Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team of Nephrologists as a fixed term locum post for 12 months to help with the expansion of our satellite heamodialysis units.
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides extensive kidney services for a population of 1.10 million across a large geographical area extending into both North Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.
You will be expected to participate in the inpatient ward and outreach rota on a 1:3 basis, and the renal overnight on call and weekend rota on a 1:8 basis.
All consultants have the potential to include additional sessions at an enhanced rate for OOH working increasing core earnings by up to 30%.
Main duties of the job
Your job plan will be focused around supporting the expansion in our haemodialysis patients at our Grimsby and Scunthorpe satellite units. The job plan will also include a weekly New Patient clinic and follow up General Nephrology clinic. You will be part of the consultant team providing inpatient care on our kidney ward, which also looks after general medical patients, and our outreach team inputting to kidney patients under other specialties, patients with AKI in the trust and some general medical outliers.
Please see Job Description for further details.
About us
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust strongly encourages new starters to have the Covid-19 vaccine. However, it is not a mandatory requirement to work for us.
HUTH has two main sites: Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital with an annual budget of approximately £800 million. The Trust employs around 11,000 staff and serves an extended population of 1.25 million, delivering a number of outpatient services from locations across the area.
The Trust's secondary care service portfolio is comprehensive, covering the major medical and surgical specialties, routine and specialist diagnostic services and other clinical support services. These services are provided primarily to a catchment population of approximately 600,000 in the Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire area.
HUTH provides specialist and tertiary services to a population of 1.25 million extending from Scarborough in North Yorkshire to Grimsby and Scunthorpe in North East and North Lincolnshire respectively.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description document for further details on the job description and main responsibilities of this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description document for further details on the job description and main responsibilities of this post.
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
- Full Registration with the GMC
- GMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months) for Renal and General Medicine
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- MRCP (UK) or equivalent qualification
- Valid ALS Certificate
- SCE in Renal Medicine
Desirable
- Postgraduate Degree e.g. MD, PhD
- Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to Renal Medicine
- Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of Renal conditions
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Practical skills
Essential
- Able to insert temporary dialysis catheters
Desirable
- Able to insert tunnelled dialysis catheters
- Able to perform renal biopsies
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Ability to manage and lead medical teams
- Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
- Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- Evidence of participation in audit
- Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses
- Original peer-reviewed research publications
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
- Full Registration with the GMC
- GMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months) for Renal and General Medicine
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- MRCP (UK) or equivalent qualification
- Valid ALS Certificate
- SCE in Renal Medicine
Desirable
- Postgraduate Degree e.g. MD, PhD
- Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to Renal Medicine
- Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of Renal conditions
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Practical skills
Essential
- Able to insert temporary dialysis catheters
Desirable
- Able to insert tunnelled dialysis catheters
- Able to perform renal biopsies
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Ability to manage and lead medical teams
- Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
- Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- Evidence of participation in audit
- Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses
- Original peer-reviewed research publications
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).
