Senior Clinical Fellow - Nephrology & Renal

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 66,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in London is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow to join its renal department for 12 months starting December 2025. Successful candidates will engage in patient care across various kidney diseases, while enjoying excellent professional development and training opportunities. A full GMC registration and teaching experience are essential. The role offers a salary of £65,048 per year, inclusive of London Weighting.

Benefits

London Weighting allowance

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Completed internal medicine training.
• Teaching experience with junior doctors or medical students.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to patients with kidney diseases.
• Participate in clinical and educational programs.
• Rotate through various kidney units and clinics.

Skills

Strong communication and teamwork skills

Publications or presentations in renal medicine

Education

Full GMC registration with a license to practice

Job description

Senior Clinical Fellow - Nephrology & Renal

Renal Medicine (ST3+ equivalent) — 1 post for 12 months from December 2025

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint 1 new senior clinical fellow to join our renal department starting from December 2025 for 12 months. You will be part of a team providing both inpatient and outpatient care to patients with the full spectrum of kidney diseases and be able to participate in a full range of educational opportunities present within the department.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest and busiest in London with a well-established national and international reputation for clinical excellence and world class care.

Successful candidates will work within a well led environment, committed to supporting ongoing professional development. These posts are ideal for those who:

Have completed internal medicine training

Are making the transition from core to specialist training and seeking to consolidate knowledge and experience

Have not previously worked in the NHS and seek an introduction to renal medicine at higher specialty trainee level

Completed specialist training and keen to gain additional experience of subspecialties in a world renowned institution

Main duties of the job

The post offers an excellent opportunity to join a centre of excellence for Renal Medicine training. The appointee will join a team of Renal Medicine Specialist Registrars in the Renal Department of the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust. This is a tertiary referral, academic renal unit providing renal services to North Central London. The post offers excellent clinical experience in dialysis, transplantation, chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury (AKI).

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Royal Free to be your best

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will rotate through:

• Acute Kidney Unit
• Acute transplant recipients
• ITU stepdowns
• AKI transferred from other trusts in North Central London as part of the AKI Network

They will also attend a variety of clinics including:

• Dialysis (Haemodialysis and PD)
• Transplantation: acute and chronic clinics, transplant assessment clinic
• Low clearance
• General and sub-speciality nephrology (vasculitis, lupus, nephrotic syndrome)
• Tubular
• Maternal nephrology
• Difficult hypertension
• HIV nephrology
• Uronephrology

They will have the opportunity to perform native and transplant renal biopsies under consultant supervision and will be expected to participate in the registrar on-call and night shift rota, for which they will be paid a supplement accordingly.

The appointee will have full access to the extensive academic and educational programmes that the department offers. The clinical department works in collaboration with the UCL Centre for Nephrology. Research opportunities are offered by several groups with established interests in renal tubular pathophysiology and stones, renal genetics, renal bone disease, cardiovascular disease, dialysis, autoimmunity and fibrosis.

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications & Registration

• Full GMC registration with a license to practice
• Teaching experience with junior doctors or medical students

Skills & Attributes

• Strong communication and teamwork skills within a multidisciplinary environment
• Publications or presentations in renal medicine

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.

£65,048 per year, inclusive of London Weighting