Job summary
The Consultant Nephrologist will provide comprehensive renal care across the East and North Hertfordshire Renal Service, based at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage, and Luton and Dunstable University Hospital. Key responsibilities include inpatient nephrology and outlier cover at the Lister, general nephrology in-reach at Luton, and participation in the weekday and weekend on-call rota. The postholder will oversee haemodialysis services at the Chiltern Kidney Centre, contribute to the Hospital-at-Home/AKI service, and deliver outpatient care in transplant and general nephrology clinics (including telemedicine). Additional duties include participation in multidisciplinary and clinical governance meetings, service development, and leadership in quality and clinical governance, with 2.0 SPAs allocated--0.5 PA dedicated to the Trust Clinical Governance Lead role.
Main duties of the job
Maintenance of high-quality patient centered care
Working within the multidisciplinary service
Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity
Broad Nephrology and Transplant Clinical Work
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt ofY Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
- College Membership (MRCP) or qualification of an equivalent level
- Advanced Life Support or demonstration of ability to achieve ALS immediately upon appointment
- Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs
Desirable
- Postgraduate degree (or equivalent)
- Dual accreditation in renal and GIM medicine
Skills
Essential
- Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
- Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation
Previous Experience
Essential
- Broad range of experience in renal medicine, in particular experience of post-transplantation, dialysis, vascular access, experience in management of patients in ICU and HDU and fully competent in tunneled line insertions, native renal biopsies, and transplant renal biopsies.
- Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
- Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
- Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt ofY Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
- College Membership (MRCP) or qualification of an equivalent level
- Advanced Life Support or demonstration of ability to achieve ALS immediately upon appointment
- Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs
Desirable
- Postgraduate degree (or equivalent)
- Dual accreditation in renal and GIM medicine
Skills
Essential
- Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
- Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation
Previous Experience
Essential
- Broad range of experience in renal medicine, in particular experience of post-transplantation, dialysis, vascular access, experience in management of patients in ICU and HDU and fully competent in tunneled line insertions, native renal biopsies, and transplant renal biopsies.
- Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
- Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
- Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
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.
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.
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).
