Respiratory Clinical Fellow
Job summary
Respiratory Clinical Fellow London North West University Teaching Hospital seeks a Clinical Fellow / Specialty Registrar equivalent ST3-ST5 to join our dynamic and forward thinking respiratory team based at Northwick Park Hospital.
Location: Northwick Park Hospital Respiratory Department Grade: Clinical Fellow / Specialty Registrar equivalent (ST3-ST5 equivalent) Contract: Fixed-term, 12 months This is a 12-month fixed-term appointment due to a temporary shortfall in Deanery-allocated Respiratory trainees. The post has been established to maintain service provision and middle-grade on-call cover and will be reviewed against future trainee allocations.
Are you an ambitious registrar looking to develop your respiratory career in a supportive, forward-thinking department? We are seeking a motivated Clinical Fellow to join our dynamic and expanding Respiratory Team. This post offers high-quality clinical experience across inpatient care, specialist outpatient clinics, and diagnostic services.
While this is a non-training post, it provides an exceptional platform to consolidate higher-level competencies, gain hands-on procedural experience, and prepare for future specialty training or higher academic aspirations.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities Inpatient Care: Provide middle-grade clinical support for our dedicated respiratory wards, overseeing patient management with close consultant supervision. Referrals & In-Reach: Assess and manage inpatient respiratory referrals from other specialties and wards.
Procedures: Perform routine and advanced diagnostic/therapeutic procedures, including pleural aspirations, chest drain insertions, and supervised bronchoscopies (with opportunities to train in EBUS depending on experience). Outpatient Clinics: Attend and help run supervised specialist clinics (e.g., rapid access lung cancer, pleural, COPD, or ILD services).
Governance & Audit: Participate actively in local departmental audits, governance meetings, quality improvement projects (QIP), and undergraduate/postgraduate teaching.
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people. We run major acute services at: Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country.
The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Job responsibilities
The role will have a robust research element - six commercial respiratory studies proposed for the coming year, attendance in clinics (asthma, bronchiectasis) where patients can be identified for research For further details and to view the main responsibilities, please see the attached Job Description and
Person Specification
Qualifications · Essential
MRCP
Desirable
PhD
Experience · Essential
Comprehensive respiratory/acute experience
Desirable
Research experience
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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 (Opens in a new tab) . 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 (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
