Main area: Nephrology
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Fixed Term Consultant
Contract: 6 months (Fixed Term)
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref: 357-MLN-887-24
Employer: United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Lincoln County Hospital
Town: Lincoln
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 08/10/2024 23:59
NHS Medical & Dental: Fixed Term Consultant
We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULHT.
We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.
Our values guide everything we do. They are:
- Patient-centred: Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
- Safety: Following ULHT and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
- Excellence: Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
- Compassion: Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
- Respect: Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.
If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULHT team.
This is a challenging yet rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.
Job overview
Applications are invited for an enthusiastic, dedicated colleague to join the team. The post holder will support general nephrology activity, AKI management and 7-day working. In addition, the post-holder will have responsibility for the haemodialysis patients at the Boston haemodialysis unit. However, the job plan is provisional and the post-holder would be expected to work with the existing consultants to enhance services across Lincolnshire.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be required to:
- Undertake such other duties as may be identified to meet the needs of the service.
- Provide cover for colleagues during periods of absence.
- Attend regularly nephrology department team meetings.
- Clinical supervision of trainees.
- Have continuing responsibility for patients in his/her care and for the proper functioning of the department of nephrology.
- Attend renal biopsy meetings, clinical meetings, and consultant network meetings.
- Take part in team, department, regional, and national audits.
- Participate in ongoing development of the nephrology service.
- Participate in the nephrologist of the week.
- Participate in on-call service for nephrology at Lincoln County Hospital (1 in 6 rota).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details regarding the job role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
- Full Registration with the GMC
- Entry on the GMC specialist register via: - CCT in Nephrology (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) - CESR or - European Community rights
- Wide experience in Nephrology
- MRCP or equivalent
- ALS
- Evidence of an active research interest in Nephrology
Application Form
- Current UK Driving Licence or ability to organise alternative means of travel to other sites of work.
Application form & Interview
- Ability to work as part of and contribute effectively to the team.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Motivation towards service development.
- Commitment to quality care and professional development.
- Enthusiasm and experience in teaching all grades of staff.
- Experience of service development.
- Teaching qualifications.
ULHT recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer.
Please note that we do not accept CVs.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULHT reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.
No DBS fees to pay: Successful candidates will have DBS applications applied for and paid by ULHT where applicable.
Applications from applicants who meet the current criteria for Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK (where both the role and candidate are deemed suitable for a Tier 2 visa) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
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