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Clinical Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Asthma and Chronic Airways Diseases

Imperial College London

Location: London
Salary: From £93,666 per annum, plus LA of £2,162
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 11th September 2024
Closes: 9th October 2024
Job Ref: MED04826
 

Location: Royal Brompton Campus

About the role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the National Heart and Lung Institute’s Inflammation, Repair & Development Section in combination with West London Children’s Healthcare for a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Asthma and Chronic Airways Diseases.

What you would be doing:

The post is 50:50 research and clinical, the latter at Chelsea & Westminster & Royal Brompton Hospitals. The post-holder will develop a research programme aligned with one or more areas of focus of the Paediatric Severe Asthma research group led by Prof Sejal Saglani: (a) lower airway immune, infection and remodelling phenotyping in children with chronic airways diseases, (b) developing objective biomarkers for targeted treatment chronic airways diseases (c) clinical and mechanistic trials of novel therapeutics in severe asthma and preschool wheeze (d) experimental models to investigate onset of preschool wheeze and progression to asthma. The post-holder will secure further grant funding whilst contributing to teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Royal Brompton Hospital is a leading, tertiary paediatric severe asthma centre, leading in the national framework of the diagnosis and management of problematic severe asthma. Research is integral to excellent clinical care and is delivered through a multidisciplinary model with close collaboration between the clinical teams at the hospital and laboratory staff at South Kensington Campus.

Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, part of West London Children’s Healthcare, delivers a respiratory service together with the Royal Brompton Hospital. A key component of this new post is to increase research activity in chronic airways diseases at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, with the exciting scope of including patients presenting to the Emergency Department, those with prematurity associated chronic lung diseases and those with less severe asthma.

What we are looking for:

  • You will develop research programme(s) within the National Heart and Lung Institute.
  • You will foster national and international scientific collaborations with other world-leading centres.
  • You will teach and supervise undergraduate, postgraduate, Masters and High research degrees.
  • You will provide consultant level care as part of a wide group of paediatric respiratory clinicians and clinical academics, undertaking in- and out-patient work. The overall clinical case load includes acute lower respiratory tract infections, severe asthma, neuromuscular and sleep disorders, cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia and other forms of bronchiectasis, and rare interstitial lung diseases. There is an option to be part of the Consultant on call rota.
  • You will demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, academic & clinical teams, the NHLI, Imperial, clinical teams, the NHS Trust and when participating in national/international initiatives.

Essential requirements

  • Medical Degree and CCT (or equivalent) in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
  • Further Higher Degree, PhD or equivalent
  • Track record of research in childhood asthma or chronic airways diseases
  • Experience in design and leadership of research programs, published papers and presenting research
  • Experience of Training Undergraduate, Postgraduate and higher degree

What we can offer you:

  • The opportunity to continue your career at a world-leading institution
  • Grow in your career with tailored training programmes
  • Sector-leading salary and remuneration package

Further Information

The post is fulltime and open ended.

Should you require any further details on the role please contact:

Professor Sejal Saglani (s.saglani@imperial.ac.uk )

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