Clinical Fellow

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical Fellow to join our General medicine team at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, based within Respiratory Medicine. This is a fixed term role for 12 months. The successful candidate will be placed in the Respiratory Medicine Directorate with clinical duties covering the Respiratory inpatient wards, Respiratory Assessment Unit and outpatient respiratory clinics with commitments to participate in the day, weekend, twilight and night medical registrar on call rota. The post-holders will be expected to support the continuing care of medical in-patients on the respiratory inpatient wards and participate on the medical registrar on call rota with appropriate banding. A Clinical Supervisor will be provided and attendance at the Respiratory Medicine Departmental teaching is expected. The post-holder will be expected to participate in the Division of Medicine Grand Rounds and audit meetings and will be welcome to participate in any available further training and study opportunities.,

• Attending ward rounds
• Attending MDT meetings
• Attend a variety of general and subspecialty respiratory clinics
• Supervision of junior doctors
• Undertaking routine clinical procedures on wards and pleural procedures on RAU
• Seeing ward referrals
• Opportunity to gain experience in bronchoscopy/EBUS/medical thoracoscopy/chest ultrasound
• Follow up management of acute inpatients
• Prescribing
• Discharge summaries
• Contributing to quality improvement across the pathway
• Working as equivalent to junior registrar level on call
This job description is not intended to be exhaustive and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances, in discussion with the post holder. This role profile is intended to provide a broad outline of the main responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role and in initial and on-going discussions with the designated manager.


• Appropriate experience in medical practice post-qualification
• Experience of working on busy medical wards
• Experience in General Medicine
• Part 1 MRCP
Desirable criteria
• MRCP or equivalent
• Experience of working in the NHS
• Experience of working at registrar level and participation in med reg on call rota, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work., Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.
Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements. The Medicine & Emergency Care Directorate are focused on delivering safe, personal and effective care to our patients and population, and there is an ethos of continuous improvement within all services. We have a large programme of work on going, and this role will be key in supporting members of the team with project and programme management., The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background. We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

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• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
• This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
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Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS) If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained. The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed. The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £42.90 and for a Standard Disclosure £22.90 which includes a small handling fee.