Locum Consultant Respiratory and General Internal Medicine (S&O)

This is an exciting opportunity to join a developing Respiratory service on the Southport Site at Mersey & West Lancashire Hospital. The Consultant appointments to these posts will deliver sessions of care to general medicine inpatients on the ward in conjunction with 1 General Respiratory weekly outpatient clinic, 2 Lung Cancer weekly clinics (1 for new patients and 1 for follow-up patients) on our Ormskirk site, in-reach service for a selected acute respiratory admission ward round, as well as bronchoscopy services. • The Respiratory department currently is made up of 4 full time Respiratory Consultants • The Consultants appointed to these posts will help to supervise and work alongside 2 respiratory ST3+ trainees, 1 specialty doctor and 1 senior clinical fellows. This is complemented by larger team of 3 foundation year trainees, 2 internal medicine trainees (IMT1 & IMT2)/GP trainees, a Physician Associate and ACP • The medical team is also supported by 2 equivalent full time lung cancer nurses and a lung cancer support worker as well as 2.6 equivalent full time general respiratory specialist nurses. Job description Job responsibilities This is an exciting opportunity to join a developing Respiratory service on the Southport Site at Mersey & West Lancashire Hospital. The Consultant appointments to these posts will deliver sessions of care to general medicine inpatients on the ward in conjunction with 1 General Respiratory weekly outpatient clinic, 2 Lung Cancer weekly clinics (1 for new patients and 1 for follow-up patients) on our Ormskirk site, in-reach service for a selected acute respiratory admission ward round, as well as bronchoscopy services. • The Respiratory department currently is made up of 4 full time Respiratory Consultants • The Consultants appointed to these posts will help to supervise and work alongside 2 respiratory ST3+ trainees, 1 specialty doctor and 1 senior clinical fellows. This is complemented by larger team of 3 foundation year trainees, 2 internal medicine trainees (IMT1 & IMT2)/GP trainees, a Physician Associate and ACP • The medical team is also supported by 2 equivalent full time lung cancer nurses and a lung cancer support worker as well as 2.6 equivalent full time general respiratory specialist nurses.