Senior Clinical Fellow in Respiratory Medicine

at  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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 at Royal Preston Hospital, the post holder will be expected to work across both Preston and Chorley sites, as per the service and rota requirements.
As outlined in the enclosed timetable, the Senior Clinical Fellow will be involved directly with an Interventional Bronchoscopy/ Thoracoscopy list every week, besides at least 2 Respiratory clinics/TB contact clinic. There will be partial responsibility for respiratory in patients, which will be shared with a SpR. He/ She will be involved with clinical research projects in respiratory medicine/ bronchoscopy/thoracoscopy. To keep in touch with Emergency Medicine, and, where necessary, to satisfy training requirements, there is the requirement to do a Medical Assessment Unit shift, on Monday evenings .
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.
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

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 25 Physicians with special interests as follows:

• Cardiology (Dr S Khan, Dr I Ahmed, Dr Q Khan)
• Respiratory medicine (Dr M Munavvar, Dr A Vyas, Dr H Singh, Dr P Marsden, Dr S Mehdi, Dr S Gudur, Dr Emily Nuttall)
• Diabetes and Endocrinology (Dr S Howell, Dr K Kaushal, Dr Akhtar)
• Gastroenterology (Dr P Shields, Dr A Sharma, Dr Mushtaq, Dr H Khan)
• Medicine for the Elderly (Dr G Agrawal, Dr T Thorp, Dr Sultan, Dr Ahmed, Dr Punekar)
• Acute medicine (Dr T Nazir, Dr Helliwell, Dr Fareed)

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

• What we can offer
• Job Plan/On-call Requirements
• The Team

• Cardiology (Dr S Khan, Dr I Ahmed, Dr Q Khan)
• Respiratory medicine (Dr M Munavvar, Dr A Vyas, Dr H Singh, Dr P Marsden, Dr S Mehdi, Dr S Gudur, Dr Emily Nuttall)
• Diabetes and Endocrinology (Dr S Howell, Dr K Kaushal, Dr Akhtar)
• Gastroenterology (Dr P Shields, Dr A Sharma, Dr Mushtaq, Dr H Khan)
• Medicine for the Elderly (Dr G Agrawal, Dr T Thorp, Dr Sultan, Dr Ahmed, Dr Punekar)
• Acute medicine (Dr T Nazir, Dr Helliwell, Dr Fareed