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Main area
Nephrology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Contract
6 months (Fixed term)
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
357-MLN-338-25-QIA590
Employer
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Trust Wide (Lincoln Base)
Town
Lincoln
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Fixed Term Consultant Nephrologist

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people.  We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our values guide everything we do. They are:

  • Patient-centred – Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
  • Safety – Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
  • Excellence – Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
  • Compassion – Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
  • Respect – Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So, what is in it for you?

  • Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

  • Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
  • Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
  • Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
  • Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
  • Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
  • NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
  • Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
  • Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there is more.

  • Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
  • Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
  • Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
  •  Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
  •  Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Job overview

Applications are invited for an enthusiastic, dedicated colleague to join the team.  The post holder will support general nephrology activity, AKI management and 7 day working. In addition, the post-holder will have responsibility for the haemodialysis patients at the Boston haemodialysis unit. However, the job plan is provisional and the post-holder would be expected to work with the existing consultants to enhance services across Lincolnshire.

Main duties of the job

In addition, he / she will be required to:

  • Undertake such other duties as may be identified to meet the needs of the service
  • To provide cover for colleagues during periods of absence
  • To attend regularly nephrology department team meetings.
  • Clinical supervision of trainees
  • Have continuing responsibility for patients in his / her care and for the proper functioning of the department of nephrology.
  • Attend renal biopsy meeting, clinical meeting and consultant network meeting.
  • Take part in team, department, regional and national audits.
  • If a significant research interest develops then an early job plan review can be conducted to assess this.
  • Participate in ongoing development of the nephrology service.
  • Participate in the nephrologist of the week
  • Participate in on call service for nephrology at Lincoln County Hospital (1 in 6 rota). The renal on call involves predictable on call 1PA and is predominantly involved in weekend cover with a ward round on Saturday and Sunday and involves on site work between 8am and 2pm on Saturday and Sunday. Unpredictable on call is 0.2PAs per week and predominantly telephone advice from home.

Working for our organisation

We are one of the largest Trusts in the UK and provide a comprehensive range of health services to the local population of 757,000. It has a total bed complement of 1267 and delivers health care at 3 principal sites: Lincoln County Hospital, Pilgrim Hospital at Boston and Grantham & District Hospital. Many local general practitioners are known personally to the consultant staff and are met at postgraduate meetings and elsewhere.

The Trust’s management structure is based on 4 Divisions (Medicine, Surgery, Clinical Support Services and Women & Children’s Health), that span the Trust.  Renal Services sit within the Medicine Division as part of the Cardiovascular Clinical Business Unit.  The Clinical Business Unit is led by four specialty leads, working alongside a Deputy General Manager and a Lead Nurse.

 The trust will play a key role in developing doctors of the future in partnership with the new University of Lincoln medical school.

For more information on what it’s like to live and work in Lincolnshire please see the link below.

https://www.beinlincolnshire.com/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details regarding the job role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

‘Due to the contract length of this role it unfortunately does not attract sponsorship’

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full Registration with the GMC
  • Entry on the GMC specialist register via: - CCT in Nephrology (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) - CESR or - European Community right
  • Wide experience in Nephrology
  • MRCP or equivalent
  • ALS
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of an active research interest in Nephrology

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Involvement in audit
  • Current UK Driving Licence or ability to organise alternative means of travel to other sites of work

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work as part of and contribute effectively to the team
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Motivation towards service development
  • Commitment to quality care and professional development
  • Enthusiasm and experience in teaching all grades of staff
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of service development
  • Management/ Leadership experience
  • Teaching qualifications.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Matthew Williams
Job title
Consultant Nephrologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01522 573961
Additional information

If you are considering making the move give us a call, we are more than happy to arrange a visit and show you what we have to offer. 

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