Consultant Respiratory & General Internal medicine

Please see enclosed Consultant job information pack for further details and information. Activity will be based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading with out-patient clinics at spoke sites (currently Townlands, Henley and WBCH). There is the opportunity in discussion to hold a clinic at an alternative spoke site. Specific responsibilities will include the following, although there is flexibility in this that can be discussed upon appointment: Outpatient activities: 2 x weekly general clinics, 2 x weekly ILD clinics, one of which includes hot slots to review deteriorating patients or those with a flare (clinics are cancelled when on-call for general medicine and when covering respiratory inpatients, with cross-cover provided by colleagues as needed) Running the monthly ILD MDT Attendance at the monthly rheumatology MDT Attendance at the Oxford ILD MDT Participation in the bronchoscopy rota Triage and review of incoming referrals Inpatients and on-call Managing the specialist respiratory inpatient ward and referrals on a rotational basis (currently 4 weeks in 18). Outpatient commitments are cancelled when covering inpatients. Contribution to the respiratory of the day (ROD) rota again outpatient commitments are cancelled when acting as respiratory of the day. Weekend cover of the respiratory ward; 08.30-14.30 reviewing new patients to the ward, patients on the RSU, sick patients flagged by the nursing staff. Resident cover (2 resident doctors) is provided from 08.30-17.30 for the respiratory ward at the weekend. Supervision and education of ward junior doctors and final year medical students, with on-the-job clinical teaching Participation in the general medicine on call. Full time equivalent frequency is as below. 1:22 weekdays 15.00 -22.30, on-site, including post-take reviews overnight- non-residential The general medical on-call weekend rota is also at a 1 in 22 frequency, on site 0800-20.00 both Saturday and Sunday with overnight non-residential on call