Job summary
- Main area
- Respiratory Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 381-ME-6386145
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- SWB NHS Trust
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £55,329 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Junior Specialist Doctor - Higher in Respiratory Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
Junior Specialist Doctor (JSD) – Higher
“Right now we are building our future”
We have vacancy in the following Specialty:- Respiratory Medicine
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and hardworking doctor to join our Respiratory Medicine Department as Junior Specialty doctor - Higher at City Hospital, Birmingham and Sandwell General Hospital. The post will be a fixed term post for a period of 1 year extendable and will commence on the 26th August 2024 with the possibility of longer term opportunities within the Trust subject to performance and progress.
Main duties of the job
The post would be at aimed at junior grade ST 3 + level (post qualification/post foundation level) and whilst not approved training posts we would mirror the training opportunities to those given to training post holders.
The JSD Higher post will allow you to consolidate your experience in a supportive environment, giving you wide ranging clinical exposure and training in a progressive Trust that has won numerous national and local awards. We would be keen to work with successful applicants and help you continue to build your Respiratory Medicine Career. We envisage that the JSD Higher the post holder would need to have full MRCP.
The successful candidate will have at least 3/4 years experience post qualification, full GMC Registration with a license to practice and up to date ALS certification. Recent acute hospital experience at ST 2/3 level, or equivalent of at least 6 months duration is essential. Previous General Medicine experience would be essential and knowledge of the workings of the NHS is preferable.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
- Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Trust is building the 670 bed Midland Metropolitan University Hospital. This new state of the art acute hospital in Grove Lane, Smethwick will bring together all acute services onto one site.
The single-site Acute Hospital will benefit from co-located specialist services which will support the new Emergency Department with dedicated imaging facility and Assessment Units. It will provide state-of-the-art treatment and care for patients from Sandwell and across the region and will become the civic heart of the area and a point of pride for the community.
The Trust is a key partner with the local commissioning group and the local authorities in the Right Care Right Here programme which seeks to deliver a redevelopment of local health services. The programme includes one of the largest investments in the UK with new facilities in both the acute and community sectors. Included within this is the new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital.
The Trust has a very good reputation for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching with strong links to the University of Birmingham and Health Education West Midlands. The Trust is home to a number of University departments and we are now looking to develop research capacity in a number of specialties in the Trust including Emergency Medicine so there is likely to be opportunities to become involved in research activities. There is a clinical skills laboratory on the Acute Medical Unit which is the first in the UK.
Birmingham is a vibrant, multi-cultural city and it is a very exciting place to live and work. It has a population of 1.1 million, the youngest in Europe. Its residents speak over 140 languages and blend different cultures and nationalities with history that is rich in industrial heritage.
The area boasts affordable housing with popular residential districts such as Harborne and Sutton Coldfield an easy commute to either of the main hospital sites. There are a number of very good schools and colleges locally (including a number of independent and grammar schools such as the King Edwards Schools). Birmingham is a very green city with more than 8,000 acres of green space including impressive parks around the city. Due to our central location and good motorway connections we are in easy reach of a number of beautiful rural locations including the Peak District, Cannock Chase, the Lickey Hills and the Cotswolds.
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to equality of opportunity and is a no smoking organisation
Person specification
Qualifications:
Essential criteria
- • Primary medical qualification (MBBS/MBBCH) or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- • Record of high academic achievement (honours, prizes etc).
- • Teaching Experience
- • MRCP
Clinical Experience:
Essential criteria
- Experience in full time training and experience at ST1/2 or higher grade or equivalent in Respiratory Medicine
Desirable criteria
- • Recent experience in the admission of acute medical emergencies and recent experience with acute unselected medical intake
Clinical Effectiveness
Essential criteria
- • Experience of conducting clinical audit
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- • Full GMC Registration and licence to practise
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Usman Maqsood
- Job title
- Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 544 3801
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