Job overview

Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are delighted to welcome applications for the post of Consultant in Respiratory Medicine within the Acute Adult Care Division. This post provides an exciting opportunity to join an expanding Respiratory team and be given the opportunity to continue learning and specialising in particular areas. We are looking for highly motivated colleagues with excellent communication and team working skills who want to deliver the best respiratory care for our local population. You will have hold MRCP (or equivalent) and you must be fully registered with the GMC and be on its Register, or within six months of obtaining your CCT. These posts seek to combine your commitment to Respiratory Care, recognising that you may also wish to retain an interest in a specialist field.

The trust is looking to recruit one Respiratory consultant to grow the team and allow further innovation and specialisation to occur. The posts will primarily be based at the Royal Bolton Hospital and support the delivery of a seven-day Respiratory Consultant service on a 1 in 8 Respiratory rota, with minimal GIM commitment.

We will also consider applications from candidates who are currently working as Locum NHS consultants and applying to be on the GMC specialist register via CESR. If successful, they will be initially offered a locum consultant post on a 1 year fixed term contract whilst they obtain their Specialist registration. 

Main duties of the job

The appointed doctor will share inpatient responsibilities with the other 7 consultants to cover 2 acute respiratory wards with daily consultant led ward rounds on dedicated ward weeks without simultaneous out-patient clinic commitments. In-patient work includes a rotating in-reach service to the emergency department and admissions wards with a daily 4 patient rapid access clinic. The doctor will also support a well-established and diverse out patients’ service and virtual ward services which we are in the process of developing. We have an acute NIV service, interventional pulmonology service including Bronchoscopy, EBUS, Medical Thoracoscopy, a dedicated pleural clinic, a TB clinic and a modern lung function laboratory.  A job plan for the post will be agreed with the successful candidates after appointment. There are opportunities to develop new services and expand and consolidate existing services depending on the successful candidates’ interests, including training in EBUS. The successful candidates will be encouraged and supported to develop their subspecialty interests.

We are happy to consider flexible working requests, such as part time or annualised hours, but you will be expected to work shifts on a rota that reflects and supports the needs of the department.

Working for our organisation

The respiratory department at Royal Bolton Hospital is a friendly, dynamic and innovative team that were at the forefront of managing COVID-19 having seen some of the highest rates in the UK.  The efforts of the team were recognised by Respiratory Wards winning the Executive Recognition Award at the “For A Better Bolton Awards” ceremony and an invitation for one of the Respiratory Consultant to meet the Prime Minister at Number 10.

NHS Bolton Foundation Trust is a fully integrated trust meaning that we have fantastic links into our community services and many services provided are fully integrated. The department is comprised of two acute Respiratory Wards, a specialist nursing team providing integrated care across acute and community settings, and has a specialist respiratory physiology department provided in the community.

For a brief insight into how Bolton NHS Foundation Trust are building a Better Bolton please click on this short link: https’://youtu.be/kGGRgPqHQsg

So if you are a Respiratory Physician who is proactive, has acute skills and able to work under pressure in a fast paced environment, looking for a new challenge, we would love to hear from you.