Job summary
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust or Trust Wide
Consultant in Nephrology
Full Time - 10 PAs
We are looking to appoint a consultant Nephrologist and General Physician into a varied nephrology and general medical post (10PA). The appointee will join the existing team of 19 Nephrologists (13 WTE) and 12 Transplant Surgeons. In addition to containing a varied nephrology commitment the post also contains a commitment to Acute and General Medicine. Guys and St Thomas' Foundation Hospital NHS Trust is committed to becoming a more diverse, equitable and inclusive employer, and we encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.
Main duties of the job
You will deliver excellent care in all aspects of nephrology, dialysis (including satellite dialysis) and transplantation, as well as manage ward referrals and complex inpatients.
The Department of Nephrology and Transplantation is one of the largest in the UK, providing high quality regional and supra-regional kidney care. We provide a full range of kidney treatment services, perform over 250 transplants a year, have the largest living kidney donor programme in the UK and are a supra-regional centre for pancreas transplantation. We offer a full range of dialysis therapies both at home and through a network of satellite units. We are nationally recognised for our quality of care, innovation in clinical practice and service delivery, and for our close functional integration with the programmes at Kings' College London and our Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre.
About us
Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is made up of two of London's best known teaching hospitals and employs over 13,650 staff and have over 2 million patient contacts a year. Our annual turnover is now £1.3 billion.
You must be fully registered with the GMC/GDC and hold Licence to Practice and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent at interview stage.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guys and St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.
Please note that successful completion of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is our accepted minimum language requirement.
Applications are invited for a Consultant Nephrologist,
Further details are available fromTaryn Pile, Clinical Lead (taryn.pile@gstt.nhs.uk)
This vacancy may be closed early if sufficient applications for the role are received. Please be sure to register your interest and submit you application as soon as you possibly can to avoid any disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guys and St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.
Please note that successful completion of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is our accepted minimum language requirement.
Applications are invited for a Consultant Nephrologist,
Further details are available fromTaryn Pile, Clinical Lead (taryn.pile@gstt.nhs.uk)
This vacancy may be closed early if sufficient applications for the role are received. Please be sure to register your interest and submit you application as soon as you possibly can to avoid any disappointment.
Person Specification
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and postgraduate training
Desirable
- Experience in training non-medical clinicians
- Teaching course or qualification
- Experience of running a local training programme
Research
Essential
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research, research governance and research ethics
Desirable
- Publication in peer-reviewed journals of original research related to kidney disease
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Experience of multi-professional working and ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience in supervision of junior medical staff
Desirable
- Training/qualification in Educational Supervision
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive clinical experience in all aspects of nephrology
- Experience of managing haemodialysis patients, including acute, hospital based and satellite haemodialysis
- Comprehensive clinical experience of acute transplantation
- Independently Proficient in all procedures including native, kidney transplant biopsies, tunnelled line insertions and transcutaneous PD catheter insertions
Desirable
- Experience in managing tubular disorders in the outpatient setting
Communication, leadership and interpersonal skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate
- Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
Desirable
- Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff
- Management training or qualification.
- Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services.
Clinical governance and audit
Essential
- Track record of clinical governance, audit, management and IT skills.
- Understanding of principles of audit.
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council.
Desirable
- Experience in clinical guideline development.
- Evidence of understanding of the role of clinicians in management and service development.
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Full UK GMC registration
- MRCP(Nephrology) or equivalent post-graduate qualification
- Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register in General Medicine via: CCT or within six months of attaining CCT in nephrology or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) or European Community Rights (if applicable)
- Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register in Nephrology via: CCT or within six months of attaining CCT in nephrology or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) or European Community Rights (if applicable)
- Broad training demonstrating clinical experience in outpatient and inpatient nephrology and acute and general medicine
Desirable
- Higher degree (e.g. MD/PhD)
Person Specification
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and postgraduate training
Desirable
- Experience in training non-medical clinicians
- Teaching course or qualification
- Experience of running a local training programme
Research
Essential
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research, research governance and research ethics
Desirable
- Publication in peer-reviewed journals of original research related to kidney disease
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Experience of multi-professional working and ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience in supervision of junior medical staff
Desirable
- Training/qualification in Educational Supervision
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive clinical experience in all aspects of nephrology
- Experience of managing haemodialysis patients, including acute, hospital based and satellite haemodialysis
- Comprehensive clinical experience of acute transplantation
- Independently Proficient in all procedures including native, kidney transplant biopsies, tunnelled line insertions and transcutaneous PD catheter insertions
Desirable
- Experience in managing tubular disorders in the outpatient setting
Communication, leadership and interpersonal skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate
- Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
Desirable
- Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff
- Management training or qualification.
- Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services.
Clinical governance and audit
Essential
- Track record of clinical governance, audit, management and IT skills.
- Understanding of principles of audit.
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council.
Desirable
- Experience in clinical guideline development.
- Evidence of understanding of the role of clinicians in management and service development.
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Full UK GMC registration
- MRCP(Nephrology) or equivalent post-graduate qualification
- Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register in General Medicine via: CCT or within six months of attaining CCT in nephrology or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) or European Community Rights (if applicable)
- Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register in Nephrology via: CCT or within six months of attaining CCT in nephrology or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) or European Community Rights (if applicable)
- Broad training demonstrating clinical experience in outpatient and inpatient nephrology and acute and general medicine
Desirable
- Higher degree (e.g. MD/PhD)
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
