This is an exciting collaboration between the trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT). We seek to jointly appoint a second trust-based locum consultant nephrologist at the Northwick Park Hospital site.
The trust based locum consultant nephrologist role encompasses both an outpatient and inpatient remit at Northwick Park.
In addition to providing inpatient ward reviews the post holder will also support known Imperial dialysis patients when they are admitted to the hospital and assess suitability for local HD. There will be liaison with the main unit at Imperial regarding patients in need of transfer to specialist renal beds, medication rationalisation and antibiotic stewardship. The post holder will work closely with the dialysis nurse managers and HD consultants to ensure the patients receive safe, high-quality care whilst an inpatient or within the dialysis unit
The post holder will undertake two general nephrology clinics per week within the dedicated renal centre at Northwick Park. The clinic will have a standardised template of 4 new and 8 follow up patients, and reflect a mixture of face to face and telephone appointments. In addition, the post holder will undertake a third outpatient clinic which will alternate between a haemodialysis clinic at Central Middlesex Hospital and specialist nephrology clinics at Imperial.
The job includes taking a share of the on-call work on the Hammersmith Hospital site on a 1-in-10 nephrology rota including weekend ward rounds covering one of the Nephrology inpatient wards (1 DCC). This would involve a daily weekday and weekend ward round and board round at the hospital.
The post is offered as a DCC/SPA split of 8.5 DCC/ 1.5 SPA.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
For more information regarding the role and responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description.
This advert closes on Sunday 2 Feb 2025