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This is a full-time clinical fellow post in respiratory medicine with the option of being part of the general medical on call. The successful applicants will be based at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage but will be required to do clinics at the New QEII Hospital in Welwyn Garden City and Hertford County Hospital in Hertford. This is a new post has arisen to enhance the middle grade cover in respiratory medicine to support the junior team on the wards but will also provide the candidate with the training in respiratory medicine. The Trust has two Specialist Registrar posts linked to Cambridge and the training and support given to the successful candidate will be the same., Provision of Medical Grade cover within the respiratory department. Support of the junior team in the day to day management of in-patients. Together with the consultant provide specialist input to other departments in the Trust. Part of the ACT (Acute Chest Team) which is the in-reach team for ED and Medical admissions. Training will be provided in specialised respiratory procedure such as bronchoscopy/EBUS/Thoracoscopy/IPC as well as basic procedures such as pleural aspirations and chest drains

• Experience in Respiratory either at SHO level or Registrar Level
• Advanced Life Support or demonstration of ability to achieve ALS immediately upon appointment
Desirable
• College Membership (MRCP) or qualification of an equivalent level
• College Fellowship
• Postgraduate degree
Previous Experience Essential
• Broad range of experience in Respiratory and General Medicine in particular: Experience in acute medicine emergencies
• Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
Desirable
• Fully competent with Bronchoscopy
• Experience and expertise in managing critically ill patients within a medical ICU and HDU environment
• EBUS experience
• Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
Skills Essential
• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
• Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation
  
  At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.