Job summary
The trust grade doctor will work in three clinical areas; the 19 bed nephrology ward (ward 50), with the renal outreach team providing supervision of patients with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) on the ICU and medical wards and lastly general medical patients on outlying wards.
All specialist registrars will have an outpatient commitment and have the opportunity to attend Transplant, Transplant Work-up, Low Clearance, Haemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis clinics as well as General Nephrology clinics. The details of the rotation are organised after consideration of the training needs of the staff involved. The Consultant working patterns are closely integrated, and a similar level of mutual support and team-working is required from the middle grade staff.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our nephrology team of Nephrologists as a fixed term post for 5 months
Inpatient work includes day to day supervision of the junior medical staff on ward 50, review of referrals prior to discussion with the Consultants and attendance on Consultant ward rounds, renal procedures (insertion of dialysis catheters, native and transplant kidney biopsy). Outpatient clinics are held at Hull Royal Infirmary, with weekly outreach clinics at Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Bridlington and fortnightly Goole clinics. These Clinics are Consultant led. All training needs are met centrally in Hull.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information on this advertised role, please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information on this advertised role, please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
Desirable
Essential
Essential
- Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practise 5 from the GMC
Desirable
- Experience in procedural skills including tunnelled/non tunnelled lines and Kidney Biopsies (Native and Transplant
Qualifications and Training
Essential
Desirable
- oRenal Medicine Experience
- oPostgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
- oPostgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Clinical Experience
Essential
- oAbility to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
- oAbility to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- oAbility to lead on smooth and efficient running of the ward
- oAbility to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
- oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- oExperience of supervising junior medical staff
- oCommitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- oEvidence of participation in audit
- oAbility to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- oExperience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
- oOriginal peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
Essential
- oAbility to work flexibly in a changing health service
- oExcellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
- oAbility to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
Desirable
Essential
Essential
- Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practise 5 from the GMC
Desirable
- Experience in procedural skills including tunnelled/non tunnelled lines and Kidney Biopsies (Native and Transplant
Qualifications and Training
Essential
Desirable
- oRenal Medicine Experience
- oPostgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
- oPostgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Clinical Experience
Essential
- oAbility to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
- oAbility to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- oAbility to lead on smooth and efficient running of the ward
- oAbility to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
- oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- oExperience of supervising junior medical staff
- oCommitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- oEvidence of participation in audit
- oAbility to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- oExperience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
- oOriginal peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
Essential
- oAbility to work flexibly in a changing health service
- oExcellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
- oAbility to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
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).
