Junior Clinical Fellow in Transplant and Renal Surgery

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is offering a full-time Junior Clinical Fellow position in Transplant and Renal Surgery. This six-month fixed-term role is ideal for trainees focused on a surgery career, providing essential experience in pre/post-operative patient management and surgical techniques. Candidates with GMC registration and clinical experience will collaborate in a multidisciplinary environment to enhance their skills and contribute to quality improvement projects.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive clinical experience in relevant placements is required.
• Minimum one/two years' basic training at Trust appointed ST1/2/FY3 level doctor.
• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Manage surgical patients and participate in audit and training opportunities.
• Assist in the provision of transplant surgical services as part of a team.
• Participate in quality improvement projects about 25% of the time.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Teamwork

Quality Improvement

Education

Full GMC Registration

Postgraduate qualifications

Job description

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Junior Clinical Fellow in Transplant and Renal Surgery

The closing date is 29 May 2025

GUY'S AND ST. THOMAS' HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Clinical Fellow in Renal and Transplant Surgery

Full Time - 40 hours per week (No Sunday or Night Shifts)

Fixed Term - 6 months with a view to extend

Main duties of the job

This post would suit trainees wishing to pursue a career in surgery or someone weighing up career options. It provides an excellent opportunity to expand knowledge in pre/post-operative management of surgical patients on a busy transplant ward and to develop basic general surgical/vascular/urological technical skills. Those wishing to improve their academic portfolio will be supported to do so. The post will incorporate ward and on-call commitments as well as theatre and outpatient commitments. There will be an opportunity to have allocated time (around 25%) for a Quality Improvement project; the post will therefore suit individuals who wish to develop these areas, and will also suit those who wish to work less than full time. The postholder will be supervised by a Transplant Surgery Consultant as well as the Transplant medical team with whom they will be working closely.

About us

The Department of Nephrology and Transplantation at Guy's is one of the largest in the UK, providing kidney care to South East London, neighbouring areas of Kent and the Channel Islands. In addition, we receive a significant number of complex referrals from a much wider geographical area. We provide a comprehensive range of services for this population, from management of mild kidney disease through to acute kidney injury (AKI) and the full range of modalities of renal replacement therapy. We perform almost 300 transplants each year, have the largest living kidney donor programme in the country and are a supra-regional centre for both combined kidney/pancreas and pancreas alone transplantation. We have the country's largest antibody incompatible transplant programme. We performed the first robotic transplants in the UK and have world-class expertise in vascular access and transplant urology.

We offer a full range of peritoneal and haemodialysis therapies both at home and through a network of satellite units. We are nationally recognised for quality of care, innovation in clinical practice and service delivery, and for our close functional and geographical integration with the research programmes of both the MRC Transplantation Centre and the Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre.

Job responsibilities

The post will be comparable to current FY2/FY3/ST1 posts with respect to responsibilities, audit and opportunities for training. This will be adapted to your training level. The Transplant Department at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust is part of a busy multidisciplinary directorate. This post would suit juniors interested in pursuing a career in any subspecialty of surgery. They should have at least one/two years' basic training and may wish to further their experience before applying for National Training Number (Core Surgical training or Specialist Registrar) posts.

This post has been designed to assist the department in the general provision of transplant surgical services. This position will form part of a team of 3 Trust Surgical Senior House Officers (Junior Clinical Fellows) and 1 CT1/CT2 doctor who work closely with the surgical team but also with medical SHOs and Physician Associates. Registration with the General Medical Council is essential for this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practise
• Other relevant postgraduate qualifications or equivalent

Clinical Experience

• Comprehensive clinical experience in relevant placements
• Exposure to acute conditions
• Experience at Trust appointed ST1/2/FY3 level doctor in one or more related specialty

Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
• Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively with colleagues; clinical and non-clinical patients and their carers/relatives.
• An understanding of the audit process
• Evidence of previous quality improvement projects

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust