Job summary
- Main area
- Respiratory
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term for 12 month)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (+5 HRS ADDITIONAL)
- Job ref
- 196-MED4832
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Guys Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £70,425 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Clinical Fellow in Asthma & Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
We are seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Asthma & Eosinophilic Lung Disease.
The fellowship will offer a balance of clinical training in the management of severe asthma, EGPA, ABPA, and eosinophilic pneumonia alongside active participation in clinical trials and translational research within King’s Centre for Lung Health, based at Guy’s Hospital. Whilst this post is initially offered for 1 year, there will be the opportunity to extend this in order to undertake an MD or PhD through King’s College London.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to undertake a full-time clinical fellowship within the asthma & eosinophilic lung diseases service at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Trust. The successful applicant will be at ST6 level or above and join an internationally recognised, research-active multi-disciplinary team of clinicians caring for one of the largest cohort of patients with severe asthma and eosinophilic lung diseases in the world.
The post-holder will work with Consultants, Senior nurses, and Senior Therapists (Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Dietician) to deliver a high standard of clinical care to the patients.
Working for our organisation
The Trust consists of St Thomas’ Hospital at Waterloo, including the Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s Hospital at London Bridge as well as Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield Hospital following the recent merger of what was formerly the RBH&HH NHS Trust with GSTT. We are also part of King’s Health Partners (KHP), which comprises King’s College London, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. KHP is one of just five accredited UK Academic Health Sciences Centres (AHSCs). Through our AHSC, we are committed to making research and education integral to the delivery of high quality clinical care. From the 1st February 2021 GSTT has committed to form formal partnership with the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The postholder will be based at Guy’s Hospital. However, it is a requirement of your employment that you be prepared to work at any additional or different locations owned or served by the trust, either on an on-going or temporary basis according to the demands of the service. There may be opportunities for remote or flexible working, if desired.
Teaching:
There will be an opportunity for the post-holder to participate in clinical and theoretical postgraduate and undergraduate teaching within the Department including both MBBS and for allied health professionals.
Clinical Governance:
All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal
Person specification
Qualifications/Education
Essential criteria
- MRCP (or equivalent)
- Advanced Life Support (ALS) qualification
- National training number in respiratory medicine in the UK or other country
Research skills
Essential criteria
- Presentation of a research abstract / poster at a National or International meeting
- Peer-reviewed publications in the field of asthma or a related area
Clinical experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to perform fibreoptic bronchoscopy including BAL, epithelial brushings and endobronchial biopsies under supervision (min experience of 50 procedures)
- Clinical experience of managing patients with acute asthma exacerbations
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
- Professor David Jackson
- Job title
- Consultant Respiratory Physician
- Email address
- [email protected]
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