Senior Clinical Fellow in Renal Medicine

The post is based in the Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre at the Hammersmith Hospital, which is the largest renal and transplant centre in Europe. The Trust Fellowship is 75% clinical, with exposure to all aspects of renal and transplant medicine, while allowing significant time (25%) for dedicated renal or transplant research, clinical experience in subspecialty areas of renal medicine, or leadership / management experience according to the trainee’s needs. The post will be for one year, but may be extended for a further year. The fellowship is suitable for post‑CCT trainees or nephrologists in the earlier stages of their training who have completed IMT (or equivalent) and hold MRCP, who are looking to gain expertise in Renal Medicine alongside gaining experience in a related aspect such as research, procedures or management.

Main duties of the job:

• The fellow will divide their time between clinical work (75%) including inpatient work, outpatient work and an on‑call rota, and research / subspecialist experience / leadership and management (25%).
• Clinical work includes regular exposure to acute transplantation and glomerulonephritis, and working on a renal high dependency unit.
• Outpatient work includes covering our satellite services at hospital sites across north west London.
• Non‑clinical time will be flexible to accommodate the successful candidate’s preferences and interest.
• The appointed fellow will either alternate between blocks of 9 weeks of clinical work and 3 weeks of non‑clinical time, or this time can be split during the working week - according to the fellow’s needs.

Working for our organisation:

Our organisation is driven by our trust strategic objectives and values (kind, collaborative, expert & aspirational) and we look for people who are strongly aligned with them. Our large team is tight knit and work well together. This vacancy would suit a clinical fellow who is looking for a team that can provide a high level of mentoring and support on an on‑going basis. We are an academic unit, strongly aligned to Imperial College, with research and clinical trials embedded in our day‑to‑day clinical work. There is great opportunity to engage in education and research within our unit. The post has benefited many previous fellows in their career and professional development. This has included supporting CESR applications, going onto consultant posts, and using the 25% research time to successfully secure PhD training fellowship funding. Many fellows have undertaken work that has been presented at conferences internationally and been published in peer reviewed journals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• Clinical (75%): In‑patients: Ward work on 3 acute nephrology wards, On‑call on a renal high dependency unit, Taking transplant offers from NHSBT, On‑call covering our 2 renal admissions units, co‑ordinating transfers in from other centres.
• Outpatients: Specialist renal outpatient clinics in‑centre (transplant, GN, lupus, PD, renal‑genetics, obstetric nephrology), General nephrology and advanced kidney care clinics at satellite units across north‑west London.
• Non‑clinical work (25%): Non‑clinical work will be tailored to the needs of the fellow and could include: Research, Audit, quality improvement and service development, Subspecialty clinical experience (vasculitis, lupus, transplantation, procedures), Leadership and management.
• Educational opportunities: Renal X‑ray MDT (weekly), Renal Histopathology MDT (weekly), Renal subspecialty MDT / research forums (lupus, GN, complex transplant, dialysis, frailty), Renal Grand Round (monthly), Trust Grand Round (weekly), Renal SpR / senior fellow training afternoon (monthly), Renal junior trainee teaching programme – open to all grades (weekly), Trainee / peer lead teaching (fortnightly), Renal Open Meeting (monthly), multidisciplinary.

Person specification:

Education / qualifications:

• Essential criteria: On GMC’s register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice, On GMC’s Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration, MRCP.
• Desirable criteria: MD, PhD, ESE Nephrology.

Leadership / management skills:

• Essential criteria: Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority, Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues, Knowledge of finance / budgets, Management of staff.

Knowledge / skills:

• Essential criteria: Evidence of experience and commitment to a career in renal medicine, IT Skills and computer literacy.
• Desirable criteria: Membership of appropriate professional society(ies), Knowledge of the up to date literature.

Language:

• Essential criteria: Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements.

Audit:

• Essential criteria: Evidence of involvement and leadership in multi‑disciplinary audit, Understanding of principles of clinical audit.

Teaching & Training:

• Essential criteria: Experience of teaching and training undergraduates / postgraduates and junior medical staff.
• Desirable criteria: Formal training in teaching skills, Academic achievements including research / publications.

Essential criteria: Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at registrar level at ICHNT.

Right to work:

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