Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow in Renal Medicine

The closing date is 07 July 2025

Job summary

Senior Clinical Fellow based at LTH on a full time fixed term basis.

Candidates must be registered with the GMC and hold an up-to-date GMC registration document to show fitness to practice.

Working within a supportive and educationally focussed environment, the post-holder will provide registrar-level cover within renal medicine in a teaching hospital with many of the main medical and surgical sub-specialities.

The post would be suitable for doctors with renal experience who are interested in developing their experience and procedural skills in: percutaneous PD catheter insertion, renal biopsy, tunnelled dialysis catheters, vasculitis, glomerulonephritis and post-transplant follow-up clinics.

Main duties of the job

This post is based at the Royal Preston Hospital site and satellite renal centres with allocated session for training in all procedures undertaken in the department. These sessions and opportunities will vary depending on the successful candidate experience, interests and career goals taking into account the service needs.

The renal registrar on call is on-site Monday to Friday 9am-9pm and 9am-7pm at weekends with no out of hours non-resident cover required. Out of hours emergency dialysis is provided by renal nursing staff with agreement for emergency dialysis catheter insertions to be provided by on-site anaesthetic teams. Zero days are rostered to reflect weekend on-call work.

In-patient ward care is divided between 2 teams according to the patient's named Consultant, with rotation on a monthly basis supported by designated ward registrar cover plus 3 CMTs and 1 FY1.

About us

You would join an excellent and well regarded large Renal service that covers a population of 1.8 million people, looking after over 1,500 dialysis and transplant patients across a large geographical area. The ICB includes 4 places (previously referred to as acute trusts) with 6 renal centres in addition to our main hub unit at Royal Preston Hospital.

We work closely in partnership with the highly regarded, North West Kidney Network to further the development of renal services for the benefit of patients. The NWKN is a strong advocate for developing safe and innovative pathways to improve patient care and giving a national platform for the patient voice.

We have an award winning successful live and deceased donor transplant programme and a well-established home dialysis team, offering Peritoneal Dialysis and Home Haemodialysis training at our facility in Chorley and Westmorland General Hospital. We have an expanding research portfolio recruiting to national trials and undertaking original research within the NIHR badged on-site Lancashire Clinical Research Facility. We offer sub-specialty expertise particularly in vasculitis, frailty and CKD. T

Details

Date posted

30 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£61,825 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

438-MS3112

Job locations

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

What we can offer

Job Plan/On-call Requirements

The Team

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

What we can offer

Job Plan/On-call Requirements

The Team

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full registration or eligibility for full registration with the GMC with licence to practice.
  • MRCP (UK)
  • MBBS/MBChB Honours

Desirable

  • Nephrology SCE
  • Higher degree

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in caring for dialysis and vasculitis patients.
  • Experience of working as on-call registrar in medicine
  • Previous experience in clinical research and demonstrates a commitment to research.
  • Experience placing temporary dialysis access catheters

Desirable

  • To have taken up postgraduate training opportunities appropriate to subspecialty interest.
  • Experience performing renal biopsies with limited supervision.
  • Ability to perform temporary dialysis catheters independently.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full registration or eligibility for full registration with the GMC with licence to practice.
  • MRCP (UK)
  • MBBS/MBChB Honours

Desirable

  • Nephrology SCE
  • Higher degree

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in caring for dialysis and vasculitis patients.
  • Experience of working as on-call registrar in medicine
  • Previous experience in clinical research and demonstrates a commitment to research.
  • Experience placing temporary dialysis access catheters

Desirable

  • To have taken up postgraduate training opportunities appropriate to subspecialty interest.
  • Experience performing renal biopsies with limited supervision.
  • Ability to perform temporary dialysis catheters independently.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT


Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT


Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Director and Consultant Nephrologist

Dr. Beng So

beng.so@lthtr.nhs.uk

01772524629

Details

Date posted

30 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£61,825 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

438-MS3112

Job locations

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT


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