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We are seeking an enthusiastic colleague to join the Department of Respiratory Medicine on a permanent 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.

Main duties of the job
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.

About us
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.

Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for full job details and main responsibilities

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Full registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC)
• Specialist registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) or within 6 months of CCT at the time of interview. Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) applicants must be on the specialist register at the time of application.
• Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or equivalent

Desirable

• Postgraduate thesis
• Completed fellowship programme

Experience
Essential

• Experience requisite to meeting all aspects of the job plan
• Understanding of all aspects of Respiratory Medicine

Desirable

• Five years supervised training in an appropriate SpR equivalent training programme
• Experience at locum consultant level

Teaching
Desirable

• Demonstrable ability as an educational supervisor and teacher with evidence of training for the role

Research
Desirable

• Publications in peer-reviewed journals

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.

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