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Main area
Respiratory
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Contract
6 months (Fixed Term)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week (+5hrs Additional)
Job ref
196-MED4827
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Thomas' Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£61,825 - £70,425 pa
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/05/2025 23:59

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Senior Clinical Fellow in Respiratory

NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

We are seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow to work at the Lane Fox Respiratory Service.  The post is based at St Thomas’ Hospital with some time at the Lane Fox Remeo Centre in Redhill, Surrey. Remeo is the satellite unit for the Lane Fox Respiratory Service, with a focus on medium-term rehabilitation and respiratory weaning. 

This post is to provide cover for the Lane Fox Respiratory Service.  The post-holder will hone clinical skills in a complex patient group, with a focus on respiratory failure, weaning and long-term ventilator support.

There is daily Consultant presence and training opportunities at both sites.

Main duties of the job

To assist with the coordination of admission and discharge of patients from the unit.  Responsible for maintaining accurate notes.

The post-holder will work with Consultants, Senior nurses, and Senior Therapists (Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Dietician) to deliver a high standard of clinical care to the patients. 

Working for our organisation

The Lane Fox Respiratory Service is a national and international referral centre for respiratory weaning, physical rehabilitation and long-term ventilation [non-invasive and invasive].  We support a large population (over 2000 patients) with non-invasive ventilation, and an increasing number of tracheostomy ventilated patients in the community.  We are unique in the UK in providing 24-hour medical, nursing and technical back-up for patients in the community. 

The Lane Fox Unit at St. Thomas’ and The Lane Fox Remeo centre at Redhill, Surrey, is part of the extensive critical care services at GSTT.  This consists of over 120 critical care beds.  Intensive Care is configured as two purpose-built 15-bed units on adjacent floors in the East Wing on the St Thomas' site (EW1 & EW2).   A 10-bed Medical High Dependency Unit in EW10 with a 4-bed Surgical High Dependency Unit on 11 North.  A 13-bed combined ICU/HDU is located at Guy’s.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Provide High Quality Care to Patients

·       The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice

·       To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.

·       To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.

·       To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.

Please see Job description for further details

Person specification

Qualifications/Education

Essential criteria
  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable criteria
  • MRCP or equivalent

Professional/ Statutory Registration

Essential criteria
  • Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment

Clinical experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence that career progression is consistent with period of training and personal circumstances
  • Clinical experience of working in General Internal Medicine, Respiratory or Intensive Care for a minimum of 12 months.
Desirable criteria
  • Valid adult life support (ALS) certification.
  • Clinical experience of working in outpatients.

Skills/Knowledge/ Ability

Essential criteria
  • Examples of interpersonal and team working skills
  • Ability to work well within the MDT
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of Audit

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Shelley Srivastava
Job title
Consultant Respiratory Physician
Email address
[email protected]
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