Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

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Care to join us in making a difference while working in our varied Respiratory department.

The Respiratory Unit is fully equipped for the practice of modern respiratory medicine based in the Heart and Lung Unit. Comprehensive cardiac facilities are available on site including 2 echocardiography rooms and 2 exercise laboratories.

Patient safety, dignity and care are the highest priority and at the centre of all that we do.

Providing high quality consultant delivered care to patients including clinical leadership and supervision of junior medical staff, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care are provided to all patients attending the hospital.

Be proactive in ensuring that all patients receive rapid assessment, treatment and clinical decision making, whilst ensuring our standard to deliver safe quality and performance are delivered and sustained.

Provide teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level and supervised and train the juniors and specialty

doctors.

Take a proactive role the in the department’s clinical governance agenda and take on leadership roles to support continuous learning and improvement, thereby abiding by the clinical and corporate governance policies of the Trust.

Liaise with clinicians and managers within and outside the department to address any issues arising that may affect the services and participate in relevant audit and quality assurance processes.

The Unit is fully equipped for the practice of modern respiratory medicine. It is based in the Heart and Lung Unit. Full office facilities are available and the 7 consulting room outpatient suite is shared with cardiology. There is a dedicated x-ray facility and a custom designed

pulmonary function laboratory with fully computerised modern equipment including body plethysmography.

There are facilities for easuring respiratory muscle function, pulmonary function in infectious patients, exhaled nitric oxide, bronchial hyper-responsiveness, fitness to fly and full cardio-pulmonary exercise testing. The Sleep service currently has over 600 patients on CPAP and the investigation and treatment of sleep apnoea is coordinated by the pulmonary function technicians.

Comprehensive cardiac facilities are available on site including 2 echocardiography rooms and 2 exercise laboratories. Bronchoscopy is performed during 1 session each week in a wellstaffed purpose built Endoscopy Unit shared with Gastroenterology. There are currently 5 available Videobronchoscopes.

Please see our attached job description and person specification forms for full details.

We are an integrated health and care organisation providing health and social care services to our people in their own homes or in their local community. We also run Torbay Hospital (providing acute hospital services) as well as five community hospitals, stretching from Dawlish to Brixham.

Establishing our integrated care organisation (ICO) of more than five years’ standing, we know first-hand the positive impact that working together in partnership with others has on our local population – giving everyone a brighter future.

We have been given a share of £3.7 billion government funding for a new hospital development to make a real difference in how we deliver services with, to and for our people. It is not just about building a better hospital in Torquay, it is about building further on our integrated approach to service delivery. Exploring opportunities to deliver our services in ways that provide better outcomes for our population and better working environments for staff across all the communities that we serve.

Why work with us - Torbay Hospital provides acute care for the local community and has several community hospitals, and is a hot-spot for those who are considering living by the sea or within half an hour of Dartmoor National Park and an hour to Exmoor National Park. Meanwhile, Plymouth and Exeter are also both within a short drive to enjoy the culture, maritime history and shopping experiences.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Simon Rolin Job title: Clinical lead Respiratory Email address: simon.rolin@nhs.net Telephone number: 01803654488