Job summary
The team deliver a high quality and comprehensive renal service to a population of 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.
Main duties of the job
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.
About us
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 £ 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 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details regarding this job opportunity, please see attached Job Description and Personal Specifcation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. MBBS or equivalent
2. MRCP or equivalent
Desirable
3. MD, PhD or equivalent
Eligibility
Essential
4. Hold a certificate or be within 6 months of completion of training/being on or eligible for the UK Specialist Register at the date of interview
5. Eligibility to work in the UK
Fitness To Practise
Essential
6. Full GMC Registration and subject to GMC revalidation
Application Completion
Essential
7. Wide experience in Nephrology and General Internal Medicine
8. Ability to provide expert clinical opinion across a wide range of problems within Nephrology
Desirable
9. Experience of managing dialysis unit and working in a satellite dialysis centre.
10. Able to travel to work away from base.
Language Skills
Essential
11. Good English language skills
Clinical Skills
Essential
12. Knowledge of using evidence base medicine to support decision making
Desirable
13. Experience as a consultant Nephrologist
Knowledge/ Understanding
Essential
14. Ability to use research outcomes in clinical practice
Commitment to clinical governance / improving quality of patient care
Essential
15. Willingness to participate in clinical governance
Communication skills
Essential
16. Ability to contribute an open culture with good communication based on open dialogue and active listening
Desirable
17. Experience to conduct MDT meetings
Other Requirements
Essential
18. Willing to help medical specialties/ General medicine / acute medicine in time of need