site, by prior agreement.
It is also envisaged that the post holder may undertake occasional ad hoc duties which will be paid separately.
There is On Call associated with this post and the regular shift pattern does include weekend working, as part of an on call team.
About us
We operatefrom three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, andUlverstonCommunity Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life thr