The Leeds Renal Service is seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant Nephrologist. The post will be a 10 PA appointment and is available to start as soon as possible, initially for 6 months. There are plans to advertise for a substantive consultant post to commence after the locum period.
This post will also contribute to the General (Internal) Medicine rota.
The successful applicant should hold accreditation in Membership of the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent and should be on the Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the Register for trainees if currently in a training programme within the UK, or have references which have been authorized by the Deputy Medical Director and Clinical Director.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of renal medicine, including the management and care of chronic haemodialysis and renal transplant patients. Excellent communication and teamwork skills, a strong commitment to teaching and service development are essential.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will join an enthusiastic and supportive renal department with 17 consultant colleagues, an associate specialist, and a junior doctor team. The posts will be based at St James's University Hospital and will be predominantly clinical with responsibility as a member of the consultant team for providing inpatient and outpatient care for nephrology, dialysis, and renal transplant patients.
Job responsibilities
1. Assist with the management of the increasing workload in renal medicine across Leeds and surrounding areas, and provide, with consultant colleagues, a service to Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of renal disease.
2. Provide a complementary or enhancing special interest to those of the other Consultant Nephrologists in Leeds.
3. Work with colleagues to devise ways to benefit renal services through the closer integration of the Leeds renal service with primary care.
4. Share responsibility (with eight other consultant nephrologists) for the care of the Trust's chronic haemodialysis patients, with specific responsibility for supervising the care of patients who dialyse at the satellite unit in Pontefract.
5. Share with consultant colleagues responsibility for the staffing of specific renal outpatient clinics as per the renal consultant team job plan.
6. Contribute to the care of patients following renal transplantation.
7. Share out-of-hours clinical responsibilities with colleagues by participating in the renal consultant on-call rota (1:14 for renal 24 hours).
8. Participate in the clinical supervision of all postgraduate trainees within the department.
9. Contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching within the Trust.
10. Develop appropriate research interests that will benefit the clinical service provided.
11. Demonstrate a willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional, and national levels.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* MBBS or other recognised equivalent medical qualification.
* All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues.
* 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) or CESR (or) international applicants should comply with the GMC specialty registration process.
Experience
* A high level of clinical experience and competence in renal medicine.
* Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within nephrology, dialysis, and renal transplantation, taking independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary renal centre.
* Completion of 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.
* 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.
* Evidence of having revisited audit to assess for improvement.
* Understanding of current issues in the NHS.
* An understanding of Clinical Governance.
* Well organised and skilled in good time management.
* Effective interpersonal skills.
* Team leadership skills.
* Demonstrate ability to relate to and work within a team.
* Publications in the last three years.
* Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff.
* Evidence of leading or participation in collaborative research.
* 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.
* Evidence of having implemented change.
* Evidence of leadership/project management.
* Attendance at recognised management course.
* Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
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.
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