Royal Papworth Hospital is looking for a Locum Consultant to join the Respiratory team providing care to patients being managed by the PVDU service.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full detail of this role.
Provide care to patients being managed by the PVDU service as per their job plan. This will involve planning investigations, undertaking diagnostic procedures and formulating appropriate management plans for both routine and emergency management of patients.
Participate in MDT presentations, discussions and outcomes management.
Assist with recruiting patients to clinical trials, tissue banking and research methodology.
The post holder will also be encouraged to submit work / attend national / international meetings in Thoracic Medicine
The post holder will participate in regular PVDU on-call rota providing cover 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
To 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.
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.
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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.
MBBS or equivalent
MRCP or equivalent qualification
Higher Degree (e.g. MD or PhD)
Completion of Certificate of Training (CCT) or equivalent in Respiratory Medicine
Significant, demonstrable clinical experience in pulmonary hypertension including working at a specialist PH centre in the last 2 years
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.
Has aptitude for practical skills, e.g. hand-eye-coordination, dexterity, visual-spatial awareness
Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
Please see attached Job Description for detailed Person Specification
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Karen Panesar
karen.panesar1@nhs.net
01223639747
Hospital Medical and Dental
Consultant
Fixed Term
12 Month(s)
Part-Time, Full-Time
175-25-1437
Royal Papworth Hospital Papworth Road Cambridge Bio Medical Campus Cambridge CB2 0AY
This vacancy is closed to applications.