Job summary
- Main area
- Respiratory Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 9.8 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 297-7129818
- Employer
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Town
- Gateshead
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Respiratory Consultant
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
In the event of excessive applications being received this vacancy may close earlier than the stated closing date, you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible
IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETION OF REFERENCE SECTION OF APPLICATION FORM
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and MUST cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Where possible this should be from two separate employers. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
PLEASE NOTE it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their DBS certificate if a check is required for the post. This will be done through deduction from your monthly pay over a maximum of three months. It is also a requirement that all successful applicants register or are registered with the DBS update service where a DBS is required.
All new entrants to the NHS will be appointed on the minimum of the pay scale in line with Terms & Conditions.
Job overview
Applications are invited for consultants with a special interest in respiratory medicine to join an existing team at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The DCC work will include the assessment and management of patients with a range of respiratory disease within in-patient and out-patient settings, general medical on call and clinical administration associated with this.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have personal responsibility for the care of general and specialist respiratory inpatients and outpatients, and an equal share in acute unselected medical take. They will take responsibility for supervision of those doctors to whom the care is delegated, working within the multi-professional respiratory team, and working to maintain the friendly collaborative culture of this team.
Working for our organisation
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Qualification and Training:
- Full and specialist registration (and a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC)
- Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
- Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
- MRCP or equivalent
Clinical Experience and Effectiveness:
- Evidence of participation in relevant audit projects.
- Evidence of understanding of and participation in quality improvement activity.
- Participation in and understanding of clinical governance
- Evidence of an ability to participate in and contribute to in multidisciplinary teams.
Management and Administrative:
- Knowledge and experience of the NHS and its organisation.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full and specialist registration (and a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC)
Clinican Experience and Effectiveness
Essential criteria
- Evidence of an ability to participate in and contribute to in multidisciplinary teams.
- • Knowledge and experience of the NHS and its organisation.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Logan Thirugnanasothy
- Job title
- Consultant in Respiratory
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 445 3836
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