Clinical Fellow in Sleep and Home Ventilation
Senior Clinical Fellow (ST3+)
Main area: Respiratory Medicine - Sleep and Non-Invasive Ventilation
Grade: Senior Clinical Fellow (ST3+)
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (6th August 2025 - 5th August 2026)
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref: 387-M-3086-DY
Site: Bristol Royal Infirmary
Town: Bristol
Salary: £61,825 - £70,425 Pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 22/11/2024 23:59
Interview date: 06/12/2024
Applications are invited for the full-time post of Clinical Fellow in Adult Sleep and Home Ventilation for a 12-month fixed term period. The successful applicant will join a dynamic, large and welcoming multidisciplinary (MDT) team to provide care for patients at the Bristol Sleep and Home Ventilation Unit, a tertiary referral centre for sleep and non-invasive ventilation (NIV) based at Bristol Royal Infirmary. The post provides excellent training and experience in sleep and NIV as a subspecialty of respiratory medicine, in both the outpatient and inpatient setting, whilst developing skills in communication and MDT working. The post would ideally suit applicants already in specialist respiratory training who wish to develop a subspecialty interest in sleep and NIV, but those intending to pursue a career in respiratory medicine would also be welcomed.
The post holder will be encouraged to take part in the department’s active research and audit programme, using timetabled study time, with the expectation of publishing and presenting regionally, nationally and internationally. We are currently recruiting patients to an NIHR-funded randomised controlled trial in sleep apnoea, and this role offers the exciting opportunity to lead the recruitment and day-to-day running of the study. The post also includes responsibilities to develop and contribute to continuing education, professional development and audit.
Main duties of the job
Clinical
* Review patients in sleep and NIV clinics, alongside the Consultant and MDT
* Undergo training in reporting and interpretation of full and semi-polysomnograms
* Undertake inpatient reviews of home NIV patients, under consultant supervision
* Participate in weekly sleep and NIV MDT meetings, and monthly governance meetings
* Contribute to training of junior medical staff as appropriate
* Carry out teaching duties as appropriate
* Participate in service development and improvement through commitment to clinical governance
* Take part in and lead as appropriate, team, departmental and regional audits
* Be encouraged to carry out a research project during the post
* Comply with GMC guidance on Good Medical Practice
Working for our organisation
What you’ll love about working here
About us: Our mission is to improve the health of the people we serve by delivering exceptional care, teaching and research every day.
UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ - our staff are proud to deliver excellent care. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston-super-Mare, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.
A digital exemplar: Being appointed as a Global Digital Exemplar means we can realise this vision by implementing digital technologies that will help us to transform the way we work and how we relate to our colleagues, patients and partner organizations.
Sustainable healthcare: We have joined the international movement to declare a climate emergency, recognising the impact climate change is having on the world. Climate change is labelled as the greatest threat to health in the 21st century, with a range of conditions related to heat, cold, extreme weather and air pollution predicted to rise. To lead the way in healthcare the Trust has set ambitious goals to become carbon neutral by 2030.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The service is led by highly engaged consultants and physiologists, and the job offers the chance to work in a multidisciplinary environment, alongside physiotherapists, physiologists and specialist nurses. The post is open to doctors who have completed Internal medical Stage 1 training. The hours of work are 9am-5pm Monday-Friday.
On-call is not part of the post; options for locum out-of-hours work are available. Applications for part-time or job share will be considered.
Please see the Job Description attached to the vacancy for details of the main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Knowledge & Interview
* Experience in respiratory medicine and a range of acute medical specialties
* Demonstrates an understanding of clinical governance
* Demonstrates good clinical judgement
* Evidence of a formal training course in teaching methods
* Experience of sleep and non-invasive ventilation in the outpatient setting
* Designed and/or completed audits
* Experience of managing acute respiratory failure and inpatients on NIV and CPAP
Skills & Abilities
* Ability to organise and prioritise workload
* Honesty and reliability
* Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
* Flexibility
* Inquiring and critical approach to work
* Appropriately assertive
* Demonstrates initiative
* Evidence of entitlement to live and work in the UK
* Demonstrates an interest in subspecialising in sleep and ventilation within a career in respiratory medicine
* Evidence of involvement in management
Qualifications & Training
* MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
* MRCP or equivalent medical qualification
* Experience of respiratory medicine at specialist training level
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Dr Laura Buckley
Job title: Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
Email address: Laura.Buckley@uhbw.nhs.uk
Additional information:
Candidates wishing to visit the hospital are warmly welcomed to do so and should make their arrangements directly with:
* Dr Laura Buckley, Lead Consultant in Sleep, Department of Respiratory Medicine – laura.buckley@uhbw.nhs.uk, secretary telephone 0117 342 0877, email: claire.chandler@uhbw.nhs.uk
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