Senior Clinical Fellow in Renal Medicine

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious NHS Trust in Greater London seeks a Clinical Fellow for its Renal and Transplant Centre. This fellowship offers hands-on clinical experience covering renal and transplant medicine, with a unique opportunity for research exposure. Candidates should hold MRCP and have proven leadership capabilities. The role includes ward responsibilities, outpatient clinics, and a supportive environment for educational growth and career development. Join a team dedicated to pioneering patient care and academic excellence.

Benefits

Educational opportunities

Mentorship from experienced professionals

Support for career advancement

Qualifications

• On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible for registration.
• Proven skills in leading and developing colleagues.
• Evidence of commitment to renal medicine.

Responsibilities

• Ward work on acute nephrology wards.
• On-call responsibilities for renal high dependency unit.
• Research and quality improvement projects.

Skills

Leadership

Management

IT Skills

Audit experience

Teaching experience

Education

MRCP

GMC registration

MD or PhD in ESE Nephrology

Job description

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Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

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

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%)

This will be tailored to the needs to the fellow and could include:

• Research
• Audit, quality improvement and service development
• Subspecialty clinical experience (vasculitis, lupus, transplantation, procedures)
• Leadership and management

There are a number of educational opportunities to support the post:

• 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

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.

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

If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, please visit the Home Office website for information on sponsorship and visa status before you fill in your application form. Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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