Senior Clinical Fellow in Respiratory

Job summary

The post-holder will be responsible to the Consultant team with a senior consultant mentor aligned to the applicants chosen sub-speciality interest. Please note that although the primary base for this role will be Royal Preston Hospital the post holder will be expected to work across both Preston and Chorley sites, as per the service and rota requirements.

This is a permanent post as we are keen to develop and support our doctors to progress within the trust. If you are only looking for a short-term post however please apply.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Clinical Fellow can expect extensive training in every aspect of respiratory medicine, including lung cancer, pleural diseases, tuberculosis, asthma, COPD, sleep, ventilation and ILD.

There will be plenty of opportunity to learn various skills related to interventional pulmonology, Non-invasive ventilation and airways management, this includes:

• Performance and interpretation of lung function tests and sleep studies.
• Opportunity to learn ultrasound evaluation of pleural diseases and ultrasound guided pleural biopsy/ chest drain insertion, under the guidance of a Specialist Chest Radiologist.
• Special experience in their chosen sub-speciality.
• Involvement in MDT working and meetings.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals respiratory department delivers a significant component of year 3 and 5 undergraduate education for Manchester Medical School which the SCF will have involvement in.

There is time for research to support the delivery of abstracts, presentation and publications with linkages to our local universities.

About us

The Medical Directorate is responsible for the provision of a full range of medical services across the Preston and Chorley hospital sites. At Royal Preston Hospital, there are 37 Physicians with special interests as follows:

• Cardiology
• Respiratory medicine
• Diabetes and Endocrinology
• Gastroenterology
• Medicine for the Elderly
• Acute medicine

There are 12 consultant physicians based at Chorley Hospital, including 2 Chest Physicians.

There are 15 Consultants in the Department of Chest Medicine:

1. Dr S Mehdi - Clinical Lead for Respiratory. Lung Cancer, Acute Respiratory

1. Dr H Singh - Lead for Sleep related respiratory disorders

1. Dr M Munavvar - Interventional Bronchoscopy, Thoracoscopy, TB

1. Dr A Vyas - Specialised commissioned Long term Ventilation lead

1. Specialised commissioned Severe asthma/ complex breathlessness Lead

1. Dr Y Haider - Specialised commissioned Interstitial Lung Disease Lead

1. Dr I Hasan - Lung Cancer, interventional Pulmonology

1. Dr S MacRae - Lung Cancer, Interventional Pulmonology, Palliative respiratory care

1. Dr S Gudur - COPD, Pleural procedures, Acute Medicine

1. Dr E Nuttall - Acute NIV and Long term ventilation

1. Dr R Madi - CDH Sleep

1. Dr S Punnilaith- Thoracic

1. Dr Ahmad - Lung Cancer

1. Dr R Singh- Thoracic

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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