Consultant in Renal Medicine interest in Advanced Kidney Care

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

This consultant nephrologist post with an interest in and job plan configured to provide advanced kidney care and chronic kidney disease will be based in the Department of Renal Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

This post will have two main components:

i)rotation through the in-patient renal medicine service at QEHB with a proportion of inpatient time configured to support the care of general internal medicine patients (maximum of 1 PA).

ii)the delivery of care for patients requiring advanced kidney care and chronic kidney disease including out-patient clinics, multi-professional team leadership, and service development and research, and dialysis patient management. The activity will be delivered at three main sites (QEH Birmingham, Smethwick Kidney Treatment Centre, Community CKD services).

There are multiple active research, quality improvement and teaching opportunities within chronic kidney disease and advanced kidney care specifically and UHB Renal services generally and the successful appointee will contribute to these. There is the opportunity to negotiate up to 1 PA of protected research time initially funded for 3 years for research aligned to AKC. The expectation is for the post holder to develop AKC services at QEH site and to subsequently lead our AKC service, they will be supported to gain leadership skills if required.

Further details from: Dr Jennifer Pinney (Clinical Service Lead), Telephone: 0121 371 3934, Email: Jennifer.Pinney@uhb.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

As a consultant the appointee will have full responsibilities for patients under his/her care within the context

of a multidisciplinary team structure.

The appointee will share clinical responsibility with colleagues in running the clinical work of the department.

The appointee will play a role in meeting the department's contracted obligations for the provision of renal

services and in ensuring that the overall performance of the unit meets the quality criteria agreed with the

purchasing consortia.

Job plan:

The job plan varies on a week by week basis, based on a 48 week cycle that typically includes up to 12 weeks

dedicated to in-patient work, distributed between the 7-day "acute" service, comprising 4 week days and a 3

day weekend block and 7 day in-patient care on renal wards up to 6 weeks per year. During winter pressures a

commitment to supporting GIM in-patients is required (up to a maximum of 1PA per week averaged across the

year) with adjustment made to the amount of renal ward frequency. Weekend on-call frequency will not exceed

1:6 weekends.

2 SPAs --1 core SPA for revalidation/appraisal purposes and 1 additional SPA focused on work aligned to the

Department priorities and requirements for research and service development

1 SPA for research in AKC and CKD may be negotiated

1.0.5 PA for dialysis out-patient and quality assurance meetings

1 PA for community CKD service

2 PA for MDTs and leadership meetings within AKC

2.5 PA for AKC clinics per week

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Date posted

06 August 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£99,532 to £131,964 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

304-KA-1085522

Job locations

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Experience in advanced kidney care, kidney failure requiring renal replacement therapy and chronic

kidney disease.

Ability to work in and lead teams effectively to meet the strategic and operational priorities of the

department.

To set and achieve goals in line with key performance indicators and best practice within AKC.

Evidence of track record in clinical research and or QI with publications of an appropriate standard.

Commitment to research activity and QI aligned to enhancing the profile and performance of the

department, with a focus on advanced kidney care and chronic kidney disease.

Excellent interpersonal skills with patients, relatives and members of the multi-professional team.

Ability to work flexibly across sites where needed to meet the strategic and operational priorities of the

department

Job description

Job responsibilities

Experience in advanced kidney care, kidney failure requiring renal replacement therapy and chronic

kidney disease.

Ability to work in and lead teams effectively to meet the strategic and operational priorities of the

department.

To set and achieve goals in line with key performance indicators and best practice within AKC.

Evidence of track record in clinical research and or QI with publications of an appropriate standard.

Commitment to research activity and QI aligned to enhancing the profile and performance of the

department, with a focus on advanced kidney care and chronic kidney disease.

Excellent interpersonal skills with patients, relatives and members of the multi-professional team.

Ability to work flexibly across sites where needed to meet the strategic and operational priorities of the

department

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

* GMC Registration
* Inclusion on Specialist Register for Renal
Medicine and General Internal Medicine
or, if in training, eligible for inclusion on
the Register within 6 months

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

* GMC Registration
* Inclusion on Specialist Register for Renal
Medicine and General Internal Medicine
or, if in training, eligible for inclusion on
the Register within 6 months

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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