Job overview

Applications are invited for a Clinical Teaching Fellow in Thoracic Ultrasound and Pleural Disease. The post is available from August 2025 for 12 months initially with a possible extension. The post is specifically for a Clinical Fellow in Pleural Intervention/Pleural Disease and is based at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, South Wales and the Grange University Hospital, SE Wales.

The Grange University Hospital is a busy new modern specialist and intensive care centre, where the brand new top of the range thoracoscopy service is based (endoscopy unit). Pleural clinics are based in St Woolos chest clinic. The Pleural Ambulatory Unit (PAU) is based in the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work directly with Consultant Respiratory Physicians, two advanced nurse practitioners and senior nursing team to provide support to the pleural ambulatory (PAU), pleural clinics and in patient pleural service as well as assessing and treating patients identified with pleural disease in A&E and the Medical Assessment Units to promptly start the diagnostic and therapeutic pathway. The Pleural Ambulatory Unit (PAU) based in the Royal Gwent Hospital  provides 4 rapid access pleural procedures lists a week. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to train in advanced pleural intervention (thoracoscopy, large bore drains, tunnelled indwelling pleural catheters and management of pleural fistula) as well as gain experience in lung cancer. Training in thoracic ultrasound (primary operator level – BTS guidelines)  will be encouraged depending of the training requirements of the successful applicant. You will also support the pleural outpatient clinic held at the Chest Clinic at St Woolos Hospital as well as the weekly pleural MDT.

The successful applicant will be expected to take part in local and national audits as well as research project where we already have links with Pleural Units at Bristol and Oxford as well as take part in the lung cancer trials.

The successful applicant will be part of the Faculty for the twice yearly ABHB thoracic US course and will be part of the organising group for the yearly All Wales Pleural seminar.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.