Consultant Nephrologist with special Interest in Haemodialysis

Job summary

This is a substantive consultant nephrologist post with a predominant focus on haemodialysis and CKD/general nephrology. The post includes general nephrology clinics at Denmark Hill and QEH sites. The post holder will also have an important role in the service transformation project covering our CKD and general nephrology outpatient services.

In addition they will be part of our haemodialysis team leading the medical care of a cohort of haemodialysis patients at the Thamesmead HD unit.

The post holder will contribute to acute renal care contributing to the inpatient renal ward care at Kings, Denmark Hill and also consult/referrals work at KCH and at QEH.

The postholder will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the Care Group including having a commitment to teaching and training of junior staff.

Main duties of the job

The post will be primarily based at King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill site, with off mainsite clinical activities at the the Thamesmead Dialysis Unit and Queen Elizabeth Hospital renal clinic (Woolwich).

The proposed Job Plan (10 PAs) is attached. This is subject to review within 3 months of the postholder commencing in post.

The On-Call commitment is classed as Category A (3%), 1 in 13. There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays as part of the total job planned PAs. The on call rota is currently under review and provision may change.

All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trust's sites as required by the service. As a senior employee of the Trust, you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues, in order to provide high quality healthcare to the Trust's patients.

About us

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts - and we are delighted you are considering a career with us.

Our teams provide services out of five hospitals across South East London and Kent, namely King's College Hospital, the Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington Hospital, Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup, and Beckenham Beacon.

We employ nearly 14,000 staff, who together treat over million patients every year.

We provide a full range of local and specialist services, and our teams are nationally and internationally recongised for our work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Together with other colleagues, to provide a high quality care service to patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.

2. Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleagues periods of annual leave and short-term sickness as detailed in your contract.

3. Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitionersas a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.

4. Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.

5. Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Groups management team where part of the service structure.

6. Contribute to the Care Groups research interests in accordance with the Trusts R&D framework.

7. Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.

8. Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Groups Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies.

9. Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).

10. Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post-qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.

11. Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues.

12. Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.

13. Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.

14. Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.

15. Kings is committed to providing Consultant led 7-day services and in the event of future developments the post holder would be expected to contribute equally with other Consultant colleagues.

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. You have a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance responsibilities associated with this post

2. You are required to observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations, including complying with statutory and Trust core training.

3. You are required to observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.

4. You are required to be responsible, with management support, for your own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.

5. The postholder has an important responsibility for, and contribution to make to, infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role. These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures, which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards must be strictly complied with at all times.

6. All employees must hold an '' email account, which will be the Trust's formal route for email communication. You are therefore required to check this regularly and to deal with such communication promptly.

7. The Trust is committed to the Health and Wellbeing of all its staff and offer a range of guidance and services to support them, including

Local occupational health support Employee Assistance Programme which provides a wide range of support for work and personal issues, including relationship problems (personal and at work); anxiety/depression; finance/debt; work overload; legal matters; bullying; consumer issues; bereavement; pressure/stress; child care; and care of the elderly/disabled. Wellbeing hubs Proactive local organisational systems to support staff following a serious incident Availability of local initiatives and resources to promote workforce wellbeing Coaching and mentoring, peer review groups and participation

8. This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the postholder.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registerable medical qualification

Desirable

Other higher degree or diploma (, MD)

Registration

Essential

Full Registration with GMC Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment On the day of interview applicants must be within 6 months of CCT or must have fully completed CESR application and be fully registered on the GMC Specialist Register. Any applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered.

Training and Experience

Essential

Wide experience in all aspects of Renal Medicine, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or award of Certificate of Eligibility for Specialty Registration (CESR) by GMC.

Administration

Essential

Experience in day-to-day organisation of Renal services in a busy Teaching Hospital Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management and Leadership

Essential

Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

Management course and/or qualification

Audit and Quality Improvement

Essential

Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.

Desirable

Audit Publications

Research and Publications

Essential

Experience of clinical research. Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.

Desirable

Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Renal medicine

Teaching

Essential

Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.

Desirable

Teaching skills course/qualification

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