Job summary
Employer heading
Speciality Doctor in renal transplant
Speciality Doctor
Job overview
The Royal Liverpool and Aintree University Hospitals Trust wishes to appoint a Clinical Fellow in Renal Transplant.
he post is based at RLH and is to join an enthusiastic team dedicated to providing a high quality kidney transplant service for patients in Cheshire, Merseyside, North Wales, and further afield.
The post is equivalent to 40 hours per week and includes a 1:5 on call rota commitment in the junior doctors rota.
Main duties of the job
· Attend Ward 7B (the Transplant Unit) and nephrology wards to assess patients as requested.
· Liaise with and keep informed the Consultant Transplant Surgeon on-call.
· Attend ward rounds with the Consultant Transplant Surgeon on-call.
· Be first on-call for the emergency care of all transplant patients and patients on a non-resident basis and liaise with the resident on-call nephrology SHO.
· Perform and assist renal transplant surgery under the supervision of the Consultant surgeons.
· Carry out emergency vascular access procedures on transplant patients according to their level of competence and with the approval of the Consultant on-call.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Attend regular operating lists, out-patient clinics, consultant ward rounds, audit and academic meetings, and case conferences.
· Take part in daily morning ward rounds to be held with all the other junior surgical staff on duty and attend the daily lunchtime Consultant-led ward rounds.
· Participate in an on-call rota to provide cover for transplant surgical emergencies, in co-operation with other members of the transplant team.
· Specialist Registrars and Clinical Fellows will be responsible for the collation and presentation of departmental audit data at regular audit and governance meetings, and at bi-annually at regional meetings with other centres in the North of England.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS (or equivalent)
- Full registration with the GMC
- MRCS (or equivalent)
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Interest in General, Vascular, Urology and/or Renal Transplant surgery
Desirable criteria
- A research background in immunology or transplantation
Management and Administrative
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate liaise and negotiate with others
- Willingness to support the efficient and smooth running of the specialist service
Teaching and Training
Essential criteria
- Ability to organise and participate in teaching and training of undergraduate students
Research, Audit and Clinical Governance
Essential criteria
- Ability to undertake and complete an audit cycle
- Ability to undertake multidisciplinary audit
- Interest and awareness of research methodology
Communication skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstration of Trust’s values and behaviours
- Enquiring critical approach to work
- Excellent inter-personal qualities
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels
- Ability to work within multi-disciplinary team
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Sanjay Mehra
- Job title
- Clinical Director Renal Transplant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 706 2018
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