Job summary
This post is for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Respiratory Medicine. This is a full time, permanent post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Medic to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
Successful candidates will help us build on our excellent reputation for delivering high quality patient care with the opportunity to work with a range of respiratory inpatients including those requiring acute NIV, as well as the opportunity to gain valuable experience in respiratory outpatient clinics and procedures including bronchoscopy and pleural procedures.
Main duties of the job
The respiratory department has a total of 30 inpatient beds on one ward; 14b. The physician appointed to this post will deliver daily sessions of care to respiratory inpatients on the wards above on a rotational basis. Ward 14b houses the respiratory support unit for up to 6 patients and can provide respiratory support including, NIV, CPAP, and high flow nasal oxygen therapy.
The unit is supported by a well-trained respiratory nurse team and is consultant lead 7 days a week. In the Respiratory department model of care 4 full time Respiratory Consultants are available Monday-Friday to provide inpatient and outpatient care.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
The appointee will work as part of the Respiratory Multi-Disciplinary Team across inpatient and elective pathways mainly focusing on the respiratory wards,
The successful applicant will be expected to:
- Be responsible for the day to day management of patients on the respiratory ward including NIV management.
- Participate in providing our inpatient respiratory referral service as well as pleural procedures
- Run designated registrar lists at respiratory outpatient clinics with consultant supervision (including Rapid
- Access Lung Cancer clinics).
- Have the opportunity to attend and participate in regular bronchoscopy and pleural sessions
- Participate various MDT meetings
Job description
Job responsibilities
The appointee will work as part of the Respiratory Multi-Disciplinary Team across inpatient and elective pathways mainly focusing on the respiratory wards,
The successful applicant will be expected to:
- Be responsible for the day to day management of patients on the respiratory ward including NIV management.
- Participate in providing our inpatient respiratory referral service as well as pleural procedures
- Run designated registrar lists at respiratory outpatient clinics with consultant supervision (including Rapid
- Access Lung Cancer clinics).
- Have the opportunity to attend and participate in regular bronchoscopy and pleural sessions
- Participate various MDT meetings
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Applicants must hold full registration with the GMC at the time of appointment
- Completion of ALS Course (provider status)
Desirable
- MRCP (UK) or equivalent medical qualification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 4 years post graduate experience with at least 1 rotation in respiratory medicine.
- Clinical training and experience in order to manage/supervise and/or offer expert clinical opinion on patients presenting to the Respiratory department
- Ability to take responsibility for clinical care of patients within the Respiratory department
Desirable
- Ability to perform ultrasound guided procedures independently (pleural ultrasound)
- Ability to perform bronchoscopy
Skills
Essential
- Experience of clinically supervising a range of doctors in training with the ability to teach clinical and practical skills
- Experience of and commitment to clinical audit
- Commitment to continuing medical education
- Ability to work as part of a team, with good interpersonal skills; enquiring, critical approach to work; caring attitude to patients; ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
Desirable
- Experience of providing and organising education sessions for doctors in training
- Experience of formally supervising medical students, F1, F2 and CT trainees is desirable
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems with publications in referred journals
- Experience of and commitment to providing Ambulatory Care and outpatient management of patients presenting to the Respiratory and or the Acute Medical Unit
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Applicants must hold full registration with the GMC at the time of appointment
- Completion of ALS Course (provider status)
Desirable
- MRCP (UK) or equivalent medical qualification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 4 years post graduate experience with at least 1 rotation in respiratory medicine.
- Clinical training and experience in order to manage/supervise and/or offer expert clinical opinion on patients presenting to the Respiratory department
- Ability to take responsibility for clinical care of patients within the Respiratory department
Desirable
- Ability to perform ultrasound guided procedures independently (pleural ultrasound)
- Ability to perform bronchoscopy
Skills
Essential
- Experience of clinically supervising a range of doctors in training with the ability to teach clinical and practical skills
- Experience of and commitment to clinical audit
- Commitment to continuing medical education
- Ability to work as part of a team, with good interpersonal skills; enquiring, critical approach to work; caring attitude to patients; ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
Desirable
- Experience of providing and organising education sessions for doctors in training
- Experience of formally supervising medical students, F1, F2 and CT trainees is desirable
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems with publications in referred journals
- Experience of and commitment to providing Ambulatory Care and outpatient management of patients presenting to the Respiratory and or the Acute Medical Unit
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
