Clinical Fellow in Renal&Transplant

NHS Medical & Dental:
Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05)

Main area Renal Medicine – Grade NHS Medical & Dental:
Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05) Contract Fixed term: 12 months (On‑call rota) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (On‑Call Rota) Job ‑SUWON‑MS‑7579432‑S6

Site:
Churchill Hospital, Town Headington, Oxford. Salary: £73,992 per annum. Closing: 19/01/2026 23:59

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

The renal and transplant service at the Oxford Kidney Unit has ten specialist trainees, including two IMT3s and one clinical fellow. All doctors contribute to the running of the service, rotating through different areas of the specialty: covering inpatients on the renal and transplant wards, the dialysis units, and the day‑case unit. Registrars perform renal biopsies and provide vascular access (including temporary and tunnelled dialysis lines).

There is close consultant supervision.

There is a full‑shift, resident, 1:10 on‑call rota which includes cover of renal inpatients, acute renal referrals, and membership of the medical emergency team on the Churchill site overnight.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence
, focusing on compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

There is a vacancy for a clinical fellow (equivalent to Specialist Trainee or registrar grade) at the Churchill Hospital from 3rd February 2026 for 12 months, or part thereof. Junior doctors in this post rotate between the acute renal and transplant wards, outpatient dialysis units and the renal day‑case unit. They contribute to a 1:10 out‑of‑hours rota at Churchill Hospital.

The fellow will be expected to take part in induction and education sessions as arranged, which will include post‑clinic discussions and formal meetings. Doctors are expected to perform audit and are encouraged to undertake clinical research projects.

The Oxford Kidney Unit comprises a 16‑bed renal ward, 16‑bed transplant ward, 12‑bed day‑case unit, 39 haemodialysis stations and PD and specialist nursing teams. The unit manages over 450 haemodialysis and 60 peritoneal dialysis patients and undertakes more than 250 transplants per year.

The renal and transplant service at the Oxford Kidney Unit has ten specialist trainees, including two IMT3s and one clinical fellow. All doctors contribute to the running of the service, rotating through different areas of the specialty: covering inpatients on the renal and transplant wards, the dialysis units, and the day‑case unit. Registrars perform renal biopsies and provide vascular access (including temporary and tunnelled dialysis lines).

There is close consultant supervision.

There is a full‑shift, resident, 1:10 on‑call rota which includes cover of renal inpatients, acute renal referrals, and membership of the medical emergency team on the Churchill site overnight.

Appointments to this programme are subject to:

• Applicants having the right to work in the UK
• Registration with the General Medical Council
• Pre‑employment checks carried out by the Trust HR department, including CRB checks and…