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Main area
Respiratory
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Contract
12 months (Fixed term)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
100-MED-PPH-121
Employer
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Prince Philip Hospital
Town
Llanelli
Salary
£43,821 - £68,330 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/06/2025 23:59

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Senior Clinical Fellow in Respiratory Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

Our Hywel Dda values reflect who we are and how we behave. We continuously work together to be the best we can be as we strive to develop and deliver excellent services, putting people at the heart of everything we do. Throughout our recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you would demonstrate these values in the way that you work with us.

If you are registered Health Care professional considering relocating to the Hywel Dda area in West Wales please don’t hesitate to contact our recruitment campaigns team directly via [email protected]

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Hywel Dda University Health Board reserve the right to close vacancies after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration for a post.


Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Job overview

This post will be an opportunity for those seeking experience in interventional respiratory medicine prior to obtaining a training number in respiratory medicine or for those already in training or at completion of respiratory medicine training wishing to gain further experience in interventional procedures.  

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to gain experience in thoracic ultrasound (and be expected to gain level 1 competency by the end of the post), indwelling pleural catheters, bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound as well as experience in general respiratory medicine with exposure to the other departmental sub-specialty interests depending on the preference of the successful candidate.  

 

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities of the post are the following:- 
•    To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty 
•    To participate, sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
•    To undertake all work in accordance with the Health Board’s procedures and operating policies 
•    To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Health Board’s service plans 
•    To utilise core clinical expertise in undertaking routine diagnostic procedures and assessment of patients. 
•    Have experience and knowledge of contributing to a sub-specialty service   
•    Leadership and team building skills as well as working as part of a multidisciplinary team 
•    Supporting and training multidisciplinary teams 
•    Planning care in the community alongside primary health care and social care teams 
•    To be responsible for the management of patients under your team’s care at Prince Philip Hospital supported by Resident  Doctors. 
•    To support the development and delivery of a sub-specialty service in hospital and in the community  where appropriate. 
•    To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements within the parameters of the Division’s and Health Board’s agreed objectives. 
•    To contribute to the develop and delivery of  a comprehensive service for the specialty.

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.

We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.

We work in partnership the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.

Our services are provided in:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest.

Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire.

Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings.

47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers.

Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the role requirements please see attached Job Description and Person Specification 
 
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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC registration and licence to practice
  • Valid Certified Advanced Life Support Skills
  • MBBS or recognised equivalent
  • MRCP level 2 or full MRCP membership

Clinical experience

Essential criteria
  • Commitment to team approach and multi-disciplinary working
  • Broad based experience in General Medicine
  • Knowledge and participation in CPD
  • Competence in Acute General Medicine
  • Knowledge and experience of communicating bad news
  • Ability to take independent clinical decisions when necessary and to seek advice from senior doctors as appropriateet the requirement of the GMC’s “Good Medical Practice”
  • 4 years full time postgraduate training (or part time equivalent), at least 2 of which is the speciality training programme.
Desirable criteria
  • Additional clinical qualification(s)
  • Experience of NHS
  • Wider experience, research and training in providing sub specialty service
  • Evidence of above average performance

Clinical Governance

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
  • Comprehension of core philosophy and building blocks of Clinical Governance
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of risk management
  • Knowledge of annual job planning/appraisal review process

Research

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of organising programmes and teaching medical students and Resident doctors
  • Willingness to teach all grades of professional multidisciplinary staff
Desirable criteria
  • Organisation of further teaching programmes in medical education
  • “Training the Trainers” experience

Management

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS
  • Willingness to participate in clinical management
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of management training

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareNo smoking policyCymraegMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCarer Confident -Accomplished - WelshStep into healthCarer Confident -AccomplishedDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldCore principlesStonewall 2023 Bronze

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.

Welsh language skills are not necessary

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Scott O'Rourke
Job title
Respiratory Consultant
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01554 783569
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