Clinical Fellow in ILD

Clinical Fellow in ILD

Closing date: 24 February 2026

This is an exciting opportunity to undertake a full-time clinical fellowship within the interstitial lung disease service at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust. The successful applicant will be at ST5 level or above and join an internationally recognised, research-active multi-disciplinary team of clinicians caring for one of the largest cohort of patients with interstitial lung diseases in the world.

Applicants will hold Specialist Registrar status within GSTT and should hold MRCP (or equivalent) and have reached at least ST5 (or post-CCT) in respiratory medicine.

This post may close early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.

The fellowship will offer a balance of clinical training in the management of interstitial lung disease alongside active participation in clinical trials and translational research within King's Centre for Lung Health, based at Guy's Hospital. Whilst this post is initially offered for 1 year, there may be the opportunity to extend this in order to undertake an MD or PhD through King's College London.

There will be an opportunity for the post-holder to participate in clinical and theoretical postgraduate and undergraduate teaching within the Department including both MBBS and for allied health professionals.

All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal.

Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy's and St Thomas' in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world. Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the work.

We are working in partnership with King's Health Partners, to deliver our vision of creating a new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease, in patients from pre-birth to old age.

The Directorate of Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care and Sleep based at Guy's and St Thomas' (forming part of the GSTT Heart Lung and Critical Care Clinical Group) is committed to delivering excellent patient care whilst meeting the Government targets for A&E waiting times, cancer and 18 weeks. The ILD service sits within this Directorate.

The directorate provides a comprehensive service for inpatient and outpatient settings from a body of 20 consultants. Respiratory consultants also contribute to the care of general medical and high-dependency patients.

For more detailed information, please review the JDPS and FRF documents. Applicants are also strongly encouraged to make contact with the recruiting manager.

• MRCP (or equivalent)
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) qualification
• National training number in respiratory medicine in the UK or other country
• Presentation of a research abstract / poster at a National or International meeting
• Peer-reviewed publications in the field of respiratory medicine

• Ability to perform fibre optic bronchoscopy including BAL, epithelial brushings and endobronchial biopsies under supervision (min experience of 50 procedures)
• Clinical experience of managing patients with interstitial lung disease

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.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust