Specialty Doctor in Respiratory Medicine - London

We’re seeking a Respiratory Medicine Specialty Doctor to join an NHS Trust in London on a permanent basis. The Respiratory Medicine service is currently supported by 10 wte Consultants and their junior teams. The team has several specialty interests, including lung cancer, pleural disease, COPD, asthma, cough, tuberculosis, allergy, interstitial lung disease, palliative care and bronchiectasis. A Chest Clinic provides a comprehensive range of out-patient services including new and follow-up consultations, full lung function tests, sleep services, skin prick testing and anti-IgE therapy for appropriate asthmatic patients.

• Be required to provide a senior level of support to the department
• Duties of the post will include attendance at wards rounds and review of patients with clinical problems outside of the respiratory bed base and respiratory HDU.
• Attend ward & board rounds both with the Consultants and with the Specialty Training Doctors / Foundation Year 2 doctors. The Specialty Doctor may be responsible for unaccompanied ward rounds.
• Duties will include out-patient clinics. There will be administrative duties arising from out-patient work.

• Applicants must have GMC registration or be eligible to join the register within 6-months.
• MRCP or equivalent

If you feel your expertise is suited to this role, please apply today using the button below and our specialist team will be in touch to discuss it with you in more detail. If you are registered with Pulse and recommend a friend to us, you can earn £500 per recommendation, once they have worked over 200 hours

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.