Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly respected Renal team providing comprehensive Renal services across East, West and North Kent as we continue to expand and innovate. 

Our team supports leadership and transformation programmes across the organisation and has a diverse and vibrant research programmes encompassing basic sciences (collaboration with Medway School of Pharmacy), epidemiologic (collaboration with University of Kent) and clinical research across the spectrum of renal diseases. We recruit to NIHR Portfolio studies supported by a team of research nurses.  We work closely with other specialties and offer opportunities to combine specialties.

This role provides other exciting opportunities including leading new service developments such as renal hot clinics, quality improvement projects, research and PAs in education are also available supporting Kings College Hospital and the Kent and Medway Medical Schools. We offer a forward-thinking approach to flexible working and portfolio careers.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to provide the following core specialist roles:

·         Provide a Consultant-delivered service for in-patient Renal medicine on Marlowe ward at Kent and Canterbury Hospital (1 month every 5 months)

·        Participate in a 1 in 10 renal on-call rota

·        Provide outpatient care as appropriate for the following specialist areas:

-        Monthly Peritoneal Dialysis Clinics at Margate and K&C and provide support for the Home therapies nursing team

-          Fortnightly Advanced Kidney care clinics at K&C

-          Fortnightly general nephrology clinics based at K&C

-          Weekly renal hot clinic and general nephrology clinics based at Margate

-          Monthly renal transplant clinics based at Margate

·        Haemodialysis cover at Margate for a morning, afternoon and twilight (soon to be opened) haemodialysis shift for an 11-station satellite dialysis unit

·       Provide in-reach support for referrals at Margate and K&C

·       Contribute to teaching and supervision of Renal resident trainees including training and supervision of native and transplant kidney biopsies, insertion and removal of permanent and temporary dialysis catheters

·       Provide referral support to other clinical specialists from the community and from trusts across Kent

·       Participate in clinical audit, quality improvement work, mortality reviews and other departmental clinical governance activities to support appraisal and revalidation.

Working for our organisation

The Trust has five hospitals providing a wide range of high quality services and opportunities for innovation. The William Harvey Hospital in Ashford has the full range of district general hospital services, as well as regional specialties, including the country’s best performing trauma unit. The Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother Hospital in Margate, also provides district general hospital services, while Kent & Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury is a specialist services hub which provides adult medical care, inpatient renal, urology and vascular services and robotic surgery.

We have a clear clinically-led strategy to transform secondary care in east Kent to deliver outstanding standards across all specialties which build services around the characteristics of our patients and a commitment to refreshing our estate and facilities.