Consultant Nephrologist
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Job summary
The BHRUT renal service is provided as part of the North East London and Essex Renal Network in a hub and spoke model which allows patients with acute and chronic kidney disease to be managed locally.
Renal services based in BHRUT include in-patient management of acute and chronic renal conditions, inpatient referrals and general nephrology out-patients.
Patients with complex kidney diseases are managed up to dialysis and transplantation with the support of the specialist tertiary centre at Barts Health NHS Trust, based in Royal London Hospital. Haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and transplantation are provided by the specialist renal unit in Royal London Hospital and in two satellite units based in Queen's and King George.
Patients with acute kidney Injury requiring renal replacement therapy are largely managed in ITU and stepped-down to Royal London Hospital only if they need on-going dialysis or therapeutic plasma exchange. Acute kidney injury / end stage renal failure services have been recently bolstered with the installation of four haemodialysis stations within critical care to provide intermittent haemodialysis; a further two stations are being installed on the renal ward to manage our large cohort of inpatient haemodialysis patients with the support of the satellite unit.
Main duties of the job
Consultant Nephrologist
The post holder will be a member of the Specialist Medicine Directorate in BHRUT and will be part of the consultant team that will deliver nephrology services across the North East London and Essex Renal Network, according to local and national priorities as determined by appropriate national guidelines.
The post holder is expected to possess membership of the Royal College of Physicians or to have equivalent qualifications, to be on the GMC specialist register at the time of taking up the post and have obtained the MRCP Renal certification.
The post-holder is expected to share in-patient commitments with the existing full-time nephrologist to provide an acute in-patient referral service and ward-based care 52 weeks a year. The part-time consultants complement the service by providing in-patient referrals and out-patient clinics across both trust sites.
The post holder will have secretarial support and an adequately equipped office, including IT facilities.
The post-holder is actively encouraged to participate in service-development and clinical-governance activities, in addition to clinical and educational supervision of junior trainees. The post also provides for developing links with diabetes, rheumatology, urology and primary-care services. The post holder will be expected to attend appropriate meetings depending on sub-specialist interests in order to further the development of the services across the network.
About us
Under the leadership of our Chair, Jacqui Smith and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive we provide care for the residents of three diverse London boroughs. More than half of our 7,500 strong workforce are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and most live in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge. We also provide healthcare services to people in south west Essex, and specialist neurosciences services to the whole of the county.
Our services include all the major specialties of large acute hospitals, operating from two main sites - King George Hospital in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We also provide outpatient services at Brentwood Community Hospital, Barking Hospital, Loxford Polyclinic and Harold Wood Polyclinic.
As we recover from Covid-19, we're proud to be leading the way in reducing the time our patients wait to get the treatment they need. The pandemic provided the drive for our teams to innovate and change.
We know we have more work to do to improve waiting times for urgent and emergency care, and this will be one of the many benefits of our closer collaboration with Barts Health. Working with them and with all our partners across north east London, we will find a sustainable solution to enhance patient care.
We are particularly proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre; Radiotherapy Centre; Hyper Acute Stroke Unit; and dedicated breast care service at King George Hospital. We're also pleased to be part of the NEL Cancer Alliance.
Details
Date posted
12 July 2022
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
£84,559 to £114,003 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
162-M7221-B
Job locations
Renal Medical Staff
Romford
RM7 0AG
Employer details
Employer name
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Renal Medical Staff
Romford
RM7 0AG
Employer's website
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