Job description

Job responsibilities

1. BACKGROUND

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertise and medical technology. We care for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds itself. The Trust has a budget of £1 billion. Our 17,000 staff ensure that every year we see and treat 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 260,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best for specialist and integrated care.

Our vision is based on The Leeds Way, which is a clear statement of who we are and what we believe, founded on values of working that were put forward by our own staff. Our values are to be:

Patient-centred

Fair

Collaborative

Accountable

Empowered

We believe that by being true to these values, we will consistently achieve and continuously improve our results in relation to our goals, which are to be:

1. The best for patient safety, quality and experience

2. The best place to work

3. A centre of excellence for specialist services, education, research and innovation

4. Hospitals that offer seamless, integrated care

5. Financially sustainable

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.

WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition.

Leeds Childrens Hospital

Leeds Childrens Hospital is one of seven hospitals that as part of Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust. The Leeds Childrens Hospital is one of the UKs largest childrens hospitals with state-of-the-art treatments and facilities. It provides one of the most comprehensive ranges of specialist childrens hospital services in the country including nephrology, medicine, surgery, gastroenterology, hepatobiliary, respiratory medicine, cystic fibrosis, neurosciences, haematology, oncology, paediatric critical care, neonatal services, rheumatology, allergy, immunology, endocrine and diabetes. The Childrens hospital provides services for the children of Leeds across the region of Yorkshire and Humber and further afield.

Our Mission Statement

To improve the health and wellbeing of our children and young people by providing the highest quality of care.

Our Vision

We will be the leading provider of healthcare for children and young people in the north of England, giving them their care and treatment as close to home as possible. Leeds Childrens Hospital will be a place where children, young people and families feel welcome and where staff are proud to work.

Our Goals

Achieve - To achieve the best clinical outcomes for every child and young person, every time

Focus - To make Leeds Childrens Hospital the focus of all our service

Lead - To become a leading paediatric research and training centre in Yorkshire and the North of England

Build - To build partnerships that will help us to deliver better treatment and care for children and young people across the North of England

Support - to support our workforce to improve our service for children, young people and their families

CHILDRENS CSU

General Manger Suzanne Abrahams

Head of Nursing Laura Whelan

Matron Clare Hazlegreaves

Clinical Director Colin Holton

Clinical Lead Pallavi Yadav

Service Manager Suroush Lisle-Pourzyaie

Business Manager Kate Haigh

PAEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY

The Leeds Paediatric Renal service provides regional specialist kidney care for children across East Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, and the Humber. This service is one of 13 designated services for paediatric nephrology in the UK and one of 10 providing a fully comprehensive service including transplantation.

There is an established regional network that includes educational activities including the annual regional network study day to provide educational updates and training educational study day and provision of regional guidelines alongside a network of outreach clinics at 11 other hospitals across the region. Thus, providing shared care for patients and in-line with the principle of providing equity of access to quality care as close to home as possible for a population of children with complex and/or chronic disease (NHS Kidney Care-supported Improving the standard of care of children with kidney disease through paediatric nephrology networks, RCPCH 2011).

The services at Leeds Childrens Hospital are based in the renal unit, inpatient bed base on L50 and adjacent haemodialysis unit. This is a shared ward with paediatric hepatology and includes a shared 13 bed base including 8 cubicles (2 with the capacity for haemodialysis). Patients are also routinely care of cared for on the High Dependency unit and in Paediatric intensive care post renal transplant. Children will need to come to Leeds for specialised treatments or procedures which include renal transplantation, acute kidney injury requiring dialysis, insertion of long-term dialysis access and problems relating to long-term dialysis, renal biopsy, specialist imaging, renovascular angiography and treatment and children with complex nephro-urological conditions. This is in addition to the large cohort of children with chronic kidney disease require the input of a large multi-disciplinary team

Haemodialysis

The haemodialysis unit is co-located with the renal inpatient ward (L50). This is a designated 5 station unit, including an isolation cubicle with a separate entrance for family and patients. Haemodialysis (haemodialysis and haemodiafiltration) is delivered in centre with routine haemodialysis delivered Monday to Saturday (6-day service) with a 7 day/week daytime urgent dialysis cover. The number of children receiving dialysis ranges from 8-12. Leeds is one of the KQuIP (Kidney Quality Improvement project) establishing home haemodialysis and as part of this there is a haemodialysis nursing staff expansion programme including rotational nursing staff from the ward and an nurse educator role.

Peritoneal dialysis

There is an established peritoneal dialysis programme with patient numbers ranging from 4-10. There is urology surgical support for catheter insertion for acute and chronic peritoneal dialysis. There is a training package for carers led by the specialist nursing team with a combination of in hospital and at home training. There is ongoing support from the specialist nursing team at home with electronic access to each dialysis session. There is monthly outpatient review of all patients receiving peritoneal dialysis in our MDT clinic.

Transplantation

There is an active transplantation programme in Leeds with an average of 10 transplants per year, with a current cohort of 65 transplant patients under follow up. There is specialist nursing support for transplant work up and a comprehensive MDT transplant listing programme involving nephrologist, transplant surgeons, immunological laboratory, specialist nurses, psychology and social workers. The transplant programme is supported by the transplant surgical team Mr Masood, Ms Martinez-Lopez and Mr Falconer.

Nephro-Urology

There are close links with the paediatric urology MDT. There is a monthly nephro-urology MDT to discuss complex cases and a monthly joint nephro-urology clinic. There is access to non-invasive and invasive urodynamics and an evolving medical bladders service.

There are a number of specialised clinics including antenatal counselling, regional stone service, Tuberosclerosis clinics and joint rheumatology clinics. As well as specialist renal services, the department also provides secondary referral care for a large range of paediatric nephrology referrals including urinary tract infection, haematuria, proteinuria and problems with incontinence

Outpatient services

In Leeds the paediatric renal service outpatient clinics are based within Childrens outpatients in Martin Wing on Leeds General Infirmary site with a dedicated paediatric play support and phlebotomy service. There are weekly transplant, general nephrology and chronic kidney disease clinics. In addition, there outreach joint clinics across Yorkshire and the Humber based in Airedale, Bradford, Dewsbury, Grimsby, Halifax, Huddersfield, Hull, Pinderfields, Scunthorpe, York (Scarborough).

Research

Research is highly valued within Leeds Childrens Hospital; there is a clinical research facility and support from a team of research nurses and data administrators. There are strong links with Leeds University. The Renal department are enthusiastic contributors to multi-centre research, such as PREDNOS, ECUSTEC, NEPHROS, PLUTO and the SETS aHUS trials. We are consistently one of the top paediatric centres for recruitment the rare renal disease registry (RaDaR).

The Renal team

Paediatric Nephrology Consultants

Dr Joseph McAllister Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist

Dr Hitesh Prajapati Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist

Dr Ashish Patel Locum Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist

Dr Kay Tyerman Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist

Dr Pallavi Yadav Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist

Person Specification

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills

Essential

• All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues demonstrated
• Well organised and skilled in good time management.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate ability to relate to and work within a team

Desirable

• Previous attendance on Appraisal Techniques and Small Group Teaching Workshops.
• Attendance at recognised management course.

Qualifications

Essential

• Membership examination of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) or equivalent qualification.
• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice.
• Should have completed a recognised training programme in paediatric nephrology

Desirable

• Relevant higher degree

Experience

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in paediatric nephrology
• Specifically, he/she must demonstrate higher paediatric training in paediatric nephrology
• Evidence of continuous career progression consistent with personal circumstances.
• Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors.
• Experience of participation in regular clinical audit.

Desirable

• Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff.
• Previous attendance on Appraisal Techniques and Small Group Teaching Workshops

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills

Essential

• All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues demonstrated
• Well organised and skilled in good time management.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate ability to relate to and work within a team

Desirable

• Previous attendance on Appraisal Techniques and Small Group Teaching Workshops.
• Attendance at recognised management course.

Additional Requirements

Essential

• Is up to date and fit to practise safely
• Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research.
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Understanding of current issues in the NHS
• Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register
• European Community Rights
• Medically fit to fulfil ALL aspects of the post, and to be able to respond quickly to emergencies, as necessary. Meets professional health requirements

Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills

Essential

• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX

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