University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Fellow in Vascular Access and Renal Transplant

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Job summary

Applications are invited for the post of Clinical Fellow in Vascular Access and Renal Transplant Surgery. This post would commence as soon as possible, based at QE Hospital Birmingham

Main duties of the job

Research Commitment

The post holder will be exposed to the research work currently being undertaken within the Department and has ample opportunity to develop their own interests within this field.

Clinical Commitment

The post-holder will contribute to the clinical activities of the vascular access and renal transplant clinical team.

Multiple dedicated vascular access clinics currently run with clinical and ultrasound facilities to allow comprehensive assessment of patients with vascular access. Vascular access care is provided by a multidisciplinary team with dedicated co-ordinators, radiologists, clinics and theatre lists and a weekly vascular access MDT. There are five all day theatre lists per week and one cystoscopy list.

The post is expected to provide excellent high volume operative experience allowing supervised training in vascular surgery and anastomotic techniques (greater than 400 procedures are performed within the unit per year).

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.

Details

Date posted

10 January 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£61,825 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

11309

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH


Job description

Job responsibilities

This year we anticipate there being approximately 200 renal transplants in total, half of which occur during daylight hours enabling the post-holder to gain significant exposure to renal transplantation over the course of this post.

There will be ample exposure to live donor and recipient transplant surgery and the provision of peri-operative care for renal patients with twice daily combined medical/surgical ward rounds.

This would ideally suit a trainee surgeon with an interest in vascular or transplant surgery.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This year we anticipate there being approximately 200 renal transplants in total, half of which occur during daylight hours enabling the post-holder to gain significant exposure to renal transplantation over the course of this post.

There will be ample exposure to live donor and recipient transplant surgery and the provision of peri-operative care for renal patients with twice daily combined medical/surgical ward rounds.

This would ideally suit a trainee surgeon with an interest in vascular or transplant surgery.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • *MBBS
  • *MRCS
  • *Experience in clinical research or QI project.
  • *Full GMC Registration

Experience

Essential

  • A minimum of 3 years full time post graduate training (its
  • equivalent gained on a part time basis) or equivalent
  • experience and competencies.
  • Minimum of 24 months surgical experience at CT level or
  • equivalent.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • *MBBS
  • *MRCS
  • *Experience in clinical research or QI project.
  • *Full GMC Registration

Experience

Essential

  • A minimum of 3 years full time post graduate training (its
  • equivalent gained on a part time basis) or equivalent
  • experience and competencies.
  • Minimum of 24 months surgical experience at CT level or
  • equivalent.

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

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH


Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH


Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant

Ms Clare Pattenden

Clare.Pattenden@uhb.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

10 January 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£61,825 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

11309

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH


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