Job summary
The Department of Respiratory Medicine is seeking two full-time (10 PA) Consultants to join the dynamic, enthusiastic and forward-thinking Lung cancer and Pleural teams.
The established and highly successful multidisciplinary thoracic cancers team at KHP provides diagnostic and therapeutic services to the local community, south east London and beyond. The purpose of the service is to ensure that local patients with suspected lung and other thoracic cancers are reviewed rapidly, experience high value collaborative and coordinated care wherever they need it. The guiding principles are right care and value-based healthcare.
This post is funded by GSTT and offers an excellent opportunity to join a first-class team working to deliver innovative pathways of care for the local respiratory population in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment, which is part of a wider Academic Health Sciences Centre.
This post is subject to the approval of the job description by the Royal College.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for providing consultant review for both inpatients and outpatients with suspected lung cancer and pleural disease. The post holder will be expected to work closely with the acute oncology and rapid diagnostic cancer service to improve management of patients with suspected/known lung cancer or malignant pleural disease admitted to acute wards at GSTT.
About us
The Directorate of Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care and Sleep based at Guy's and St Thomas' (forming part of the GSTTHeart Lung and Critical Care Clinical Group) is committed to delivering excellent patient care whilst meeting the Government targets.
A body of 20 Respiratory consultants also contribute to the care of general medical and high-dependency patients. The Lung cancer team currently includes Prof George Santis (KCL appointment), Dr Kimuli Ryanna (consultant physician at GSTT), 3 lung cancer clinical nurse specialists. Respiratory medicine has a close relationship with the GSTT Pathology service that provides expert pathology support for the EBUS service.
The Pleural team currently comprises Dr Owais Kadwani (consultant physician and pleural lead at GSTT), one pleural fellow, a pleural nurse specialist and a thoracic surgeon; providing a comprehensive, state-of-the-art service for patients with pleural disease. The service is further supported by excellent radiology and histopathology departments. We run five day a week pleural lists, a joint physician/surgical pleural disease clinic and thoracoscopy lists., supported by a weekly MDM.
2WW clinics are currently held at the Guy's Cancer Centre and St Thomas' Hospital. Bronchoscopy/EBUS lists are held at St Thomas' Hospital. Pleural clinics are currently held at St Thomas' Hospital . Currently, there is also a daily pleural list and weekly MDM.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job plan is anticipated to contain 10 Programmed Activities per week on average to becarried out on Guys & St Thomas sites and includes on-call commitments. This is an outline programme, and the post holder will be expected to discuss and agree on a detailed job plan, including personal and professional objectives with the Clinical Director within 3 months of the start date.
The job plan will be negotiated between the consultant and his/her clinical director at least annually. Clinic templates depend on patient complexity in sub-specialty clinics; for General Respiratory clinics a template of 4 New patients and 6 Follow up appointments is expected per session.
The post also includes a commitment to acute medicine in the form of a slot on the acute medicine (on take) rota working alongside the Acute Medicine consultant team and the GIM/respiratory rota (inpatient care of patients on William Gull ward). The acute medicine (on take) rota is a 1:24 with split weekends and includes weekend inpatient cover, with time in lieu given for weekend working.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more detailed information regarding the posts.
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise.
- On GMC Specialist Register or within six months of attaining CCT in Respiratory medicine and General Internal Medicine.
Desirable
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive clinical experience in respiratory, G(I) M, lung cancer and pleural disease
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Competent in bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS-TBNA), thoracic ultrasound, and pleural procedures
Desirable
Audit, Governance & IT
Essential
- Understanding of principles of the audit
- Evidence of training in management
Desirable
- Evidence of completion of QI and audit projects
Research. Teaching skill & experience
Essential
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
Desirable
- Evidence of research output in peer reviewed journals
- Experience of recruitment into clinical trials
Leadership / Management skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate
- Evidence of experience in leading a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Leadership/ management qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St Thomas' Hospital
Westminster Bridge Rd
London
SE1 7EH