Clinical Fellow in Sleep & Ventilation, Respiratory Medicine

Clinical Fellow in Sleep & Ventilation, Respiratory Medicine NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

Main area Sleep & Ventilation, Respiratory Medicine Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow Contract 8 months (8 month fixed term contract) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 321-MRC-MS S6

Site Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital Town Headington, Oxford Salary £65,048 - £73,992 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 11/12/:59

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 Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

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.

This post is a great opportunity to develop sub-specialty expertise in adult respiratory Sleep and Ventilation medicine, providing care for out-patients on home respiratory support, and contributing to departmental quality improvement projects and training in a strong clinical and academic environment. Outpatient activity includes sleep and ventilation clinics, day-unit assessment of patients under consideration of home NIV or cough-assist provision, reporting respiratory sleep studies, and providing specialist advice for in-patients using acute noninvasive ventilation.

The postholder will work with the Respiratory team providing in-patient care on the Osler Respiratory ward during Mon to Fri day-time blocks approximately once week in seven, plus an evening and weekend on-call commitment that is non-residential overnight. A substantial proportion of in-patients are on acute or home NIV, thereby providing experience across the full breadth of respiratory support for patients with ventilatory failure. There are 2-3 sets of General Medical night duties per annum.

There is an active Departmental educational programme, with a weekly journal club, educational meeting and radiology MDT, in addition to case-based learning and development.

Main duties of the job

Specific duties include:

• Sleep and Ventilation outpatient clinics
• Day Case patient review for ventilator dependent or at-risk patients, and for those initiating home noninvasive ventilation or cough assistance
• Respiratory sleep study and oximetry reporting
• Management of non-face to face patient care
• Provision of specialist advice for Respiratory and General Medical patients on acute noninvasive ventilation
• Contribution towards undergraduate and postgraduate training in Sleep and Ventilation
• Contribution towards Service Development and Governance
• Contribution to current sleep research projects.

Administrative and secretarial support will be provided for these tasks. Appropriate supervised training will be provided to the post holder, with formal review at start and mid-way through post. It is envisaged that the post-holder will gain significant clinical experience in all aspects of adult Respiratory Sleep and Ventilation management. It will be necessary for the post holder to work closely with the rotational Specialist Registrars (or equivalent) and to work with them flexibly to ensure adequate middle grade cover.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation 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. Find out more here

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General 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 Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder's duties are based predominantly at the Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, located at the Churchill Hospital site, and also at the John Radcliffe Hospital where the Osler Respiratory ward and acute medical services are based for in-patient care, including review of patients on acute noninvasive ventilation and for on-call duties. The main role of the post holder will be to provide consistent middle-grade support to the Adult Respiratory Sleep and Ventilation team as required under the supervision of consultants Dr Annabel Nickol (Sleep and Ventilation Lead) and Dr Chris Turnbull (Academic Sleep and Ventilation Lead).

Person specification

• MRCP or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration

Professional training

• Experience of respiratory medicine at CMT/ST3+ level
• Respiratory sleep and non-invasive ventilation experience

Ability

• Knowledge of respiratory medicine and management of common medical emergencies
• Appreciation of principles of care of patients with sleep disordered breathing

Management Ability

• Good time management, self-motivated and conscientious
• Communication skills - to be clear, fluent and articulate in communication in English (verbal and written)
• Proven ability to communicate in written form (publications, reports etc)

Interpersonal skills

• Good communication and interpersonal skills to able to work within multidisciplinary team
• Track record of ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team

Research

• Desire to participate in sleep research within the OCRM
• MD or PhD

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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.

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