Locum Consultant Respiratory Physician

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for the post of Locum Consultant Respiratory Physician sub-specialising in Sleep Medicine and ventilatory failure. This is a 12-month appointment to provide care and management of patients being investigated with and treated for sleep disorders and/or ventilatory failure.

Main Duties of the Job

1. Participate in MDT presentations, discussions, and outcomes management.
2. Assist with recruiting patients to clinical trials, tissue banking, and research methodology.
3. The post holder will also be encouraged to submit work / attend national / international meetings in Thoracic Medicine.
4. Share responsibility for the training of specialty trainees, clinical fellows, and medical students in conjunction with consultant colleagues, ensuring that College and local requirements are met.

About Us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care, and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe, the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex, and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

Job Responsibilities

On this page, you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values: Compassion, Excellence, and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent
• MRCP or equivalent
• CCT or equivalent in Respiratory Medicine

Experience

• Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement and prioritise clinical need. Critical and enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition, commitment to self-directed learning and reflective/analytical approach to practice.
• Demonstrates an understanding of principles of research and evidence-based practice, with the potential to support the RSSC academic programme.
• Evidence of participation in audit.
• Evidence of contribution to teaching.
• Research papers.
• Postgraduate research qualification.

Additional Criteria

• Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration.
• Please see attached Job Description for full person specification.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.