Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
Forest Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
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Forest Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 24 Jun | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 8399cd81ae1f48cf8abdf16184cb26dc
Full Job Description
We are seeking an enthusiastic colleague to join the Department of Respiratory Medicine on a fixed-term three month basis. This post will involve in-patient, out-patient and on-call emergency work at King's Mill Hospital as well as out-patient work at Newark Hospital.
Our department currently has three base wards for in-patients at King's Mill Hospital with an eight-bedded respiratory support unit to allow acute and chronic non-invasive ventilation., The over-riding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
Respiratory outpatient clinics are held at King's Mill and Newark Hospitals as well in the Ashfield and Mansfield Community Hospitals. As well as general Respiratory out-patient clinics, we have also sub-specialist clinics for Lung Cancer, Interstitial Lung Disease, Sleep/Ventilators, COPD, TB and Bronchiectasis. We sees approximately 2600 new outpatients per year and over 6400 follow up patients. There are bronchoscopy sessions at both King's Mill Hospital and in Newark. We also perform Endobronchial ultrasound, Thoracoscopy and indwelling pleural catheters at King's Mill. We support pulmonary rehabilitation and oxygen services at three sites across mid-Nottinghamshire.
Working for our organisation
We have excellent clinical support from 10 respiratory physiologists with access to full pulmonary function tests, exhaled nitric oxide, exercise tests and muscle strength tests. There are also facilities for in-patient and out-patient sleep studies, with 4000 patients under follow-up for sleep disorders. We also organises the community oxygen assessment programme.
We are well served by the Radiology department with 2 consultants who specialise in Chest Radiology. We have weekly support from the tertiary oncology centre in Nottingham with 2 oncologists and a thoracic surgeon attending our local MDT. We have 3 lung cancer specialist nurses and 3 respiratory specialist nurses.
We have an established research portfolio including recruitment into lung cancer and COPD and ILD and COPD studies with support from a responsive Research and Innovation department.
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us., Please note any genuine job offer letters will only be received if you have applied, interviewed, and received a verbal offer from the appointing manager for a vacancy within Sherwood Forest Hospitals. If you receive a job offer and you are not sure of its authenticity, please report it to the following email [email protected]
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and then the money will then be deducted from your first salary once you've commenced employment. The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.
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