Senior Clinical Fellow (ST3-5) in Respiratory Medicine
Full-Time Senior Clinical Fellow in Respiratory Medicine With Participation in the General Internal Medicine (GIM) On-Call Rota

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Clinical Fellow in Respiratory Medicine to join our established Respiratory team on a full-time substantive basis.

A key feature of this post is participation in the Trust's General Internal Medicine (GIM) on-call rota, providing an excellent opportunity for clinicians wishing to maintain and develop their acute medicine skills alongside a rewarding Senior Clinical Fellow Respiratory role.

This is an exciting opportunity for a clinician who is passionate about Respiratory Medicine and acute care, and who is looking to establish themselves in a substantive role within a supportive teaching hospital environment. In addition to specialist respiratory practice, the successful candidate will have opportunities to become involved in teaching, training, quality improvement, service development and research.

Please be advised that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

Main duties of the job
Based at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, the successful applicant will work within a dynamic and forward-thinking Respiratory Department, delivering high-quality care across inpatient and outpatient settings. The post offers the opportunity to work closely with an experienced team of Respiratory Consultants, Specialist Nurses, Allied Health Professionals and junior doctors, contributing to the continued development of Respiratory services across the Trust.

Job responsibilities

• Review referrals to the service daily in liaison with Consultants.
• Assist in clinics as necessary, seeing both new and follow-up patients.
• Attendance at multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Ward rounds.
• Continuing professional development.
• Providing support during periods of absence of Consultants.
• Maintain good communication with all consultants and the multidisciplinary team.
• Work with FY1 and FY2 in the treatment of patients admitted, undertake and supervise medical procedures as requested.
• Ensure good communication with GPs and other agencies such as Palliative Care services.
• Participation in teaching and training activities for medical and other clinical staff.
• Teaching of junior medical staff, medical students and nurses will be expected.
• The Trust encourages proposals for research projects.

Any other duties appropriate to the grade. The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and are intended to give a broad flavour of the range and type of duties that will be allocated. They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and the development requirements of the post holder.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• MB ChB or equivalent.
• Full registration with GMC
• ALS or equivalent
• MRCP or equivalent

Desirable

• Higher Medical Qualification.
• Prizes or honours in MBBS or equivalent.
• Evidence of further study.
• MD or Phd

Experience
Essential

• Experience at registrar level (or equivalent) in General and / Respiratory Medicine.
• Able to carry out ALS and defibrillation to a standard that accords with UK Resus Council guidelines.

Desirable

• Able to do bronchoscopy independently or with limited supervision.
• Publications or evidence of completed research or audit activity.

Job Specific Skills
Essential

• Effective communication skills both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work as an effective member of a team.
• Evidence of personal initiative and organisational abilities.
• Ability to keep good clinical records.

Knowledge
Essential

• Commitment to CPD.

Additional
Essential

• Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.