Job summary
This is a post based at North Middlesex Hospital, in which the post holder will be contracted to provide total 7 PA (with 1.25 SPA including an Audit and Governance service role).
Main duties of the job
At North Middlesex, each consultant will oversee inpatients on a rotational basis, during which period, they are expected to do at least two full ward rounds each week, as well as ensuring early daily review of new patients transferred to the ward and those who need senior input. They will also be expected to participate in daily discharge planning meetings. The post holder will work 16 weeks on the wards spread throughout the year on a rotational basis. They will be supported by the Resident doctors on the Renal team who the post holder will clinically supervise. The consultant will also review patients, supported by the Specialty SpRs, on other medical wards and the Critical Care unit referred with Renal issues such as Acute Kidney Injury, new Nephrotic syndrome, other General Medical issues in Renal transplant or pre dialysis cohorts. Additional duties consist of 1 Renal diagnostic clinic a week (26 per year) plus administrative time for email queries and clinic correspondence. The clinic does not run when covering the wards. ON CALL DUTIES The out of hours (GIM) duties occur 1 in 8 weekends at North Middlesex site between the hours of 8.30 am and 16.30 pm and include chairing the morning ward handover meeting, assessing all patients that move to the medical wards in the Tower block. After 20.00 the consultant will be on call for GIM, off-site (from home). The postholder will provide only medical cover to the patients on General Medical wards.
About us
This is a well-established department within the trust and currently we have 3 substantive but part time (shared with RFH) consultants amounting to 1.8 whole time equivalents. We are in the process of expanding our workforce to meet the needs of the local population. Our work centres on in-patient care for both Renal and General Medical patients based on T8 and Podium 1 wards as well as outpatient activities for Renal Medicine. We also provide an innovative Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) service, concentrating on those patients presenting with or developing stage 3 AKI whilst in hospital. There are 4.5 General Nephrology/diagnostic clinics per week with monthly joint Renal/Diabetes, Renal/HIV, Renal/Urology and Renal/Rheumatology virtual clinics/MDTs. CLINICAL DIRECTORATE Senior Medical Staff Dr Sai Krishna Duraisingham: Consultant Nephrologist, Clinical Lead for Renal Services, Departmental Morbidity and Mortality Lead, (Special interests Hypertension, Heart Failure in Renal, Low Clearance and Haemodialysis) Dr Salman Sajid: Consultant Nephrologist and Acute Medicine, Medical Examiner, Appraiser (Special interests: Acute Kidney Injury, Vasculitis, Haemodialysis) Other Medical Staff 2-3 x SpRs (North Central Thames rotation) 2 x IMT Medicine 1 x FY2 2 x FY1 ADMINISTRATIVE & SECRETARIAL SUPPORT AND FACILITIES The consultant appointee will have dedicated office space with networked computer access and secretarial support (1 secretary for the Renal department).
Job description
Job responsibilities
An indicative job plan is included in the Job Description attached to this advert. A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and their clinical manager in line with the Job Planning Guidelines in force in the Trust. Once agreed with the clinical manager, job plans are finally signed off by the Clinical Director. An indicative job plan for this post with indicative Programmed Activities (PAs) is provided below, but this will normally be re-assessed after 3 months of appointment to ensure it meets the needs of the service.
Activity Freq PA Total Ward 16 7 112 Radiology 16 0.25 4 T8 d/c clinic 8 0.25 2 Diagnostic clinic + Admin 26 1.5 39 Weekend 6.5 6 39 NCL Virtual CKD 42 1 42 Virtual Urology MDT 12 0.5 6 Core SPA 42 1 42 Audit & Governance 42 0.25 10.5 TOTAL 296.5 ANNUALISED
Job description
Job responsibilities
An indicative job plan is included in the Job Description attached to this advert. A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and their clinical manager in line with the Job Planning Guidelines in force in the Trust. Once agreed with the clinical manager, job plans are finally signed off by the Clinical Director. An indicative job plan for this post with indicative Programmed Activities (PAs) is provided below, but this will normally be re-assessed after 3 months of appointment to ensure it meets the needs of the service.
Activity Freq PA Total Ward 16 7 112 Radiology 16 0.25 4 T8 d/c clinic 8 0.25 2 Diagnostic clinic + Admin 26 1.5 39 Weekend 6.5 6 39 NCL Virtual CKD 42 1 42 Virtual Urology MDT 12 0.5 6 Core SPA 42 1 42 Audit & Governance 42 0.25 10.5 TOTAL 296.5 ANNUALISED
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- CCST/CCT or equivalent in Renal and General medicine and on the specialist register, or within 6 months of CCT date at the time of interview
- Certificate of eligibility for specialist registration (CESR)
- European community rights
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and participation of clinical audit
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Experience on providing high quality training and education to undergraduates and postgraduates
Desirable
- Knowledge and participation of research methodology
- Experience in clinical or basic science research
- Post graduate diploma in teaching
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff, patients and relatives
- Potential to develop leadership skills
- Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
Desirable
- Experience of service development and quality improvement initiatives
- Ability to work in a pressurised environment
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- CCST/CCT or equivalent in Renal and General medicine and on the specialist register, or within 6 months of CCT date at the time of interview
- Certificate of eligibility for specialist registration (CESR)
- European community rights
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and participation of clinical audit
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Experience on providing high quality training and education to undergraduates and postgraduates
Desirable
- Knowledge and participation of research methodology
- Experience in clinical or basic science research
- Post graduate diploma in teaching
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff, patients and relatives
- Potential to develop leadership skills
- Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
Desirable
- Experience of service development and quality improvement initiatives
- Ability to work in a pressurised environment
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).
