A Vacancy at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The team deliver a high quality and comprehensive renal service to a population of 1.0 million, with the main unit located at Hull Royal Infirmary. The nephrologists supervise a 19 bed acute renal inpatient ward which has 4 dialysis stations as well as a 4 station acute dialysis bay for the provision of acute dialysis. The Inpatient renal service consists of 2 teams; one provides care to the acute renal ward and the other an Outreach services providing support to the rest of the hospital with provision of OP clinics at Hull, Bridlington, Grimsby and Scunthorpe. You will also undertake new and follow patient clinics and will share management of dialysis units/clinics.
The main haemodialysis unit is state of the art and has 40 stations. There are 3 recently refurbished satellite haemodialysis units at Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Bridlington. Within the units there are currently 382 patients having haemodialysis treatment. There is an active home therapies programme, with 18 home haemodialysis patients and 60 peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients of which 5 undergo assisted PD. The PD programme is based at the Hull Royal Infirmary, with dedicated PD staff. Transplant work up is carried out at HUTH with renal transplantation being performed at St James Hospital, Leeds.
This post attracts 11 programmed activities per week. The indicative PAs are outlined below and will be reviewed once in post and job plan is finalised. The Job is subject to satisfactory disclosure and GMC revalidation. Please see attached Job Description for the provisional weekly job plan.
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
For further details regarding this job opportunity, please see attached Job Description and Personal Specifcation.
This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Dec 2024