Job summary
This job is a 6-month fixed term contract for a Clinical Fellow in Respiratory to provide care for patients for designated Consultant/team at ward level, and receiving support/ training from both Senior trainees and Consultant staff.
It provides excellent experience in respiratory and general medicine and prepares trainees for applications for specialist training.
Training and supervision in respiratory medicine (bronchoscopy, EBUS, pleural procedures, thoracoscopy, NIV (both inpatient and outpatient), Cystic Fibrosis, Lung Cancer, TB, ILD) as per the requirements and skills of the individual, and the needs of the department.
Main duties of the job
Respiratory medicine looks after medical inpatients - General Respiratory and General Medical, as well as up to 5 cystic fibrosis inpatients at one time.
The respiratory department also run the hospital's High Dependency Unit (MADU) and has close links with Intensive Care. Patients on MADU include after a range of acutely unwell patients including those requiring non-invasive ventilator support.
There are opportunities for clinics and specialty related procedures.
The post holder will also contribute to the general internal medicine rota.
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The respiratory department is a supportive and pro-active group of consultants. There are 10 respiratory consultants, 3 registrars, 7 SHOs and 3 FY1s. There are also specialist nurses in CF, COPD, TB, ILD and Lung Cancer.
Respiratory medicine looks after medical inpatients - General Respiratory and General Medical, as well as up to 5 cystic fibrosis inpatients at one time.
The respiratory department also run the hospitals High Dependency Unit (MADU) and has close links with Intensive Care. Patients on MADU include after a range of acutely unwell patients including those requiring non-invasive ventilator support.
The out-patient respiratory service:
General respiratory clinics
Lung Cancer clinic
Specialist TB service
Sleep and ventilation including home NIV service
Airways disease
Pleural disease
ILD clinics
CF clinics
Procedures:
1 bronchoscopy list per week
1 EBUS list per week
Medical Thoracoscopy
3 Pleural lists per week using US guidance including long term tunnelled pleural catheters.
We are seeking a third respiratory registrar to join this dynamic team.
Education is very important at Frimley and every trainee has an Educational and Clinical Supervisor to support them during their time at Frimley Park Hospital. As a trainee you will have access to a portfolio and will be given support over the year to build your CV. Teaching sessions are run throughout the week including X-Ray meeting, Respiratory Teaching and Grand Round.
There is a state of the art Post Graduate Education Centre with dedicated IT support and lunchtime catering facilities, and tea and coffee the rest of the day. There are several consultants within the hospital who are PACES examiners and run PACES teaching within the hospital with the aim of helping junior doctors complete their post graduate exams.
We have a strong and supportive audit department which supports local and regional audit. There is a hospital audit competition and coordinated directorate audits.
In addition there is a strong research ethos in the hospital and we encourage all of our juniors to participate in research and submit abstracts to local, national and international meetings. Four of the respiratory consultants have a PhD.
The department supports trainees in development management skills. The respiratory consultants are involved in a range of committees including patient safety, morbidity and mortality reviews and infection control. The Medical Director and Clinical Director are both Respiratory Consultants.
Registrar Job Plans:
There are 3 registrars who rotate every 4 months in each post 1, 2 and 3. Each post offers specialty training including sleep and ventilation, Cystic Fibrosis, Pleural disease and intervention, endoscopic bronchial ultrasound (EBUS), TB and ILD. There are 2-3 SHOs and 1-2 FY1s on the ward at any one time. There is a daily consultant led board round, and twice weekly consultant ward rounds. The specific job plans may change but exposure and experience in all the previously mentioned subspecialties will still be possible.
On call:
Registrars contribute to the medical registrar on call rota which includes normal working days, on call days, weekend days and nights. The nights shifts are in blocks of 3 or 4 nights followed by compensatory rest days. The rota is EWTD and new contract compliant. There are medical consultants on site doing post take ward rounds for the general medical patients from 08.00 to 21.00 each day. A team of SHO grades, FY1s and Night Nurse Practitioners are present overnight.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Specific Competencies for the Role
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, nurses and admin staff
- Ability to establish good working relationships with MDT
- Ability to function effectively under pressure
- Commitment to continuing personal development
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate use of initiative
Professional/Specialist/Functional Experience
Essential
- At least 3 years of clinical work post qualification
- Sound basic clinical skills
- Competent in the management of medical emergencies
- Active interest in audit
- Understanding of importance of medical research
Desirable
- Computer literate
- Previous clinical audit experience
- Previous research experience
- General respiratory training
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Frimley Park Hospital
Frimley
GU16 7UJ