Job summary
We are advertising a a full-time post to join the current consultant workforce who provide Paediatric Nephrology services to the EMEESY network.
The EMEESY Children's Kidney Network provides specialist nephrology and urology care to children and young people with kidney problems throughout the East Midlands (EM), the East of England (EE) and South Yorkshire (SY), hence EMEESY. Highly specialised care such as dialysis, transplant and renal biopsies are performed in Nottingham to maintain expertise. The ethos of the network, however, is to provide care close to home whenever possible. We have established this by building relationships with the local teams and supporting the local care of patients through shared-care clinics, weekly online nephro-urology X-ray meetings, regular education meetings and easy access for advice from our team based in Nottingham. Our team includes consultants, specialist nurses, pharmacists, social workers and dieticians. We also consider our local paediatricians with specialist expertise in nephrology, link nurses and other health / allied health professionals as part of our team working together to provide the highest quality of care to children and young people with kidney problems in all the hospitals within our network.
Please note this job description has not yet received Royal College approval and may be subject to change based on their advice
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have a base in the Nottingham Children's Hospital based in the Queen's Medical Centre Campus. The candidate must be registered with the GMC and be on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months of their expected date of CCT on the date of interview.
The role will include specialist clinics in Nottingham, some general nephrology clinics in Nottingham and shared care clinics our regional hospitals.
On-call work is based in Nottingham and is on a 1 in 8 rota at category A receiving a 5% supplement.
The post-holder would be working with a team of 7 other consultant colleagues, junior medical staff and a multi-professional team.
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification documents.
About us
Hospital services for children in Nottingham merged onto a single site at Queen's Medical Centre and Nottingham Children's Hospital was created within it. We provide a comprehensive range of specialist services for children in Nottingham, together with tertiary paediatric and neonatal services to the adjacent areas of Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire (Trent SHA catchment area), surgical services for Stoke on Trent in the Midlands and neurosurgical services for Leicestershire. We also provide supra-regional services for paediatric spinal surgery, rheumatology, nephro-urology and cystic fibrosis. Paediatric cardiac surgery and hepato-biliary surgery are not resourced locally.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The formal job plan for this post can be seen within the attached Job Description.
The post-holder will have 8 service weeks per year. Service weeks involve around 16 PAs of clinical care providing in-patient services in Nottingham and telephone advice for services across our region.
During service weeks, the on-service consultant will be on-call for the whole weekend. Evening/night-time cover for weeknights is separate from service cover with a brief consultant handover taking place at 5pm.
The post will include 34 weeks that are deemed non-service weeks. This approximates to one CKD clinic, one telephone / video clinic and one additional clinic (General Nephrology, Enuresis or Shared Care clinic) per week. There are a small number of additional specialist clinics e.g. oncology and endocrinology.
Non-fixed commitments include patient administration and Supporting Professional Activity: research, audit, governance, management, teaching and supervision.
The unit is renowned for its team-working ethos and associated with the team are specialist renal nurses, specialist urology nurses, three paediatric renal dietitians, two social workers, a clinical psychologist, a play specialist, youth worker, hospital teaching support and administrative support. We have recently had investment in our multi-professional team to account for the increase in number and complexity of patients. This is therefore an exciting time as we look at how we can work as a team in new ways to improve the quality of care that our patients receive across our network. The post-holder would be expected, as would all members of our team, to contribute to this service development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The formal job plan for this post can be seen within the attached Job Description.
The post-holder will have 8 service weeks per year. Service weeks involve around 16 PAs of clinical care providing in-patient services in Nottingham and telephone advice for services across our region.
During service weeks, the on-service consultant will be on-call for the whole weekend. Evening/night-time cover for weeknights is separate from service cover with a brief consultant handover taking place at 5pm.
The post will include 34 weeks that are deemed non-service weeks. This approximates to one CKD clinic, one telephone / video clinic and one additional clinic (General Nephrology, Enuresis or Shared Care clinic) per week. There are a small number of additional specialist clinics e.g. oncology and endocrinology.
Non-fixed commitments include patient administration and Supporting Professional Activity: research, audit, governance, management, teaching and supervision.
The unit is renowned for its team-working ethos and associated with the team are specialist renal nurses, specialist urology nurses, three paediatric renal dietitians, two social workers, a clinical psychologist, a play specialist, youth worker, hospital teaching support and administrative support. We have recently had investment in our multi-professional team to account for the increase in number and complexity of patients. This is therefore an exciting time as we look at how we can work as a team in new ways to improve the quality of care that our patients receive across our network. The post-holder would be expected, as would all members of our team, to contribute to this service development.
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
- Full GMC registration eligible to be included on SR
- CCT expected within 6 months of interview date
Qualifications/Development
Essential
- MRCPCH or equivalent
- Evidence of Level 3 Safeguarding Children (Paediatric positions only)
Desirable
- Higher Professional Degree
Clinical Skills/Experience
Essential
- Has completed training in Paediatric Nephrology as specified by RCPCH Nephrology CSAC, or training assessed to be equivalent by the GMC.
- Experience in managing acute nephrology emergencies and peri-operative transplant patients.
Desirable
- Ability to perform percutaneous native and transplant renal biopsies.
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
- Full GMC registration eligible to be included on SR
- CCT expected within 6 months of interview date
Qualifications/Development
Essential
- MRCPCH or equivalent
- Evidence of Level 3 Safeguarding Children (Paediatric positions only)
Desirable
- Higher Professional Degree
Clinical Skills/Experience
Essential
- Has completed training in Paediatric Nephrology as specified by RCPCH Nephrology CSAC, or training assessed to be equivalent by the GMC.
- Experience in managing acute nephrology emergencies and peri-operative transplant patients.
Desirable
- Ability to perform percutaneous native and transplant renal biopsies.
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
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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).