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Job overview

The Consultant Respiratory Physicians atÌýNorth Manchester General Hospital provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of a wide variety of respiratory conditions and symptoms.Ìý

Currently the NMGH Respiratory Team have x2 locum posts available to cover maternity leave for 12 months. ÌýThese roles offer an opportunity to work within an outstanding respiratory team and provide clinical leadership, diagnosis,ÌýmanagementÌýand treatment for patients in respiratory medicine. An interest in Interstitial Lung Disease or/and Lung Cancer would also be beneficial. Ìý

Main duties of the job

• Working alongside other consultant colleagues, provide a quality service to the Trust with responsibility for the diagnosis and treatment of patients referred to respiratory services within both the inpatient and outpatient setting.ÌýÌý

• In conjunction with consultant colleagues, provide clinical leadership andÌýcontribute to the vision and values of the service.ÌýÌý

• Professional Supervision and management of junior medical staff.ÌýÌý

• Participate in the weekly consultant Hot Week Rota for the respiratory ward and respond to respiratory referrals from an inpatient perspective.Ìý

• Contribute with on-going service improvements.
• Actively support patients and their families, communicating clinical information to explain a diagnosis and treatment options using various methods to ensure practical understanding.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing, and shaping the future of our organisation together.