Locum Consultant Nephrologist

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive consultant in Nephrology to join our friendly, enthusiastic team at University Hospitals Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB). This is a substantive position at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust based at Royal Derby Hospital with the expectation that cross-site working in Burton and Lichfield may also be needed.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for the care & treatment of patients in your charge & personal performance of clinical duties as agreed in your job plan, allowing for all proper delegation to, & training of your staff.
• Responsible for maintaining awareness of professional guidelines & acting in accordance with them.
• Responsible for the professional supervision, training & management of junior medical staff, carrying out teaching, examination & accreditation duties as required & contributing to postgraduate & continuing medical education activity locally, regionally & nationally as appropriate.
• Provision of an out of hours' service with your Consultant colleagues including on-call rota commitments, as indicated in the enclosed job plan.

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development.
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS/MBCh or equivalent & possess MRCP or equivalent.
• Full GMC Registration with a Licence to Practice.
• Specialist Registration or eligible for entry on GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Nephrology and General (Internal) Medicine (or equivalent) at time of interview.
• Higher degree e.g MD or PhD.
• Postgraduate thesis.

Clinical Experience

• 5 year supervised training in an appropriate StR equivalent training programme, together with a high standard of clinical skill & expertise in Nephrology and general medicine.
• Comprehensive technical competence in Nephrology.
• Proficient in renal procedures, in particular, biopsy of native and transplant kidneys, and insertion of tunnelled dialysis catheters.
• Experience at consultant level in renal medicine.
• Proficiency or experience in percutaneous insertion of peritoneal dialysis catheters.

Teaching / Audit

• Experience of & commitment to teaching undergraduates & postgraduates.
• Experience of audit management.

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.

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