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Consultant in Renal Medicine
NHS
Contract
Remote friendly (Yorkshire)
United Kingdom
£100,000 - £125,000 GBP daily
Required to fill this post within the Leeds Renal Service at St Jamess University Hospital.
The renal service provides highquality care for the population of Leeds and the surrounding area and is the regional centre for renal transplantation. The main renal unit is within the StJamess University Hospital site; the renal service also has an outreachservice providing nephrological review and dialysis support to inpatients at the Leeds General Infirmary site. The main renal unit has 42 inpatient beds on two wards, which provide inpatient care for nephrology, dialysis and transplantpatients. This post will also contribute to the General (Internal) Medicine rota.
There is a 26 station outpatientdialysis unit, a 5 station inpatient dialysis unit and an outpatient peritonealdialysis unit on the St Jamess Hospital site. The haemodialysis service alsohas a 32 station haemodialysis unit at Seacroft hospital site in Leeds, andsatellite dialysis units in Halifax, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Pontefract andBeeston.
Main duties of the job The successful candidates willjoin an enthusiastic and supportive renal department with 17 consultantcolleagues, an associate specialist and junior doctor team. The posts will bebased at St Jamess University Hospital and will be predominantly clinical withresponsibility as a member of consultant team for providing inpatient andoutpatient care for nephrology, dialysis and renal transplant patients.
The successful applicants shouldhold accreditation in Membership of the Royal College of Physicians orequivalent and should be on the Specialist Register or within six months of CCTat the time of interview, if currently in a training programme within the UK.In accordance with the consultant appointment regulations, all other categoriesof doctors must be on the Specialist Register.
Applicants must be able todemonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspectsof renal medicine, including the management and care of chronic haemodialysisand renal transplant patients. Excellent communication and team working skills,a strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and servicedevelopment are essential.
Consideration will be given toapplicants who wish to work full or part time and those wishing to job share.
If shortlisted, you will berequired to give a 10-minute presentation on:
Kidney disease is a growingpublic health issue: What strategies can be employed to best tackle this?
About us access to leading clinical expertise and medicaltechnology. We care for people from allover the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds itself. The Trust has a budget of £1.1 billion. Our 20,000staff ensure that every year we see and treat over 1,500,000 people in our2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000in-patients, 260,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patientappointments. We operate from 7 hospitalson 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be thebest for specialist and integrated care.
Our vision is based onThe Leeds Way, which is a clear statement of who we are and what we believe, foundedon values of working that were put forward by our own staff. Our values are to be:
Accountable
Empowered
We believe that by beingtrue to these values, we will consistently achieve and continuously improve ourresults in relation to our goals, which are to be:
1. Thebest for patient safety, quality and experience
2. Thebest place to work
3. Acentre of excellence for specialist services, education, research andinnovation
4. Hospitalsthat offer seamless, integrated care
5. Financiallysustainable
Job responsibilities TheRenal service in Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) is seeking toappoint a consultant in renal medicine.This will be a new post, and is full time based on a 10PA contract. The successful applicant will be employed byLTHT, and will work alongside existing consultants and contribute to therunning of the renal service.
The renal service is based at St Jamess University Hospital, and provideshigh quality care for the population of Leeds and the surrounding area and isthe regional centre for renal transplantation.Although the main renal unit is within the St JamessUniversity Hospital site; the renal service also has an outpatient serviceproviding nephrological review and dialysis support to inpatients at the LeedsGeneral Infirmary.
The main renal unit at St Jamess University Hospital has 42 inpatientbeds on two wards, which provide inpatient care for nephrology, dialysis and renaltransplant patients.This post will make a contribution to General (Internal) Medicine.
There is a 26 station outpatient dialysis unit, a 5 station inpatientdialysis unit, and an outpatient peritoneal dialysis unit on the St JamessHospital site. The haemodialysis servicealso has a 32 station haemodialysis unit at Seacroft hospital site in Leeds,and satellite dialysis units in Halifax, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Pontefract andBeeston.
The renal unit provides support forapproximately 690 patients receiving haemodialysis, 75 receiving peritonealdialysis, 24 on home haemodialysis and 1300 renal transplant patients. In the past two years over 350 acute renaltransplants were performed.
The post holder will contribute to the care of nephrology patients take on the responsibility for the supervision of a cohort of haemodialysispatients (including home haemodialysis) and will undertake outpatientnephrology clinics and low clearance clinics in Leeds. They will also participate in the renal oncall rota.
Within the job plan for this position are 1.19PA of DCCto General Internal Medicine. This will be delivering inpatient care to thegeneral medical inpatients.
The new department of GIM, within the Speciality andIntegrated Medicine Clinical Service Unit, will be staffed by 15 dualaccredited physicians from Group 1 specialities, who will work a consultant ofthe week model of care on a one in eight rota, providing a daily consultantward round. This is a brand new service, and will provide excitingopportunities for successful candidates to be involved in service developmentand quality improvement, as well as gain leadership and management experience.
The GIM PAs in colleagues job plans will be reviewedafter two years in post, with the likelihood (subject to individual wishes, andconfirmation with your line manager) of this activity being passed on as newGroup 1 speciality consultants are appointed to the organisation allowingincumbents to return that time to their department and allow them to developfurther their parent speciality interest.
Applicationsare encouraged from experienced consultants wishing to take up a new challengeor newly accredited consultants who will be supported through our highlyregarded development programmes.
Person Specification Experience
The renal service provides highquality care for the population of Leeds and the surrounding area and is the regional centre for renal transplantation. The main renal unit is within the StJamess University Hospital site; the renal service also has an outreachservice providing nephrological review and dialysis support to inpatients at the Leeds General Infirmary site. The main renal unit has 42 inpatient beds on two wards, which provide inpatient care for nephrology, dialysis and transplantpatients. This post will also contribute to the General (Internal) Medicine rota.
There is a 26 station outpatientdialysis unit, a 5 station inpatient dialysis unit and an outpatient peritonealdialysis unit on the St Jamess Hospital site. The haemodialysis service alsohas a 32 station haemodialysis unit at Seacroft hospital site in Leeds, andsatellite dialysis units in Halifax, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Pontefract andBeeston.
Main duties of the job The successful candidates willjoin an enthusiastic and supportive renal department with 17 consultantcolleagues, an associate specialist and junior doctor team. The posts will bebased at St Jamess University Hospital and will be predominantly clinical withresponsibility as a member of consultant team for providing inpatient andoutpatient care for nephrology, dialysis and renal transplant patients.
The successful applicants shouldhold accreditation in Membership of the Royal College of Physicians orequivalent and should be on the Specialist Register or within six months of CCTat the time of interview, if currently in a training programme within the UK.In accordance with the consultant appointment regulations, all other categoriesof doctors must be on the Specialist Register.
Applicants must be able todemonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspectsof renal medicine, including the management and care of chronic haemodialysisand renal transplant patients. Excellent communication and team working skills,a strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and servicedevelopment are essential.
Consideration will be given toapplicants who wish to work full or part time and those wishing to job share.
If shortlisted, you will berequired to give a 10-minute presentation on:
Kidney disease is a growingpublic health issue: What strategies can be employed to best tackle this?
About us access to leading clinical expertise and medicaltechnology. We care for people from allover the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds itself. The Trust has a budget of £1.1 billion. Our 20,000staff ensure that every year we see and treat over 1,500,000 people in our2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000in-patients, 260,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patientappointments. We operate from 7 hospitalson 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be thebest for specialist and integrated care.
Our vision is based onThe Leeds Way, which is a clear statement of who we are and what we believe, foundedon values of working that were put forward by our own staff. Our values are to be:
Accountable
Empowered
We believe that by beingtrue to these values, we will consistently achieve and continuously improve ourresults in relation to our goals, which are to be:
1. Thebest for patient safety, quality and experience
2. Thebest place to work
3. Acentre of excellence for specialist services, education, research andinnovation
4. Hospitalsthat offer seamless, integrated care
5. Financiallysustainable
Job responsibilities TheRenal service in Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) is seeking toappoint a consultant in renal medicine.This will be a new post, and is full time based on a 10PA contract. The successful applicant will be employed byLTHT, and will work alongside existing consultants and contribute to therunning of the renal service.
The renal service is based at St Jamess University Hospital, and provideshigh quality care for the population of Leeds and the surrounding area and isthe regional centre for renal transplantation.Although the main renal unit is within the St JamessUniversity Hospital site; the renal service also has an outpatient serviceproviding nephrological review and dialysis support to inpatients at the LeedsGeneral Infirmary.
The main renal unit at St Jamess University Hospital has 42 inpatientbeds on two wards, which provide inpatient care for nephrology, dialysis and renaltransplant patients.This post will make a contribution to General (Internal) Medicine.
There is a 26 station outpatient dialysis unit, a 5 station inpatientdialysis unit, and an outpatient peritoneal dialysis unit on the St JamessHospital site. The haemodialysis servicealso has a 32 station haemodialysis unit at Seacroft hospital site in Leeds,and satellite dialysis units in Halifax, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Pontefract andBeeston.
The renal unit provides support forapproximately 690 patients receiving haemodialysis, 75 receiving peritonealdialysis, 24 on home haemodialysis and 1300 renal transplant patients. In the past two years over 350 acute renaltransplants were performed.
The post holder will contribute to the care of nephrology patients take on the responsibility for the supervision of a cohort of haemodialysispatients (including home haemodialysis) and will undertake outpatientnephrology clinics and low clearance clinics in Leeds. They will also participate in the renal oncall rota.
Within the job plan for this position are 1.19PA of DCCto General Internal Medicine. This will be delivering inpatient care to thegeneral medical inpatients.
The new department of GIM, within the Speciality andIntegrated Medicine Clinical Service Unit, will be staffed by 15 dualaccredited physicians from Group 1 specialities, who will work a consultant ofthe week model of care on a one in eight rota, providing a daily consultantward round. This is a brand new service, and will provide excitingopportunities for successful candidates to be involved in service developmentand quality improvement, as well as gain leadership and management experience.
The GIM PAs in colleagues job plans will be reviewedafter two years in post, with the likelihood (subject to individual wishes, andconfirmation with your line manager) of this activity being passed on as newGroup 1 speciality consultants are appointed to the organisation allowingincumbents to return that time to their department and allow them to developfurther their parent speciality interest.
Applicationsare encouraged from experienced consultants wishing to take up a new challengeor newly accredited consultants who will be supported through our highlyregarded development programmes.
Person Specification Experience
- Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in renal medicine.
- Specifically, must demonstrate the ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within nephrology and dialysis and renal transplantation, and to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary renal centre.
- Evidence of continuous career progression consistent with personal circumstances.
- Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors.
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
- Ability to teach clinical/technical/practical skills.
- Experience of participation in regular clinical audit.
- Previous attendance on Appraisal Techniques and Small Group Teaching Workshops.
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
- Understanding of current issues in the NHS.
- Well organised and skilled in good time management.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrate ability to relate to and work within a team.
- -Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice.
- -Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via:
- -CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview). Portfolio Pathway (or) international applicants should comply with the GMC specialty registration process. Portfolio Pathway applicants must be on the relevant Specialist Register at the time of application.
- Attendance at recognised management course.
- Should have completed a recognised training programme in renal medicine. Entry on GMC Specialist Register.
- Evidence of professional development by attendance at, and participation in, national and international meetings
- Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research.
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology.
- Commitment to further research activity.
- Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff.
- Evidence of leading or participation in collaborative research.
- MBBS or other recognised equivalent medical qualification
- Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice.
- YOUR GMC NUMBER MUST BE CLEARLY STATED IN YOUR APPLICATION FORM.
- Eligibility to work in the UK.
- Is up to date and fit to practise safely. . click apply for full job details