# Senior Clinical Fellow in Respiratory Medicine

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Preston
- **Region:** North West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Respiratory Medicine
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £67,325 per annum
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term 12 months)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week (.)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-24T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-17T08:31:14.487Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Preston/Lancashire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Respiratory/Respiratory-v8065292
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8065292?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

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 Chorley District Hospital the post holder will be expected to work across both Chorley and Preston sites, as per the service and rota requirements.

This is a fixed term post with the potential to become permanent as we are keen to develop and support our doctors to progress within the trust.

### Main duties of the job

Training opportunities in the following:-

- 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.

- 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.

Audit

The post-holder will be supported to perform an audit project in Respiratory Medicine whilst in post.

Educational Supervision

The Senior Clinical Fellow will be supervised by the lead consultant for their chosen specialty.  Individual appraisals and regular CPD meetings will carried out to support the SCF.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Previous Respiratory medicine experience.
- Audit Knowledge
- Resuscitation
- Basic Training by an ALS provider
- Communication Skills
- ALS
- Computer Literacy

**Desirable**

- Clinical research
- Experience in Bronchoscopy
- Audit Project
- Experience in Thoracic Ultrasound

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- MBChB or equivalent
- Full GMC registration
- MRCP

**Desirable**

- ST4 or above

## Documents

- [438-ms3263 jdps (docx, 141.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10464287)
- [what we can offer you (pdf, 6.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2464)
- [main recruitment pack 24 (pdf, 387.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2212)
- [creating your best application (pdf, 6.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2433)

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