Senior Clinical Fellow in Transplant and Renal Surgery

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Foundation Trust in London seeks a dedicated Surgical Fellow to join its Renal Transplantation Centre. The role involves working within a multidisciplinary team focusing on kidney and pancreas transplants. Candidates should have significant surgical experience and full GMC registration. The position offers ample opportunities for audit, research, and teaching within a dynamic environment. Competitive contract terms are available.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of General Surgery/Urology.
• Experience of transplant, urology, vascular and/or laparoscopic surgery is desirable.
• Ability to teach undergraduate students or other junior doctors.

Responsibilities

• Manage the wards, emergency theatre and deceased donor transplants.
• Participate in elective operating lists and clinics.
• Engage in audit and quality improvement projects.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Team-based approach to care

Commitment to multidisciplinary practice

Education

Full GMC Registration

Postgraduate qualifications e.g. MRCS

Job description

Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the UK's busiest Renal Transplantation Centre. We carry out almost 300 living donor and deceased donor Kidney Transplants a year and are one of the few centres who carry out simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplants.

We are looking for the successful candidates to be able to join us as soon as possible. You will be part of a team of 12 Senior Clinical Fellows, 4 Junior Clinical Fellows and working with 13 Consultant Surgeons. The Transplant team works alongside the Nephrology team and therefore will work closely with Nephrology Junior Doctors and Consultants.

Main duties of the job

The Department is one of the largest in the UK, providing kidney care to South East London, Kent and the Channel Islands. We also receive a significant number of complex referrals from a wider geographical area.

We are a supra-regional centre for combined kidney/pancreas transplantation. We also 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 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.

Working for our organisation

GSTT is one of the largest hospital trusts in the country. The department also provides a surgical service to Paediatric services at Evelina and Great Ormond Street Hospitals and so there may be the opportunity to get exposure here as well if the successful candidate wishes.

We are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts. King's Health Partners includes seven hospitals and it brings together the best of research, clinical excellence and world-class teaching to deliver ground breaking advances in healthcare.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post will be comparable to current ST3-ST8 posts with respect to responsibilities, audit and opportunities for training. This will be adapted to your training level.

Your rota will involve:

1) On-calls (managing the wards, emergency theatre and deceased donor transplants) alongside the on-call Consultant.

2) Elective Operating lists - this could be living donor transplants (Lap or Robot assisted), dialysis access surgery, transplant urology procedures or hernia/abdominal wall repairs

3) Clinics - this could be surgical assessment, post transplant follow up or pre-op assessment clinics

You will be encouraged to carry out audit and quality improvement projects as well as to join and deliver teaching sessions.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Full GMC Registration

Desirable criteria

• Other relevant postgraduate qualifications e.g. MRCS or equivalent

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience of General Surgery/Urology

Desirable criteria

• Experience of transplant, urology, vascular and/or laparoscopic surgery

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• A commitment to and evidence of multidisciplinary practice
• A team based approach to care and service management
• Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively with colleagues; clinical and non-clinical patients and their carers/relatives

Research

Desirable criteria

• An ability to initiative pursue and complete clinical or basic medical research

Teaching

Essential criteria

• An ability to teach undergraduate students or other junior doctors

Desirable criteria

• Certificate of medical education

Good Medical Practice

Essential criteria

• Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical and Surgical Practice set out by the GMC

Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

Flexible working

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.

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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.

Documents to download

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