Consultant in Nephrology and General Medicine

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job description

Consultant in Nephrology and General Medicine

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust or Trust Wide

Consultant in Nephrology

Full Time - 10 PAs

We are looking to appoint a consultant Nephrologist and General Physician into a varied nephrology and general medical post (10PA). The appointee will join the existing team of 19 Nephrologists (13 WTE) and 12 Transplant Surgeons. In addition to containing a varied nephrology commitment, the post also contains a commitment to Acute and General Medicine. Guys and St Thomas' Foundation Hospital NHS Trust is committed to becoming a more diverse, equitable and inclusive employer, and we encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

Main duties of the job

You will deliver excellent care in all aspects of nephrology, dialysis (including satellite dialysis) and transplantation, as well as manage ward referrals and complex inpatients.

The Department of Nephrology and Transplantation is one of the largest in the UK, providing high quality regional and supra-regional kidney care. We provide a full range of kidney treatment services, perform over 250 transplants a year, have the largest living kidney donor programme in the UK and are a supra-regional centre for pancreas transplantation. We offer a full range of dialysis therapies both at home and through a network of satellite units. We are nationally recognised for our quality of care, innovation in clinical practice and service delivery, and for our close functional integration with the programmes at Kings' College London and our Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre.

About us

Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is made up of two of London's best known teaching hospitals and employs over 13,650 staff and has over 2 million patient contacts a year. Our annual turnover is now £1.3 billion.

You must be fully registered with the GMC/GDC and hold Licence to Practice and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent at interview stage.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Job responsibilities

As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guys and St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.

Please note that successful completion of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is our accepted minimum language requirement.

Applications are invited for a Consultant Nephrologist. Further details are available from Taryn Pile, Clinical Lead ([e-mail]).

This vacancy may be closed early if sufficient applications for the role are received. Please be sure to register your interest and submit your application as soon as you possibly can to avoid any disappointment.

Person Specification

Teaching

• Experience of undergraduate teaching and postgraduate training
• Experience in training non-medical clinicians
• Teaching course or qualification
• Experience of running a local training programme

Research

• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research, research governance and research ethics
• Publication in peer-reviewed journals of original research related to kidney disease

Knowledge & Skills

• Experience of multi-professional working and ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience in supervision of junior medical staff
• Training/qualification in Educational Supervision

Clinical Experience

• Comprehensive clinical experience in all aspects of nephrology
• Experience of managing haemodialysis patients, including acute, hospital based and satellite haemodialysis
• Comprehensive clinical experience of acute transplantation
• Independently proficient in all procedures including native, kidney transplant biopsies, tunnelled line insertions and transcutaneous PD catheter insertions
• Experience in managing tubular disorders in the outpatient setting

Communication, leadership and interpersonal skills

• Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate
• Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
• Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff
• Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services.

Clinical governance and audit

• Track record of clinical governance, audit, management and IT skills.
• Understanding of principles of audit.
• Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council.
• Evidence of understanding of the role of clinicians in management and service development.
• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management

Qualifications and Training

• Full UK GMC registration
• Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register in General Medicine via: CCT or within six months of attaining CCT in nephrology or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) or European Community Rights (if applicable)
• Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register in Nephrology via: CCT or within six months of attaining CCT in nephrology or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) or European Community Rights (if applicable)
• Broad training demonstrating clinical experience in outpatient and inpatient nephrology and acute and general medicine

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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

£105,504 to £139,882 a year excl. LZ