Junior Clinical Fellow In Renal

Junior Clinical Fellow in Renal East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
• Stevenage

Join our team as a Junior Clinical Fellow in Nephrology at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, where you'll be immersed in an esteemed department with a strong national reputation. This role offers an invaluable opportunity for career advancement, potentially paving the way for future training posts with Health Education England.

As part of our team, you'll engage in a 1:7 middle-grade rota, ensuring comprehensive coverage of our Nephrology Unit.

Ideal for ambitious physicians with a passion for Nephrology, this role offers hands‑on experience in renal medicine within a supportive environment. You'll collaborate closely with consultant nephrologists, contributing to the management of in‑patient and out‑patient renal services at Lister Hospital.

Your responsibilities will encompass diverse areas, including patient care on the nephrology ward, overseeing operations in the Haemodialysis and CAPD Units, and participating in renal clinics. Additionally, you'll have the opportunity to engage in audit and research initiatives within the unit, fostering professional growth.

Embrace the opportunity to contribute to our on‑call rota, including potential involvement in general medicine, as you embark on a fulfilling journey in Nephrology.

The post holder will be encouraged to participate in audits, presentations, and teachings. Although, this post is not recognised for training, the appointee will be encouraged in their training and development within the role.

· To provide general medical care within the department in close co-operation with colleagues and other specialties

· To provide emergency general medical care within the on‑call rota

· To participate in the department’s teaching, audit, and educational activities

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient‑led Trust where dedicated staff provide high‑quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached – job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

• Hold a current licence to practice from the General Medical Council
• Advanced Life Support Certificate or equivalent
• (MRCP) or qualification of an equivalent level

• Experience and knowledge at core level in Nephrology or equivalent.
• Completed Foundation Year training or equivalent
• NHS experience

• Up to date and fit to practice safely and aware of own training needs
• Evidence of engagement with appraisal and revalidation

• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors
• Able to show situational awareness and application of good decision making
• Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
• Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
• Ability to teach clinical skills
• Experience in organising educational activities

• Experience of audit

• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Role model our trust values every day