Consultant in Renal Medicine

Required to fill this post within the Leeds Renal Service at St Jamess University Hospital.

The renal service provides high quality care for the population of Leeds and the surrounding area and is the regional centre for renal transplantation. The main renal unit is within the StJamess University Hospital site; the renal service also has an outreachservice providing nephrological review and dialysis support to inpatients at the Leeds General Infirmary site. The main renal unit has 42 inpatient beds on two wards, which provide inpatient care for nephrology, dialysis and transplantpatients.

This post will also contribute to the General (Internal) Medicine rota.

There is a 26 station outpatientdialysis unit, a 5 station inpatient dialysis unit and an outpatient peritonealdialysis unit on the St Jamess Hospital site. The haemodialysis service alsohas a 32 station haemodialysis unit at Seacroft hospital site in Leeds, andsatellite dialysis units in Halifax, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Pontefract and Beeston.

The successful candidates willjoin an enthusiastic and supportive renal department with 17 consultantcolleagues, an associate specialist and junior doctor team. The posts will bebased at St Jamess University Hospital and will be predominantly clinical with responsibility as a member of consultant team for providing inpatient and outpatient care for nephrology, dialysis and renal transplant patients.

The successful applicants shouldhold accreditation in Membership of the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent and should be on the Specialist Register or within six months of CCTat the time of interview, if currently in a training programme within the  accordance with the consultant appointment regulations, all other categoriesof doctors must be on the Specialist Register.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspectsof renal medicine, including the management and care of chronic haemodialysisand renal transplant patients. Excellent communication and team working skills,a strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and service development are essential.

Consideration will be given to applicants who wish to work full or part time and those wishing to job share.

If shortlisted, you will be required to give a 10-minute presentation on:

Kidney disease is a growingpublic health issue:
What strategies can be employed to best tackle this?

access to leading clinical expertise and medical technology. We care for people from allover the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds itself. The Trust has a budget of £1.1 billion. Our 20,000staff ensure that every year we see and treat over 1,500,000 people in our2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000in-patients, 260,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments.

We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be thebest for specialist and integrated care.

Our vision is based onThe Leeds Way, which is a clear statement of who we are and what we believe, foundedon values of working that were put forward by our own staff. Our values are to be:

Accountable

Empowered

We believe that by beingtrue to these values, we will consistently achieve and continuously improve our results in relation to our goals, which are to be:

1. Thebest for patient safety, quality and experience

2. Thebest place to work

3. Acentre of excellence for specialist services, education, research and innovation

4. Hospitals that offer seamless, integrated care

5. Financially sustainable

The Renal service in Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) is seeking toappoint a consultant in renal medicine.

This will be a new post, and is full time based on a 10PA contract. The successful applicant will be employed byLTHT, and will work alongside existing consultants and contribute to therunning of the renal service.

The renal service is based at St Jamess University Hospital, and provideshigh quality care for the population of Leeds and the surrounding area and isthe regional centre for renal transplantation.

Althoug…