Senior Clinical Fellow in Cystic Fibrosis

The post-holder will show a commitment to delivering patient focused care and in helping to ensure that best clinical care is delivered in a multidisciplinary team setting to adults within the adult cystic fibrosis service, providing evidence based care.

The post-holder will contribute in the review of patients in outpatient clinics, including those patients seen on an outpatient ad hoc basis at short notice.

Inpatient ward duties and ward rounds to include review of and acting upon investigation results and supervising the junior medical team.

Help ensure patient admissions run smoothly, efficiently and effectively by encouraging multi-disciplinary team working.

Contribute to the training of junior staff by giving feedback on case presentations, examination techniques and clinical assessments.

Carry out teaching duties as required and take an active part in the undergraduate and postgraduate medical education programme and in the teaching of junior staff.

Participate in service development and improvement through commitment to clinical governance.

Take part in and lead as appropriate, team, departmental and regional improvement projects. The post-holder will be expected to organise and participate in audit both related to both clinical and organisational practice.

Be involved in departmental research where appropriate.

Adhere to all service procedures and protocols and update them as and when necessary through a consultative process.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is “Caring for People, Keeping People Well”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.

The successful post-holder will have the opportunity to experience multidisciplinary care of the largest Rare Disease Group in Wales - Cystic Fibrosis at the All Wales Adult CF Service and gain multidisciplinary team working experience as well as experience of the wider associated complications of cystic fibrosis.

There will be opportunity for involvement in quality improvement projects and an expectation to be involved in Cystic Fibrosis Trials, both commercial and investigator led.

The post-holder will show commitment to the delivery of cystic fibrosis patient care in helping to ensure that the best clinical care is delivered in a multidisciplinary team setting to adults attending the Cystic Fibrosis service providing evidence based care. As such the post-holder will contribute in the -:
Review of patients in outpatient clinics, including those patients seen on an ad hoc basis at short notice.

Inpatient ward duties and ward rounds to include review of and acting upon investigation results and supervising the junior medical team.

Comply with the GMC guidance on Good Medical Practice.

Help ensure patient admissions run smoothly, efficiently and effectively by encouraging multidisciplinary team working

Contribute to the training of junior staff by giving feedback on case presentations, examination techniques and clinical assessments.

Carry out teaching duties as required and take an active part in the undergraduate and postgraduate medical education programme and in the teaching of junior staff.

Active participation in departmental meetings.

Participate in service development and improvement through commitment to clinical governance.

Take part in and lead as appropriate, team departmental and regional Quality Improvement projects. The post-holder will be expected to organise and participate in audit both related to clinical and organisational practice.

Be involved in departmental research where appropriate.

Adhere to all service procedures and protocols and update them as and when necessary through a consultative process.