Barts Health NHS Trust is one of the largest providers of Renal Services in the UK with over 2000 patients on Renal Replacement Therapy alongside a very large CKD population. The new Royal London Hospital serves as the Transplant centre for several units in Essex and serves as the hub for renal services in Northeast London.
The Renal Unit at the Royal London Hospital is housed on the purpose-built 9th floor of the new building which includes its own outpatients' clinic area, Renal Assessment Unit, a 70-station dialysis unit and a 62-bedded ward shared with Urology which includes a renal HDU and a Renal Surgery Bay.
The Department has an active and growing transplant program, performing around 160 Kidney transplants a year including ABO incompatible transplants. We provide vascular and peritoneal access service for a dialysis population of over 1100. Its academic profile is amongst the highest in the UK for both clinical and translational research.
Main duties of the job
This are 2 posts for Locum Consultant in renal transplant and vascular access surgery to mainly support the vascular access program. The appointees will join a team of 6 full-time equivalent Transplant surgeons and 1 Associate Specialist.
The new postholder will be expected to participate in all surgical and OPD activities related to transplant surgery and vascular access surgery, furthermore they are expected to be part of the Transplant Surgery on-call service at the Royal London Hospital on a 1:7 on-call rota.
Applicants must have experience in Renal Transplant and Renal failure surgery and be able to show evidence of working independently during on-call commitments (for example, been on a Locum Consultant post).
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description and the person specification provide an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, outlining the qualification, skills, experience, and knowledge required.
Please view the attachment below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* MB BS, or equivalent
Desirable
* Higher degree, PhD/ MD
Knowledge
Essential
* Widespread broad-based knowledge of all aspects of renal transplantation and vascular access surgery
Training Expected
Essential
* Experience in Renal Transplant and Vascular Access Surgery
* Experience in training undergraduates and postgraduates
Desirable
* General surgery skills
Management/Audit Experience
Essential
* Able to provide evidence of clinical audit and demonstrate understanding of impact and challenges this brings
* Ability to demonstrate knowledge and awareness of current and future NHS challenges and strategy
* Ability to support team members in business planning via collaboration and discussion
Desirable
* Evidence of innovative approaches to healthcare
* Experience of audit management
* Evidence of service development projects
Academic Achievements
Essential
* Ability to demonstrate personal experience of clinical research and describe and discuss findings and impact
Desirable
* PhD Thesis/ MD thesis
Research
Essential
* Experience of research, presentations to learned societies on topics related to surgery
* Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical/surgical problems
Desirable
* Experience with Animal Model Accreditation for scientific procedures on animals
* Ability to supervise post-graduate research
Publications
Essential
* Demonstrate number of first name publications in indexed journals, over a variety of subjects relevant to this post
Personal Skills
Essential
* Excellent presentational and verbal skills
* Ability to motivate and develop medical trainees
* Ability to manage time well to deliver objectives of the CAU
* Awareness of best practice through evidence-based medicine, and personal drive to enact the change with the team
Desirable
* Ability to motivate and develop medical trainees
Personal Qualities
Essential
* Self-motivated with an enquiring, critical approach to work
* Ability to work under pressure
* Caring attitude to patients
* Commitment to continuing medical education
* Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national level
* Collegiate approach to work and colleagues
* Ability to drive change through collaboration and consultation with key stakeholders
* Willingness to challenge the norm in a positive manner while building a team ethos, to deliver consistently high levels of care for patients in a productive and cost-effective manner
* Actively upholds trust WeCare values
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