This job is for a Clinical Fellow in Respiratory to provide care for patients for designated Consultant/team at ward level, and receiving support/ training from both Senior trainees and Consultant staff. 

It provides excellent experience in respiratory and general medicine and prepares trainees for applications for specialist training. 

Training and supervision in respiratory medicine (bronchoscopy, EBUS, pleural procedures, thoracoscopy, NIV (both inpatient and outpatient), Cystic Fibrosis, Lung Cancer, TB, ILD) as per the requirements and skills of the individual, and the needs of the department.  

We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of  applications. so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Registrars are offered specialty training including sleep and ventilation, Cystic Fibrosis, Pleural disease and intervention, endoscopic bronchial ultrasound (EBUS), TB and ILD. There are 5 resident doctors on the ward at any one time. There is a daily consultant led board round, and twice weekly consultant ward rounds. The specific job plans may change but exposure and experience in all the previously mentioned subspecialties will still be possible. 

On call 

 Registrars contribute to the medical registrar on call rota which includes normal working days, on call days, weekend days and nights. The nights shifts are in blocks of 3 or 4 nights followed by compensatory rest days.  The rota is EWTD and new contract compliant.  There are medical consultants on site doing post take ward rounds for the general medical patients from 08.00 to 21.00 each day.  A team of SHO grades, FY1s and Night Nurse Practitioners are present overnight.