Senior Locally Employed Doctor in Respiratory Medicine

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The closing date is 02 September 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Clinical Fellow to join the Severe Asthma and Airways teams within the Respiratory Directorate service based at our Wythenshawe site.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role will be to provide diagnosis, management and treatment for patients.

The Severe Asthma Service at Wythenshawe Hospital is a multi-disciplinary service. It has over 30 team members working closely together to provide excellent clinical care and patient outcomes. It is a one of the largest NHSE accredited specialist centres for the initiation of biologic therapies in the UK and currently manages approximately 1300 patients on monoclonal antibody treatments and rising. It is also a recognised centre for bronchial thermoplasty and has the only sputum analysis service in the North West. The team are actively involved in asthma research. The service is a founder member of the Northwest Severe Asthma Network and is the host Trust for the Network with a regular regional monthly MDT as well as weekly local and MFT wide MDT meetings.

The Airways service focuses on investigating and managing difficult-to-treat respiratory symptoms, often caused by inducible laryngeal obstruction (vocal cord dysfunction) and breathing pattern disorder, having originally developed out of the severe asthma service. The Airways service run one-stop assessment clinics and laryngoscopy lists, and play a leading national and international role in education and research for these conditions.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at .

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification Experience

• Fully registered Medical Practitioner (GMC)
• Clinical training, experience and competencies at CT2 level or above with view to obtaining a Specialist Training number (ST3) in Respiratory Medicine
• Previous NHS post
• Specialist interest in Severe Asthma and/ or Airways
• Evidence of participation in an audit / Quality improvement project
• Ability to teach clinical & procedural skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust