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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Salford Nephrology service . The post is seen as an opportunity to advance to a level  not attainable during General Nephrology training 

This post is envisioned as an opportunity to advance knowledge and experience in a specific area of nephrology (kidney transplantation) and will also provide opportunity to undertake clinical research. The post would be suitable for post-CCT fellows or doctors with renal experience earlier in their careers. 

Successful candidates, depending on interests and previous experience, will work within multidisciplinary clinics.  There will be an opportunity to be involved in research within the areas of multidisciplinary clinics and in other areas in which the department has active research including CKD, renovascular disease, transplantation, obesity in CKD and in the field of dialysis (clearance, haemodialysis access surveillance).

Main duties of the job

The candidate will join a multidisciplinary team of 220 staff including 23 Consultant Renal Physicians based in the Department of Renal Medicine at Salford Royal Hospital who together provide services to residents of West sector of Greater Manchester.  The post holder will be employed by Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, will be based at Salford but may be expected to travel to haemodialysis satellite clinics within the West Sector of the Greater Manchester conurbation.  

The potholder will provide care working on 25 bedded ward, undertake on call rota 1:8.   Support outpatient clinics across the west sector of greater Manchester.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.