Respiratory Senior Clinical Fellow

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NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04) Main area Respiratory Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04) Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job ref 288

Site Southport Hospital Town Southport Salary £65,048 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 24/02/:59

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Job overview This post is for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Respiratory Medicine. This is a full time, permanent post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Medic to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.

Successful candidates will help us build on our excellent reputation for delivering high quality patient care with the opportunity to work with a range of respiratory inpatients including those requiring acute NIV, as well as the opportunity to gain valuable experience in respiratory outpatient clinics and procedures including bronchoscopy and pleural procedures.

Main duties of the job The respiratory department has a total of 30 inpatient beds on one ward; 14b. The physician appointed to this post will deliver daily sessions of care to respiratory inpatients on the wards above on a rotational basis. Ward 14b houses the respiratory support unit for up to 6 patients and can provide respiratory support including, NIV, CPAP, and high flow nasal oxygen therapy.

The unit is supported by a well-trained respiratory nurse team and is consultant lead 7 days a week. In the Respiratory department model of care 4 full time Respiratory Consultants are available Monday-Friday to provide inpatient and outpatient care.

Working for our organisation Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services: Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Detailed job description and main responsibilities The appointee will work as part of the Respiratory Multi-Disciplinary Team across inpatient and elective pathways mainly focusing on the respiratory wards,

The successful applicant will be expected to:

• Be responsible for the day to day management of patients on the respiratory ward including NIV management.
• Participate in providing our inpatient respiratory referral service as well as pleural procedures
• Run designated registrar lists at respiratory outpatient clinics with consultant supervision (including Rapid
• Have the opportunity to attend and participate in regular bronchoscopy and pleural sessions
• Participate various MDT meetings

Person specification Qualifications

• Applicants must hold full registration with the GMC at the time of appointment
• Completion of ALS Course (provider status)
• MRCP (UK) or equivalent medical qualification

Experience

• Minimum 4 years post graduate experience with at least 1 rotation in respiratory medicine.
• Clinical training and experience in order to manage/supervise and/or offer expert clinical opinion on patients presenting to the Respiratory department
• Ability to take responsibility for clinical care of patients within the Respiratory department
• Ability to perform ultrasound guided procedures independently (pleural ultrasound)
• Ability to perform bronchoscopy

Skills

• Experience of clinically supervising a range of doctors in training with the ability to teach clinical and practical skills
• Experience of and commitment to clinical audit
• Commitment to continuing medical education
• Ability to work as part of a team, with good interpersonal skills; enquiring, critical approach to work; caring attitude to patients; ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• Experience of providing and organising education sessions for doctors in training
• Experience of formally supervising medical students, F1, F2 and CT trainees is desirable
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems with publications in referred journals
• Experience of and commitment to providing Ambulatory Care and outpatient management of patients presenting to the Respiratory and or the Acute Medical Unit

Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. MWL is an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust who are one of the best places to work for in England.

Given sometimes we receive a high volume of applications to work for us, please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated should a sufficient number of applications be received from which a shortlist can be confirmed. Therefore, you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.

The Trust may contact you during the recruitment process for your feedback on your experience. We always aim for continuous improvement in our practice.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective and experience you bring. We are grounded in the belief that diversity enhances our collective strength, fostering innovation and excellence within our workforce. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

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