Job summary
- Main area
- Sleep Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05)
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term contract)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 196-MED4840
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Guys Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £70,425 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Clinical Fellow in Sleep
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05)
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
An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the Sleep Medicine service at Guys & St Thomas' Hospital.
The Sleep Disorders Centre is seeking a full-time Senior Clinical Fellow to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward thinking team. There will be a commitment to out-patient and sleep diagnostic reporting activity for the department.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a first-class team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment.
This is a fixed tern post for 12 months.
Please note if sufficient applications are received this job may close early.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of sleep medicine services to the Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to include:
(a) Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the trust in such hospitals, health centres or clinics or other premises as required.
(b) Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff.
Clinical duties will include, but is not limited to (see timetable below):
· To provide out-patient direct clinical care to patients with sleep disorders
· The appointee will be expected to undertake regular sleep clinic sessions, to review patients after sleep studies, and to support ongoing audit and research activities within the Sleep Disorders Centre.
· To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care
· To participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
· To participate in research and clinical audit
Working for our organisation
The Sleep Disorders Centre (SDC) is one of the largest centres of adult sleep medicine in Europe. With consultants in respiratory medicine, neurology, neurophysiology, psychiatry and neuropsychiatry, its caseload is extremely broad, covering all aspects of sleep medicine.
The SDC sees approximately 18,000 patients a year, and receives approximately 5000 new referrals per year. These include patients with sleep-disordered breathing, parasomnias, narcolepsy and other central hypersomnias, sleep-related movement disorders, nocturnal epilepsy, and sleep disorders associated with neurological and psychiatric conditions. In addition to the consultant staff, the serviced is supported by one clinical fellows and a highly experienced team of 25 sleep technologists.
The SDC has close links with the departments of respiratory medicine, neurology and the Lane Fox Unit, a national centre of expertise for ventilatory support.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for full details.
Job Summary:
· To provide out-patient direct clinical care to patients with sleep disorders
· The appointee will be expected to undertake regular sleep clinic sessions, to review patients after sleep studies, and to support ongoing audit and research activities within the Sleep Disorders Centre.
· To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care
· To participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
· To participate in research and clinical audit
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practise
- Valid MRCP membership or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Core medical training, plus a specialty training in respiratory medicine, neurology, psychiatry or cardiology
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive clinical experience in general medicine, and one of: respiratory medicine, neurology, psychiatry or cardiology
Desirable criteria
- Previous exposure to sleep medicine
Knowledge and Skills:
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Ability to interpret sleep studies
Research
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of original research
Other
Essential criteria
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
Desirable criteria
- Experience in clinical guideline development
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
- Johan Meurling
- Job title
- Consultant/Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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