Consultant Physician; Sleep and Vent

Overview

We are seeking a dynamic individual committed to excellence in service delivery to join our first-class team of consultants at the Royal Brompton Hospital. This is a new full-time substantive post for a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine with expertise in Home Ventilation, Sleep and end-stage lung disease. The post offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to one of the UK's leading specialist centres for heart and lung disease.

• Provide high quality clinical care across inpatient, outpatient and community settings.
• Deliver inpatient care, day unit review and outpatient (face to face and virtual) clinics.
• Provide medical input to the outreach team (home ventilation in home or nursing home).
• Supervise AHP-led pathways for sleep diagnostics and treatment.

• 0.5 academic/research duties as part of whole time equivalent.
• Contribute to research, education and service development.

• Polysomnography MDT (hour).
• CPAP non adherence MDT.
• Outreach MDT.
• Triage MDT.
• Cross-site difficult OSA MDT.
• Weekly grand round held in the Respiratory Directorate.

There may be an opportunity in due course to join the respiratory on call roster (1:12) but this is not an expectation of this post.

Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Charity will provide financial support to the applicant for the first five years which can be used for any legitimate scientific use.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals and community services. It aims to reflect the diversity of the communities it serves and continues to develop new and existing partnerships.