Job summary

Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine with an interest in TB & COPD

The post is a fixed term contract for period of 6 months

We are seeking a dynamic Locum Respiratory Consultant to join the Leeds TB & COPD Specialist services at St James University Hospital. The appointees will become a key member of a dedicated and highly experienced multi-disciplinary team.

The job is a full-time fixed term locum post compromising of ten programmed activities, with supervision of the junior doctors and specialist nurses. There will be an on-call commitment to cover the Respiratory Medicine rota on a 1:12 basis and 1:109 Acute Medicine on call.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust makes up one of the largest teaching hospitals in Europe housing over 2,000 beds and providing a range of general, acute and elective services, together with a significant number of regional and supra-regional specialties. The department of Respiratory Medicine has undergone significant modernisation over recent years and remains a centre for clinical and educational excellence. Inpatient services are provided in Gledhow Wing at St Jamess Hospital. This includes three Respiratory wards, an NIV Weaning unit, a dedicated CF ward, a procedures room, Sleep services and a Nurse-led day unit. There are cross city outpatient facilities including a dedicated chest clinic at Leeds General Infirmary. The unit has a strong commitment to both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant should possess Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom (or equivalent) and should be included on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT at the time of interview, if currently within a training programme within the UK. In accordance with the consultant appointment regulations, all other categories of doctors must be on the Specialist Register.

Applicants should have established skills in Respiratory Medicine & General Medicine and its related specialties including TB & COPD. A strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and a research interest is desirable.

Consideration will be given to applicants who wish to work full or part time and those wishing to job share.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact one of the following:

Dr Ian Clifton, Consultant Respiratory Physician and Respiratory Clinical Lead

Dr Lekshmi Mohan-Das, Consultant Respiratory Physician

About us

Come and join our team in Leeds and become part of The Leeds Way sharing our vision and values. Our Trust is recognised for our staff engagement, great care and rated GOOD by the Care Quality Commission.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute health providers in the UK and based in one of the fastest growing and vibrant cities in the north.

At Cardio-Respiratory CSU, we aim to be a fair and supportive CSU with positive, caring teams who are champions of the Leeds Way values. Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred

Collaborative

Fair

Accountable

Empowered

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertise and medical technology. We care for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds itself. The Trust has a budget of £ billion. Our 20,000 staff ensure that every year we see and treat over 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 260,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best for specialist and integrated care.

Our vision is based on The Leeds Way, which is a clear statement of who we are and what we believe, founded on values of working that were put forward by our own staff. Our values are to be:

Patient-centred

Fair

Collaborative

Accountable

Empowered

We believe that by being true to these values, we will consistently achieve and continuously improve our results in relation to our goals, which are to be:

1. The best for patient safety, quality and experience

2. The best place to work

3. A centre of excellence for specialist services, education, research and innovation

4. Hospitals that offer seamless, integrated care

5. Financially sustainable

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.

WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition.

This post is a full time (10 PA) Locum post, fixed term for a period of 6 months. The appointee will work at St Jamess University Teaching Hospital, where there will be inpatient and outpatient responsibilities.

There is a commitment to Respiratory Medicine 1:12 on call and Acute Medicine 1:109 on call. 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 Leeds TB Service

We offer an integrated service including diagnosis and treatment of active Tuberculosis and Latent Tuberculosis Infection, and screening for people who have been in contact with tuberculosis. In addition, we manage patients with pulmonary non tuberculous mycobacterial disease.

Respiratory medicine and infectious diseases consultants work together in the clinic. We aim to provide holistic care for patients and their families, with support in the clinic from the specialist TB Health Visitor team, and adult and paediatric services running together so parents, children, and other family members needing contact screening can usually be seen in the same visit. TB drugs are supplied directly within the clinic by a specialist pharmacist.

There is a weekly MDT before the clinic to discuss new and complex cases, involving respiratory and infectious disease physicians, paediatrician, microbiologist, pharmacist, and TB nurse specialists.

We provide a regional service for Multidrug resistant TB and act as a tertiary referral centre for complex mycobacterial disease.

The West Yorkshire TB Clinical Network meets twice yearly for cohort review, discussion of complex cases and issues, and TB related CPD. There is a quarterly Leeds TB group meeting to discuss and plan local TB strategy including representatives from LTHT, Leeds Community Health Care, UKHSA, and the City Council.

The Leeds COPD Integrated Service

The Leeds Integrated COPD Service is a Consultant led Service in collaboration between Respiratory Medicine at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and the Community Respiratory Team at Leeds Community Health Trust. Our aim is to provide accessible, excellent, COPD specialist care across Leeds including quality assured diagnosis & proactive disease management.

The service delivers a wide range of activities including delivering COPD care bundle, maintaining best practice standards in acute management of COPD through participation in the National COPD Audit, COPD, Palliative and emphysema MDTs, Home Oxygen Service, Virtual Respiratory Ward in the Community, Alpha 1 - antitrypsin deficiency, Home NIV, Pulmonary Rehabilitation & Specialist COPD outpatient Clinics.

Person Specification

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills

Essential

Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research Experience of participation in regular clinical audit

Qualifications

Essential

MB BS or equivalent qualification. MRCP or equivalent qualification Certificate of completion of Specialist training in Respiratory and General Medicine or CESR or equivalent The appointee must hold the Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom, or equivalent, and have completed higher specialist training in Respiratory Medicine Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice

Clinical Experience and Career Progression

Essential

Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in Respiratory Medicine with special interest in COPD & TB Must be able to demonstrate higher training in Respiratory Medicine and General Medicine Evidence of continuous career progression consistent with personal circumstances

Desirable

Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff

Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills

Essential

All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice Eligibility to work in the UK Is up to date and fit to practise safely