Consultant in Critical Care & Nephrology | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A major acute hospital trust in North West England is seeking a Consultant in Nephrology and Critical Care to join their team at the Royal Preston Hospital. This role involves delivering General Nephrology care, participating in critical care services, and collaborating closely with dialysis facilities. The successful candidate will have the opportunity for continuous professional development and will be part of a respected teaching environment within the trust. This is an excellent chance to contribute to high-quality patient care in a supportive setting.

Benefits

Continuous professional development

Opportunity to teach undergraduate students

Qualifications

• Active role in planning and delivery of critical care services.
• Participate in the consultant on-call rota.
• Commitment to high professional standards of clinical care.

Responsibilities

• Have an active role in planning, developing, and delivering critical care services.
• Participate in the critical care consultant on-call rota.
• Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients.

Job description

Overview

We are delighted to invite applications for a new Consultant colleague to join our team for this joint Nephrology and Critical Care role. The post is part of an exciting Critical Care expansion. We have opened a state‑of‑the‑art 34‑bed unit at Royal Preston Hospital with advanced patient and relative facilities. For renal this is a Consultant Nephrologist post where the successful candidate will provide General Nephrology care to our East Lancashire patients, delivering outpatient clinics at the John Sagar Renal Centre, dialysis care at Laurie Solomon Renal Centre and in‑reach to Royal Blackburn Hospital inpatients with renal issues once a week.

Responsibilities

1. Have an active role in the planning, development and delivery of the critical care services.
2. Participate in the critical care consultant on‑call rota.
3. Continuously commit to the care of patients, ensuring that, in consultation with colleagues, adequate arrangements are made for leave and off‑duty periods.
4. Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients.
5. Develop specialist elements of the services to reflect perceived priorities within available resources.
6. Undertake a block working pattern on the Critical Care Unit.
7. Participate in the Consultant on‑call duty rota.
8. Undertake administrative duties involved with the care of patients.
9. Promote high professional standards of clinical care of patients and the health and safety of the critical care environment.
10. Maintain continuing education and professional development.

For renal, our General Nephrology clinics will be in John Sagar Renal Centre, Burnley (face‑to‑face and virtual). In‑patient bedside reviews may be required for Royal Blackburn inpatients and reviewing referrals via the referrals platform, PatientPass. Time is allocated in the job plan to reflect this commitment. The successful candidate will work alongside our Laurie Solomon Renal Centre haemodialysis co‑lead, Dr. Qurat Tak, to care for haemodialysis patients in the Blackburn catchment area.

About the Trust

The Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the major acute trusts in the North West with all the usual specialities on site and is a tertiary centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria in the Departments of Trauma, Neurosciences, Oncology, Plastic Surgery & Burns, Vascular Surgery and Renal Medicine. Innovation and quality improvement is actively encouraged with support from our Continuous Improvement team. Undergraduate medical student teaching is highly respected and an essential component for all departments within the Trust; we maintain links with the Universities of Manchester, Central Lancashire and Lancaster. There are many opportunities to develop your educational profile within and outside the trust.

Living in Lancashire

Lancashire is an attractive area to live and has many local facilities. The cities of Manchester, Lancaster and Liverpool are within easy reach. Recreational facilities are many and varied, with the Lake District, Ribble Valley, Yorkshire Dales and the Fylde Coast nearby.

What we can offer

• Job plan/on‑call requirements
• The team

Please feel free to contact Mr. Steve Canty, Medical Director, and Silas Nicholls, Chief Executive, following shortlisting. This advert closes on Wednesday 7 Jan 2026. Phone: [phone].