Clinical Fellow in Interstitial Lung Disease

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Job summary

An established NHS teaching trust is seeking a Clinical Fellow in Interstitial Lung Disease. This role offers a unique opportunity to gain sub-specialty experience in a prestigious environment. The successful candidate will engage in patient care, support clinical administrative responsibilities, and participate in educational activities and research projects. Join a dedicated team of professionals committed to delivering compassionate excellence in healthcare, while enhancing your skills in a collaborative and supportive setting. This is a fantastic opportunity for those looking to advance their career in Respiratory Medicine.

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration required.
• Knowledge of Respiratory Medicine and management of common medical emergencies.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Interstitial Lung Disease service under supervision.
• Participate in departmental education meetings and research projects.
• Contribute to respiratory ward rota and provide night care.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Research participation

Time management

Knowledge of Interstitial Lung Disease

Education

MRCP or equivalent

MD or PhD

Completed Respiratory registrar-level training

Job description

Main area Respiratory Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee ST5+ Contract 12 months (Fixed term) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 321-MRC-MS-7068567-S6

Employer Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Churchill Hospital Town Oxford Salary £61,825 - £70,425 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 14/05/2025 23:59

Clinical Fellow in Interstitial Lung Disease

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee ST5+

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel .

Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.

This post will provide sub-specialty experience in Interstitial Lung Disease and would be suited to a Respiratory trainee as out-of-programme experience during specialist training or as post-CCT experience. The post is based in the Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Oxford Interstitial Lung Disease Service is a designated regional specialist centre and an anti-fibrotic prescribing centre, delivering comprehensive care to the Oxfordshire and Thames Valley region. The post holder will play a key role, under supervision, in the care and diagnosis of patients with Interstitial Lung Disease, with the support of the ILD MDT. The post holder will also support the clinical administrative responsibilities associated with the delivery of a regional ILD service. In addition to this clinical experience, the postholder will have the opportunity to participate in departmental education meetings and teaching within the Oxford Centre of Respiratory Medicine and to be involved in research projects relevant to interstitial lung disease.

Main duties of the job

The post holder’s principal duties are based in Respiratory Medicine outpatients which is currently located on the Churchill Hospital site, with an approx. 30 days per annum contribution to the respiratory ward rota based at the JR site and provision of night care around 10 nights per year. The main role of the post holder will be to provide consistent support to the Interstitial Lung Disease service as required under the supervision of the Interstitial Lung Disease consultants Dr Rachel Hoyles (clinical service lead), Prof Ling-Pei Ho (academic lead), Dr Peter Saunders and Dr Emily Fraser. The team participate on national ILD clinical and research advisory groups, have a clear publication record in clinical trials, translational and basic science ILD research, and are speakers at international/national ILD symposia.

Working for our organisation

The ILD team comprises four dedicated ILD consultants, four ILD specialist nurses, two specialist pharmacists, ILD MDT coordinator, two ILD secretaries and two administrative assistants. The ILD service is supported by three radiologists and two pathologists with an interest in ILD, academic and clinical rheumatologists, research nurses, and when required three on-site thoracic surgeons. Community respiratory nurses provide funded ILD community palliative and psychosocial support to end-stage ILD cases. Allied support to the ILD service include physiotherapy outpatient support for pacing advice and breathlessness control, the home oxygen assessment service provide ambulatory assessments and community oxygen follow-up, direct access to pulmonary rehabilitation (Oxford city and >5 county sites), and access to a senior respiratory pharmacist with an ILD interest. Further support is provided by a comprehensive lung function laboratory, and BAL differential cell count service. The OUH Trust biologics unit facility delivers cytotoxic, immunosuppressant and biologics therapies.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder’s principal duties are based in Respiratory Medicine outpatients which is currently located on the Churchill Hospital site, with an approx. 30 days per annum contribution to the respiratory ward rota based at the JR site and provision of night care around 10 nights per year. The main role of the post holder will be to provide consistent support to the Interstitial Lung Disease service as required under the supervision of the Interstitial Lung Disease consultants Dr Rachel Hoyles (clinical service lead), Prof Ling-Pei Ho (academic lead), Dr Peter Saunders and Dr Emily Fraser. The team participate on national ILD clinical and research advisory groups, have a clear publication record in clinical trials, translational and basic science ILD research, and are speakers at international/national ILD symposia.

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

• MRCP or equivalent.
• Participating in or completed Respiratory registrar-level training position
• Knowledge of Respiratory Medicine and management of all common medical emergencies.
• Good time management, self-motivated and conscientious
• Knowledge of Interstitial Lung Disease management

Skills

• Communication skills - to be clear, fluent and articulate in communication in English (verbal and written)
• Good communication and interpersonal skills to able to work within multidisciplinary team.
• Desire to participate in research within the OCRM.
• Proven ability to communicate in written form (publications, reports etc).
• Track record of ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
• MD or PhD

Other Requirements

• Full GMC Registration

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.

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