Job overview

We are delighted to offer this exciting opportunity to become a part of our Lancashire Chest Centre regional team. We are committed to the provision of first class Respiratory care and would encourage you to take the opportunity to join us.

The Lancashire Chest Centre provides regional tertiary Respiratory services for Lancashire and South Cumbria.

This post is for 1 year, in the first instance with a view to developing substantive posts. You will join our team of 11 chest consultants and the extensive multidisciplinary teams to provide and enhance our service delivery, including:

  • 7 day inpatient care
  • Pathway design and implementation of our brand new purpose built Respiratory Assessment Unit area and Acute Respiratory
  • Specialist Respiratory Care including TB, Lung Cancer, Sleep, Ventilation, COPD, Pleural Disease, ILD, Specialist Asthma and Cystic Fibrosis.
  • Tertiary Centre for NIV, Complex Asthma and ILD
  • General Thoracic clinics
  • Interventional pulmonology lists on both sites
  • Main duties of the job

    The post holder will:-

  • Specifically adopt, in conjunction with colleagues, an active role in the planning, development and delivery of the Respiratory Service for the Directorate.
  • Provide direct input to patient care both inpatients and outpatients; contribute to multi-disciplinary teams and lead the co-ordination of care for patients within Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
  • Participate in the Consultant on-call rota at LTHTR with prospective cover.
  • Assume a continuous commitment for the care of patients, even if employed less than full-time and ensure that adequate arrangements are made for leave and off duty periods.
  • Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients, both through direct patient care and by the maintenance of continuing professional development.
  • Develop close links with General Practitioners operating in the area.
  • Exercise the freedom to develop specialist elements of the services to reflect priorities within available resources.
  • Working for our organisation

    Our team is our work family. At Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, you will be working as part of a collaborative, friendly and caring team of incredible people who are committed to providing excellent care with compassion. We celebrate diversity, encourage everyone to contribute, and you are valued for who you are.

    Our mission is to provide excellent care with compassion.

    As you may know the Government passed legislation requiring vaccination as a condition of deployment which was due to come in from 1 April 2022. However on the 31 Jan 2022 the Secretary of State has announced that this is being reconsidered. However, whilst we wait for further guidance, as a Trust we have made the decision to continue to gather vaccine status during our pre-employment stages should you be made an offer, no offer would be conditional upon you having a vaccine but we need to make you aware that if the decision is taken by the government to implement mandated covid vaccines in the future then your employment may be at risk if you do not have these.

     Vaccination against is the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and, of course, your patients from the virus. NHS England and NHS Improvement have always been clear that staff have a professional duty to be vaccinated

    Detailed job description and main responsibilities

    Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

  • What we can offer
  • Job Plan/On-call Requirements
  • The Team
  • Person specification

    Qualifications

    Essential criteria

  • Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
  • MBBS or equivalent
  • MRCP
  • Desirable criteria

  • CCT in Respiratory and General Medicine
  • Experience and Skills

    Essential criteria

  • Wide experience in Respiratory and General Medicine with evidence of Acute Medicine and Respiratory training.
  • Recognised Specialty training programme.
  • Desirable criteria

  • Subspecialty experience
  • Management

    Essential criteria

  • Evidence of commitment to audit and improving clinical practice/service development
  • Desirable criteria

  • Evidence of Clinical Leadership
  • Management course attended/certification
  • Research and Development

    Essential criteria

  • Evidence of interest in personal development