Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated clinical fellow in renal transplant and vascular access surgery for a period of 6 months (extendible with mutual agreement to 12 months and beyond).
Successful candidate will be primarily based at The Royal London Hospital, Bart's NHS Trust and join a dynamic team of 7 consultant transplant surgeons and 4 clinical fellows and a higher speciality trainee. The Transplant service operates within the Renal Clinical Academic Unit of the ECAM Division of Barts Health NHS Trust.
You will be providing highest quality care to one of the largest dialysis and transplant cohort in the UK under direct supervision of a team of highly motivated consultant surgeons. The Royal London hospital is one of the largest transplant unit in the UK.
The appointee will be exposed to all aspects of advanced dialysis access and transplant surgery and the relevant medical management of these complex patients on a 1:6 oncall rota.
Main duties of the job
Bart's NHS trust is UK's largest trust with Renal and transplant services based at the Royal London hospital. With one of the largest dialysis cohort, the Royal London provides excellent teaching and training opportunities.
The successful candidate will join a team of 7 consultants and will be a part of 5 middle grade doctors. General duties will provide wide exposure to all parts of the renal transplant and dialysis access training including:
- At least once daily ward round with the consultant surgeon and nephrologist
- Clinic reviews
- Regular theatres session (5 day operating sessions)
- Multidisciplinary meeting
- Education
- Research
About us
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate, and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
Barts Health supports The Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details related to the main duties and responsibilities about the role, please refer to the job description attached below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details related to the main duties and responsibilities about the role, please refer to the job description attached below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS, or equivalent
- MRCS/FRCS or equivalent
Desirable
- Higher degree, E.g. MD/phd
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of basic of vascular access surgery
Desirable
- Knowledge of all aspects of renal transplantation
- Publication in this area
Training Expected
Essential
- Training on general surgery/vascular surgery
- Experience in training undergraduates and postgraduates
Desirable
- Previous exposure in Renal Transplant and vascular access surgery
Audit Experience
Essential
- Able to provide evidence of clinical audit and demonstrate understanding of impact and challenges this brings.
Desirable
- Experience of audit management
Academic Achievements, Research, Publications
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate personal experience of clinical research and describe and discuss findings and impact.
- Experience of research, presentations to learned societies on topics related to surgery
Desirable
- Demonstrate number of publications in indexed journals, over a variety of subjects relevant to this post.
- Phd/ MD Thesis
Personal Skills
Essential
- Excellent presentational and verbal skills.
- Ability to motivate and develop medical trainees.
- Ability to manage time well to deliver objectives of the CAU
- Awareness of best practice through evidence based medicine, and personal drive to enact the change with the team
Desirable
- IT skills and computer literacy
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Self motivated with an enquiring, critical approach to work
- Ability to work under pressure Caring attitude to patients
- Commitment to continuing medical education
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national level
- Collegiate approach to work and 13 colleagues
- Ability to drive change through collaboration and consultation with key stakeholders
- Willingness to challenge the norm in a positive manner while building a team ethos, to deliver consistently high levels of care for patients in a productive and cost effective manner
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS, or equivalent
- MRCS/FRCS or equivalent
Desirable
- Higher degree, E.g. MD/phd
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of basic of vascular access surgery
Desirable
- Knowledge of all aspects of renal transplantation
- Publication in this area
Training Expected
Essential
- Training on general surgery/vascular surgery
- Experience in training undergraduates and postgraduates
Desirable
- Previous exposure in Renal Transplant and vascular access surgery
Audit Experience
Essential
- Able to provide evidence of clinical audit and demonstrate understanding of impact and challenges this brings.
Desirable
- Experience of audit management
Academic Achievements, Research, Publications
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate personal experience of clinical research and describe and discuss findings and impact.
- Experience of research, presentations to learned societies on topics related to surgery
Desirable
- Demonstrate number of publications in indexed journals, over a variety of subjects relevant to this post.
- Phd/ MD Thesis
Personal Skills
Essential
- Excellent presentational and verbal skills.
- Ability to motivate and develop medical trainees.
- Ability to manage time well to deliver objectives of the CAU
- Awareness of best practice through evidence based medicine, and personal drive to enact the change with the team
Desirable
- IT skills and computer literacy
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Self motivated with an enquiring, critical approach to work
- Ability to work under pressure Caring attitude to patients
- Commitment to continuing medical education
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national level
- Collegiate approach to work and 13 colleagues
- Ability to drive change through collaboration and consultation with key stakeholders
- Willingness to challenge the norm in a positive manner while building a team ethos, to deliver consistently high levels of care for patients in a productive and cost effective manner
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).
