Job summary
This is a joint post between the North Middlesex and Royal Free Hospitals, in which the post holder will be contracted to provide 5 PA for each hospital site.
Main duties of the job
The North Middlesex duties consist of 1 renal diagnostic clinic a week (42 per year). When the consultant is covering the ward, the clinic is reduced in template to a 3-hour afternoon clinic, so the total number of renal clinic delivered remains 42/year. The consultant will provide 12 weeks of GIM and renal ward cover per year on a rotational basis and will be supported by the junior doctors on the renal firm for all NMUH activities. There is a fortnightly ward discharge/AKI clinic deliveredby the renal registrars and will be supervised by the ward attending consultant.
The Royal Free duties include care of a dialysis cohort of 50-60 patients, weekly Low clearance clinic (30 weeks of the year), and a chronic dialysis cohort (42 weeks each year). The post holder will also be expected to contribute to the Academic afternoon 42 weeks per year.
About us
This is a well-established department within the trust and currently we have 4 substantive but part time (shared with RFH) consultants amounting to 2.25 whole time equivalents. We are in the process of expanding our workforce.
Our work centres on outpatient activities for Nephrology as well as in-patient care for both renal and general medical patients. We also provide an innovative acute kidney injury (AKI) service, concentrating on those patients presenting with, or, developing stage 3 AKI whilst in hospital.
There are 4 general nephrology clinics per week and a monthly joint diabetes/renal new patient clinic. In addition, there are monthly joint multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTs) between the nephrologists and the Rheumatology, Diabetes and Urology teams, and quarterly joint meetings with the HIV.
Job description
Job responsibilities
An indicative job plan is included in the Job Description attached to this advert.
A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and their clinical manager in line with the Job Planning Guidelines in force in the Trust. Once agreed with the clinical manager, job plans are finally signed off by the Clinical Director. An indicative job plan for this post with indicative Programmed Activities (PAs) is provided below, but this will normally be re-assessed after 3 months of appointment to ensure it meets the needs of the service.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- CCST/CCT or equivalent in Renal and General medicine and on the specialist register, or within 6 months of CCT date at the time of interview
- Certificate of eligibility for specialist registration (CESR)
- European community rights
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and participation of clinical audit
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Experience on providing high quality training and education to undergraduates and postgraduates
Desirable
- Knowledge and participation of research methodology
- Experience in clinical or basic science research
- Post graduate diploma in teaching
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff, patients and relatives
- Potential to develop leadership skills
- Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
Desirable
- Experience of service development and quality improvement initiatives
- Ability to work in a pressurised environment
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Address
North Middlesex Hospital
Sterling Way
London
N18 1QX