Consultant - Nephrology

The person appointed will be based at The New Royal Liverpool University Hospital site and will be joining a friendly and dedicated Nephrology Team.

Applicants are required to hold membership of the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent qualifications, to be fully registered with the General Medical Council and listed on the Specialist Register (or due to be registered within six months of the date of interview. They should have dual accreditation in Nephrology and General Internal Medicine.

Appointee will join a team of 21 Nephrologists. A full range of renal replacement therapies are provided both on site and in satellite units and a comprehensive general nephrology service is supported by the Consultants.

Post will also support the existing renal replacement therapy or other speciality area in the service at the Aintree Hospital site.

There is a 1 in 20 commitment to the nephrology on-call rota.

The appointee will be based at the New Royal Liverpool University Hospital working along side a team of 21 Nephrologists.

Following the opening of the New Royal Hospital in October 2022, the Nephrology in-patient bed base relocated and was consolidated across two wards in the Royal New Hospital. The Nephrology in-patient bed base has 42 beds (includes 8 renal regional HDU) and is co-located with Renal Transplant surgery who have 14 beds. The new model ensures that ALL complex renal patients in the region (transplant, dialysis, AKI needing organ support, complex immunosuppression) have equitable access 24/7 to a bespoke MDT Tertiary unit.

The appointee will have a commitment to the provision of general nephrology, specialist nephrology and acute medical services.

The timetable is based on a 10 PA job plan including two supporting PAs

The fixed clinical sessions will include a weekly transplant clinic, two general nephrology clinics per week and a procedural session, The sessions will be agreed with the post holder after appointment to reflect their specialist interests and service requirements.

The post holder will have an on-call commitment 1:20 on pro rota basis. The hot blocks on the wards occur on weeks 1,2 and 11in a 20-week cycle.

There will be an expectation to attend and proactively commit to on-going improvements across the departmental meetings.

Please see full details within Job Description.

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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Department of Nephrology

Following the opening of the New Royal Hospital in October 2022, the Nephrology in-patient bed base relocated and was consolidated across two wards in the Royal New Hospital. The Nephrology in-patient bed base has 42 beds (includes 8 renal regional HDU) and is co-located with Renal Transplant surgery who have 14 beds. The new model ensures that ALL complex renal patients in the region (transplant, dialysis, AKI needing organ support, complex immunosuppression) have equitable access 24/7 to a bespoke MDT Tertiary unit.

The Nephrology footprint extends beyond LUHFT’s sites; the LUHFT renal team provide all aspects of kidney care - Acute Kidney Injury (AKI); Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD); Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT); Constructive management of patients who choose not to have dialysis/transplant; and transplantation across Merseyside, including parts of Cheshire (Population c.1.06m). The Renal Transplant Unit provides services to the Wirral and North Wales (Population 2.5m). The service is currently provided at Aintree Hospital, the Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen hospitals and offers a number of satellite units.

The Regional Renal unit has a 33 stationed dialysis unit in the lower ground floor, with 8 bedded HDU unit in ward 7C and another 21 dialysis plumbed rooms between the wards 7C and 7B.

In response to the NCEPOD Report there is a robust and responsive strategy for management of acute kidney injury (AKI) both within the Trust and in outlying Trusts with an integrated alert programme highlighting new cases of AKI. There are satellite dialysis units at Broadgreen Hospital, St Helens Hospital, Warrington Hospital, Halton Hospital, Waterloo dialysis unit and Southport hospital.. Clin