Job summary
A new opportunity has risen to join our friendly team for the post of Consultant in Renal Medicine and General Medicine. This post will be based in West Suffolk Hospital which covers a 24 bedded ward. The post involves out-patient and in-patient duties and regular commitment to both in-reach into the medical admissions unit and on-call for general medicine.
The West Suffolk Nephrology team is currently looking for a consultant Nephrologist to complement the current team for 12 months to enhance the current service, as we look forward towards the new hospital build. The applicant would be looking after patients on the Nephrology ward which is currently shared by Dr Chong, Dr Petchey and Dr Syed Hasan Ahmad. The consultants are currently rotating on and off the ward. This provides opportunity for service development and allowing the applicant to have dedicated time to develop their sub-speciality interest.
We would hope that the applicant would be able to continue the practical skills of renal biopsy at inpatient level. The hospital is also looking towards developing acute dialysis as we move towards the new hospital which will require a separate on-call rota.
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Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job- reviewing patients on the renal wards- undertake ward round- outpatient commitment to General Nephrology Clinic- Training/Supervising staff- partaking in the oncall rota ( General Medicine)- reviewing patients in the Emergency Department/Acute Medical Unit where necessary- involvement in monthly governance
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About us
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We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Current nephrology services at the WSH include inpatient management of renal patients on ward F8 - encompassing patients with acute kidney injury, management of patients with CKD and review of dialysis and transplant patients. There is a strong emphasis on early detection and management of patients with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and overseeing referrals of such patients form a significant proportion of the workload. There is a joint nephrology-critical care ward round of ITU patients weekly.
Outpatient services include weekly general nephrology clinics, a transplant clinic, a low clearance clinic, monthly diabetes/renal clinic held jointly with Dr Marath (Acute Medicine/Diabetes) and a paediatric transition clinic held with Dr Christian on a 6 monthly basis. There is a monthly cardiorenal MDT, and Nephrology support for the Medical Obstetrics clinic is provided on an ad hoc basis. Tertiary level nephrology care is provided at CUH including acute transplantation and vasculitis.Currently the Dialysis Unit is supervised jointly by Dr Chong and Dr Petchey. The Nephrology service is currently expanding with Virtual Ward for Acute Kidney Injury and Nephrotic Syndrome. We have a clinical nurse specialist whose main focus is the transplant and pre-dialysis service. There is an expectation that enhanced renal diagnostics and vascular access procedures will be repatriated from Addenbrookes Hospital to the Trust in the next 12 - 24 months.
Please See Full Job Description attached for details
Job description
Job responsibilities
Current nephrology services at the WSH include inpatient management of renal patients on ward F8 - encompassing patients with acute kidney injury, management of patients with CKD and review of dialysis and transplant patients. There is a strong emphasis on early detection and management of patients with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and overseeing referrals of such patients form a significant proportion of the workload. There is a joint nephrology-critical care ward round of ITU patients weekly.
Outpatient services include weekly general nephrology clinics, a transplant clinic, a low clearance clinic, monthly diabetes/renal clinic held jointly with Dr Marath (Acute Medicine/Diabetes) and a paediatric transition clinic held with Dr Christian on a 6 monthly basis. There is a monthly cardiorenal MDT, and Nephrology support for the Medical Obstetrics clinic is provided on an ad hoc basis. Tertiary level nephrology care is provided at CUH including acute transplantation and vasculitis.Currently the Dialysis Unit is supervised jointly by Dr Chong and Dr Petchey. The Nephrology service is currently expanding with Virtual Ward for Acute Kidney Injury and Nephrotic Syndrome. We have a clinical nurse specialist whose main focus is the transplant and pre-dialysis service. There is an expectation that enhanced renal diagnostics and vascular access procedures will be repatriated from Addenbrookes Hospital to the Trust in the next 12 - 24 months.
Please See Full Job Description attached for details
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Entry on the GMC specialist register in Nephrology and General (Internal) Medicine or be eligible for entry (within six months of attaining Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training) at the time of interview.
- MRCP or equivalent
- Full GMC registration
Desirable
- MD or PhD
- MRCP (Nephrology)
Experience
Essential
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in General Medicine
- Experience in management of acute medical inpatients and medical outpatients.
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Nephrology
- Experience in management of Nephrology inpatient and out-patient medicine.
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a full spectrum of Renal patients including patients with suspected or proven vasculitis.
Desirable
- Five years supervised training in an appropriate SpR training programme or equivalent.
- Experience of managing vasculitis inpatients and clinics in Tertiary centre, dedicated Fellowship programme, or similar
Teaching and Training
Essential
- Experience of supervising FY1s, FY2s StRs and SpRs
- Ability to teach clinical skills.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
- Experience of teaching other professional groups
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research.
Management & Audit Training
Essential
- Ability to develop and manage a multi-professional vasculitis service encompassing inpatient reviews and outpatient clinics.
- Ability to organise and manage day to day service delivery e.g. out-patient priorities.
- Ability to manage and lead strategic developments in service delivery.
- Experience of audit management
- Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets.
Personal Skills & Qualities
Essential
- Good personal interactive communications skills: clarity of expression and purpose
- The ability to work as a team member.
- Acceptance of management and administrative duties by working within a structured hospital team for the greater good
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Caring attitude to patients
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance
Desirable
- Ability to travel to all rural locations.
Special Aptitudes
Essential
- Self-motivated: able to act on own initiative
- Passionate and dynamism to improve, monitor and sustain the highest achievable clinical standards.
- To possess an enquiring mind, generally challenging the status quo to ensure clinically effective evidence-based best practice.
- Capacity to accept full responsibility to lead a clinical team.
- To teach and train all human resources from a wide spectrum of skills, background, abilities and experience.
Appraisal
Essential
- To have training and experience in appraisal systems
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Depth and breadth of experience in acute ward based and out-patient medicine and Nephrology
- oAll applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by one of the following: ?PLAB 1 ?PLAB 2 If applicants believe that they have adequate communication skills, but do not fit into one of the examples they will need to provide evidence.
Research & Publications
Essential
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
Desirable
- Experience of conducting research projects
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
Clinical Governance
Essential
- To have a broad understanding of all elements of, and a commitment to the principles of Clinical Governance
Standards
Essential
- To have a thorough knowledge and demonstrable understanding of "Good Medical Practice" from the GMC
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Entry on the GMC specialist register in Nephrology and General (Internal) Medicine or be eligible for entry (within six months of attaining Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training) at the time of interview.
- MRCP or equivalent
- Full GMC registration
Desirable
- MD or PhD
- MRCP (Nephrology)
Experience
Essential
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in General Medicine
- Experience in management of acute medical inpatients and medical outpatients.
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Nephrology
- Experience in management of Nephrology inpatient and out-patient medicine.
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a full spectrum of Renal patients including patients with suspected or proven vasculitis.
Desirable
- Five years supervised training in an appropriate SpR training programme or equivalent.
- Experience of managing vasculitis inpatients and clinics in Tertiary centre, dedicated Fellowship programme, or similar
Teaching and Training
Essential
- Experience of supervising FY1s, FY2s StRs and SpRs
- Ability to teach clinical skills.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
- Experience of teaching other professional groups
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research.
Management & Audit Training
Essential
- Ability to develop and manage a multi-professional vasculitis service encompassing inpatient reviews and outpatient clinics.
- Ability to organise and manage day to day service delivery e.g. out-patient priorities.
- Ability to manage and lead strategic developments in service delivery.
- Experience of audit management
- Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets.
Personal Skills & Qualities
Essential
- Good personal interactive communications skills: clarity of expression and purpose
- The ability to work as a team member.
- Acceptance of management and administrative duties by working within a structured hospital team for the greater good
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Caring attitude to patients
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance
Desirable
- Ability to travel to all rural locations.
Special Aptitudes
Essential
- Self-motivated: able to act on own initiative
- Passionate and dynamism to improve, monitor and sustain the highest achievable clinical standards.
- To possess an enquiring mind, generally challenging the status quo to ensure clinically effective evidence-based best practice.
- Capacity to accept full responsibility to lead a clinical team.
- To teach and train all human resources from a wide spectrum of skills, background, abilities and experience.
Appraisal
Essential
- To have training and experience in appraisal systems
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Depth and breadth of experience in acute ward based and out-patient medicine and Nephrology
- oAll applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by one of the following: ?PLAB 1 ?PLAB 2 If applicants believe that they have adequate communication skills, but do not fit into one of the examples they will need to provide evidence.
Research & Publications
Essential
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
Desirable
- Experience of conducting research projects
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
Clinical Governance
Essential
- To have a broad understanding of all elements of, and a commitment to the principles of Clinical Governance
Standards
Essential
- To have a thorough knowledge and demonstrable understanding of "Good Medical Practice" from the GMC
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).
