Job summary

Junior 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.