Locum Consultant Nephrologist

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

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Job summary

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Main duties of the job

Job Summary:

Wessex Kidney Centre (WKC), Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust (PHUT) are looking to appoint 2 WTE locum consultant nephrologists covering outpatient nephrology and dialysis services in the North Hampshire region and inpatient acute renal care in Portsmouth.

About us

The Trust is committed to driving excellence in care for our patients and communities and was rated good by the Care Quality Commission report published 2020 and became a University Hospital. We are ranked as the third in the country for research; embedding education and training across the organisation and we continuously strive to achieve our core values which are at the heart of everything we do. The Trusts main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, starting life as a military hospital over a century ago and now one of the largest hospitals on the south coast and you may have seen us on the TV series Nurses on the Ward. The Trust provides comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across South East Hampshire. The Trust employs over 8,000 staff and are #ProudtobePHU; our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because its the right thing to do, but because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for providing outstanding care and support for patients, colleagues and our community you will find a home at PHU. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

Date posted

11 November 2022

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£105.88 an hour

Contract

Bank

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C8192-22-8465

Job locations

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Southwick Hill Road

Cosham

Portsmouth

PO6 3LY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Nephrology:

The post holders will be responsible for nephrology, dialysis, and chronic transplant care in out-patient environments as well as in the satellite facilities. The post will also provide inpatient acute renal services at the Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth (QAH). One post is replacement for retirement, the other is maternity cover.

It would be an advantage for the post holders to be able to perform renal related procedures (line insertions, renal biopsies) and to teach and supervise the units junior doctors in these procedures.

The renal service is continually developing subspecialties and a particular interest or expertise in any field would be desirable and could be supported.

The service, given its large geographical area, is currently divided by sub-region (based around each of the 8 satellite acute trusts) with nephrologist(s) for each area to maintain patient continuity as much as possible. On-going development and growth has increased renal in-reach ward services in some of these sites.

WKC physicians run nephrology and renal replacement (RRT) clinics at all the satellite acute trusts in the region and RRT clinics at the satellite dialysis units. This post will take joint responsibility for nephrology and renal replacement therapy, including nephrology and AKI inpatients.

An indicative workload for the posts includes shared responsibility for outpatient clinics covering general nephrology, chronic transplant follow up and satellite dialysis unit clinics in the North Hampshire area (covering Hampshire Hospitals NHS trust in Basingstoke and Winchester) and ward cover at the QAH. Ward cover at QAH is based on a 1 in 10 rota and includes weekend cover and overnight non-resident cover supported by are renal registrar and renal SHO.

Time allocated to clinics is 4 hours and will house 8 to 15 patients per list depending on new/FU and nephrology/RRT breakdown. Clinic slots are generally 15-20 minutes per nephrology follow-up, 20-30 minutes for a RRT follow-up and 30 mins per new patient. A standard non-dialysis clinic template would include 2 new patients and 10 follow up slots; a dialysis template would include 8 dialysis patients. Within the Wessex Kidney Centre consultants take joint responsibility for geographical areas within our catchment meaning they should expect to look after the entire spectrum of nephrology, CKD, and renal replacement therapy. All patients have a named consultant who has overall responsibility for their care. The exceptions are peritonealdialysis, home haemodialysis, young adult transition, genetic conditions (excluding PKD), acute vasculitis and acute transplant (first 6 months) which all run as specialist clinics by specific consultants.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Nephrology:

It would be an advantage for the post holders to be able to perform renal related procedures (line insertions, renal biopsies) and to teach and supervise the units junior doctors in these procedures.

The renal service is continually developing subspecialties and a particular interest or expertise in any field would be desirable and could be supported.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC registration with a license to practice
Qualifications equivalent to UK CCT in Renal Medicine

Desirable

CCT in Nephrology and MRCP
Higher degree

Experience

Essential

Clinical Experience
Entry on the GMC specialist register via CCT (proposed date must be within 6 months) or CESR
Specialist Training in Nephrology to the level of CCT completion.
Clinical Skills
Demonstrable clinical and technical skills to provide a consultant service in nephrology and nephrological emergencies
Understanding of clinical risk management

Desirable

Clinical Experience
Procedural competency in tunnelled catheter insertion, renal biopsy (native and transplant), PD catheter insertion
Clinical Skills
Ability to perform, supervise and teach native and transplant renal biopsy (ultrasound-guided), and ultrasound-guided central venous cannulation including tunnelling

Knowledge

Essential

-Able to demonstrate appropriate level of clinical knowledge
-Knowledge and use of evidence-based practice
-IT skills
-Effective, confident presentation ability
-Experience in and outside specialty
-Evidence of participation in audit
-Good oral and written communication skills
-Publications
-Logical thinking, problem solving and decision making

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC registration with a license to practice
Qualifications equivalent to UK CCT in Renal Medicine

Desirable

CCT in Nephrology and MRCP
Higher degree

Experience

Essential

Clinical Experience
Entry on the GMC specialist register via CCT (proposed date must be within 6 months) or CESR
Specialist Training in Nephrology to the level of CCT completion.
Clinical Skills
Demonstrable clinical and technical skills to provide a consultant service in nephrology and nephrological emergencies
Understanding of clinical risk management

Desirable

Clinical Experience
Procedural competency in tunnelled catheter insertion, renal biopsy (native and transplant), PD catheter insertion
Clinical Skills
Ability to perform, supervise and teach native and transplant renal biopsy (ultrasound-guided), and ultrasound-guided central venous cannulation including tunnelling

Knowledge

Essential

-Able to demonstrate appropriate level of clinical knowledge
-Knowledge and use of evidence-based practice
-IT skills
-Effective, confident presentation ability
-Experience in and outside specialty
-Evidence of participation in audit
-Good oral and written communication skills
-Publications
-Logical thinking, problem solving and decision making

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.