Clinical Fellow in Respiratory Medicine

This is an exciting opportunity to undertake a one-year clinical fellowship, designed to provide sub-specialty experience in pulmonary intervention. The post would be well-suited to a respiratory trainee as an out-of-programme experience during specialist training, or as a post-CCT fellowship. The post provides a unique opportunity for a fellow to become an independent operator in endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and develop their pleural intervention skills, including local anaesthetic thoracsocopy.

Most patients requiring intervention are on a lung cancer diagnostic pathway, and the fellow will contribute attend the weekly Lung MDT and chair the weekly pleural MDT. The post holder will be expected to participate in departmental education and research.

If the post-holder is applying as a post-CCT fellow, they will also have the option of contributing to the acute medical take at SMH at consultant level, including providing respiratory input into newly admitted acute medical patients.

This is one-year clinical fellowship post designed to provide sub-specialty experience in pulmonary intervention.

The fellow will conduct a weekly supervised EBUS / bronchoscopy list.

A significant proportion of patients requiring intervention are on a lung cancer diagnostic pathway, and the Trust is currently working towards delivering the National Optimal Lung Cancer Pathway. The fellow will contribute towards this work by attending the weekly lung cancer MDT and contributing to a weekly lung cancer clinic.

The fellow will also chair the weekly pleural MDT and contribute to a weekly pleural clinic.

The fellow will conduct a minimum of 3 supervised weekly pleural lists and will support ward teams with pleural intervention and pleural advice.

They will be expected to participate in departmental education and research.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.

As part of our continued response to Covid
19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Full job description and person specification is attached.

A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and the lead for respiratory intervention.

• MRCP(UK) or an equivalent qualification
• National training number to work in the UK at the level of a Specialist Registrar to attain CCT in Respiratory & General Internal Medicine OR already on GMC Specialist Register, must be ST5 or above
• Valid certified Advanced Life Support or Intermediate Lift Support skills
• GMC registered Medical Practitioner
• Higher qualifications MD, PhD

• Experience in respiratory medicine at Higher Specialty Trainee level
• Experience of participating in lung cancer MDTs and clinics
• Understanding of evidence-based best practice for the management of patients with pleural disease
• Prior experience in bronchoscopy and EBUS
• Prior experience in thoracic US and pleural intervention, must have achieved level 5 competence in the Primary TUS Operator Pathway as per the latest BTS descriptors
• Evidence of working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• IT Skills and computer literacy
• Experience in respiratory medicine at Higher Specialty Trainee level
• Knowledge of the lung cancer waiting time standards and national audit targets
• IT skills/experience with Cerner electronic health records and e-prescribing
• Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
• Knowledge of finance/budgets

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates / postgraduates and junior medical staff

• Understanding of principles of clinical audit
• Evidence of previously leading audits
• Knowledge of the national lung cancer clinical audit

• Experience of pleural research
• Experience of commercial and NIHR funded studies

• Able to speak and write English to the…