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Post: consultant with an interest in RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
Base: royal alexandra hospital
Applications are invited for the post of consultant in Respiratory Medicine to join our existing team. The post will be based in Clyde sector of NHSGGC. This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team of respiratory consultants and nurse specialists and to influence the future design and direction of the service. It is our aim to accommodate the successful candidate’s chosen sub specialty and training needs.
The successful candidate will integrate into a team comprising 9.5 WTE consultants across Clyde sector (7.5 based at the RAH, some with clinic commitments at IRH and the VOL). This post has been created to provide care to an increased number of respiratory/ general medical beds on an expanded respiratory unit at the RAH and to develop an already well established asthma service across Clyde sector. The successful candidate will be asked to evaluate the current asthma service across Clyde and will be encouraged to develop the service along with our respiratory nursing team. This will include supervision of the ward follow up service, governance and supervision of biologic therapies and running subspecialist asthma clinics. Novel ways of dealing with workload will be supported, as will attendance at the regional asthma MDT.
The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the RAH/ VOL consultant medical receiving rota.
MRCP or equivalent qualification is essential and you must have full registration with the GMC and a licence to practice. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher Specialist Training leading to a CCT in respiratory medicine (or be within six months of confirmed entry at the date of interview). Non UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
This job plan is negotiable and will be agreed between the successful applicant and the Clinical Director. NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde initially allocates all full-time consultants 10 PAs made up of 9 PAs in Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and one core Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) for CPD, audit, clinical governance, appraisal, revalidation, job planning and management meetings. The precise allocation of SPA time and associate objectives will be agreed with the successful applicant and will be reviewed by job planning process.