Core Clinical fellow - Respiratory | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £52,656 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 March 2026 |
| Location: | Frimley, GU16 7UJ |
| Company: | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7787373/151-FPHCCF-40 |
Summary
This job is 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.
Therespiratorydepartment isasupportiveandpro-activegroupofconsultants.Thereare 13 respiratory consultants and 13 resident doctors including registrars, SHOs and 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 cystic fibrosis inpatients.
The respiratory department also run the hospital’s medical High Dependency Unit (MADU) and has closelinks with Intensive Care. Patients on MADU include after arange of acutely unwell patients including those requiring non-invasive ventilator support.
Theout-patientrespiratoryservice:
· Generalrespiratoryclinics
· LungCancerclinic
· SpecialistTBservice
· SleepandventilationincludinghomeNIVservice
· Airwaysdisease
· Pleuraldisease
· ILDand CF clinics
Procedures:
· 1bronchoscopylist perweek
· 1EBUSlist perweek
· MedicalThoracoscopy
· 3 Pleural lists per week using US guidance including longterm tunnelled pleuralcatheters.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Weareseekinganotherrespiratoryregistrartojointhisdynamicteam.
Registrars are offered specialty training including sleep and ventilation, Cystic Fibrosis, Pleural disease andintervention, endoscopic bronchial ultrasound (EBUS), TB andILD. Thereare5residentdoctors onthewardatanyonetime.Thereisadailyconsultantled 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.
Registrarsmaycontributetothemedical registraron callrotadepending on demand on the rotawhichincludesnormal working days, on call days, weekend days and nights. The rota is EWTD and new contract compliant.
This job description is an indication of the type and range of tasks that are expected ofthepost holder,andother dutiesmayberequired,inlinewith theroleandthebanding.It will be reviewed and amended from time to time in consultation with the post holder to take account of changing organisational need.
This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Feb 2026