Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

at  Doncaster Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

We have 3 dedicated respiratory inpatient wards in the trust (1 at Bassetlaw and 2 at Doncaster Royal Infirmary) and we work closely with the acute medicine team. There are Specialty Training Registrars attached to respiratory medicine on both main sites. We have a range of specialist respiratory nurses and work closely with the community nursing teams. We have an award winning Assessment and Treatment Centre (ATC) in Bassetlaw and a refurbished Acute Medical Unit (AMU) in Doncaster.
Both assessment centres have purpose built ambulatory care units operating 7 days a week. There is consultant acute physician presence in both units 7 days of the week, with 10-12 hour cover. The post will be based at Bassetlaw Hospital. All overnight on call will be at Bassetlaw Hospital.
On-call is classed as Category B and is a 1:8 Rota, which attracts a 4% on call availability Supplement. The post-holder will be expected to make a significant contribution to the achievement of joint working with General Practitioners in the proactive management of respiratory patients. There is space within the timetable for the post-holder to develop their specialty interest, from a variety of fields such as sleep medicine, difficult asthma, ILD, thoracoscopy, advanced bronchoscopy, EBUS etc

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