Job overview

This post represents an exciting opportunity to join the 
existing respiratory team within the University Hospitals of 
Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust. This is a new post
supported by funding from the National Institute of Health 
Research (NIHR) to help deliver high quality clinical research 
studies to the population 350,000 across North Lancashire, 
South Cumbria and the Furness peninsula. 
The respiratory service at UHMB has undergone major 
transition over the last few years with exciting new services 
and community integration. In particular the service now 
offers sub-specialist care in Interstitial Lung Disease and 
Severe Asthma including assessment, prescription and 
monitoring of NHS England Specialist Commissioned drugs 
via regional clinical networks. 
This post would involve a mixture of clinical work (support for 
respiratory inpatient work at Royal Lancaster Infirmary, 
attending specialist clinics in ILD or severe asthma, and 
preparation and attendance at relevant regional specialist 
multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings) , clinical research 
work (supporting the delivery of NIHR portfolio research 
studies in respiratory medicine). There will also be the 
opportunity to engage with teaching of medical students from 
Lancaster University Medical School. Participation in general 
medical on call duties (with appropriate remuneration) can be 
negotiated if desired. 

Main duties of the job

The advertised posts would focus on severe asthma and ILD.  Both of these subspecialties are part of regional networks with neighbouring organizations including Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. The successful applicant would gain experience in the assessment, investigation and management of patients with severe asthma, inducible laryngeal obstruction, complex breathlessness, and/or ILD including Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Connective Tissue Disease related ILD (with access to a joint ILD/Rheumatology clinic) and drug induced ILD. Both services identify and prescribe specialist commissioned drugs via 
the respective regional specialist MDTs and the post would involve active 
preparation and presentation in these meetings.

This would be an ideal post for a candidate hoping to follow a 
specialist career in respiratory medicine. The post would 
allow the successful applicant to gain valuable additional 
experience prior to application for a formal training rotation 
and to build research and educational skills to support further 
career progression.

Working for our organisation

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre. 

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services. 

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses. 

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.