This post is a full time (10 PA) post. The appointee will work at St Jamess University Teaching Hospital, where there will be inpatient and outpatient responsibilities. There is a commitment to acute Respiratory on call on a 1:12 and Acute Medicine on call 1:109. The applicant should be committed to teaching and research.
15 whole time equivalent consultant respiratory physicians provide a cross-city inpatient and outpatient service. Current sub-specialty interests among the physicians include lung cancer, pleural disease, interstitial lung disease, difficult asthma, tuberculosis, sleep disordered breathing & non invasive ventilation, cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, PCD, COPD and alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency. The successful candidate would join the other Respiratory Consultant, Infectious Diseases Consultant & Paediatrician in the team. They are expected to work closely with the current multidisciplinary team to sustain current capacity of the TB services with a view to expand in the near future, ensure the smooth flow from diagnosis to treatment & follow up, including developing innovative ways of working to sustain increasing patient load, contribute to the Respiratory & Acute Medicine on call rota.
To sustain current capacity of the TB and asthma services with a view to expand in the near future. Ensure the smooth flow from diagnosis to treatment & follow up. Support development of the TB and asthma Services to ensure that we are working with the best innovative ways of working Work closely with multidisciplinary team & developing innovative ways of working to sustain increasing patient load Contribute to the Respiratory & Acute Medicine on call rota Perform bronchoscopies & pleural procedures To take an active role in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching Active participation in research within the department.