Job summary
This is an excellent opportunity to join the Nephrology department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The successful candidate will join a service that prides itself in effective leadership, innovative thinking, and excellent teamwork. We strive to challenge our existing working practices and to constantly improve our service to deliver best practice guidance and to ensure that our patient outcomes are successful, and they feel valued during their visits to the Trust.This is a Locum Consultant appointment for reason of filling the vacancy whilst we wait to appoint on a substantive basis.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will share the responsibilities for providing acute nephrology and AKI care in a large tertiary renal unit (non-transplant) and providing care for a cohort of general medical and renal patients and be part of a team of consultants performing practical procedures including tunneled dialysis catheter insertions, peritoneal dialysis catheters and native/transplant biopsies and training junior doctors. Dual accreditation in Renal and General Internal Medicine is desired.The post is based at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage but with clinical activity at other satellite sites. The Lister Hospital enjoys a unique geographical location close to London and Cambridge and the Trust has a reputation for our commitment to the highest standards of care, but also for our friendly and supportive approach.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Be part of a team of consultants performing practical procedures including tunnelled dialysis catheter insertions, peritoneal dialysis catheters and native/transplant biopsies and training junior doctors
- Provide care for a cohort of patients receiving renal replacement therapy
- Have joint responsibilities in overseeing delivery of an expanding OP service that includes specialist nephrology, outreach, and post-transplant clinics
- Have joint responsibility to participate in the referral/advisory service to nearby non-renal centres.
- Participate in the renal on call rota
- Participate in General internal medicine inpatient care
- Participate in the general medical on call rota
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Full GMC registration with a Licence to Practice
- College Membership (MRCP) or qualification of an equivalent level
- Dual accreditation in renal and GIM medicine
- Advanced Life Support or demonstration of ability to achieve ALS immediately upon appointment
- Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs
Desirable
- College Fellowship
- Postgraduate degree (or equivalent)
Previous Experience
Essential
- Broad range of experience in renal medicine, in particular experience of post-transplantation, dialysis, vascular access, experience in management of patients in ICU and HDU and fully competent in tunneled line insertions, native renal biopsies, and transplant renal biopsies.
- Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
- Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
- Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
Skills
Essential
- Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
- Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation
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 .
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
East and North Herts NHS Trust
Address
Lister hospital
Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB