Job overview

The posts will suit applicants who wish to gain extensive experience in renal transplantation vascular access surgery. Previous experience in General and vascular Surgery is advantageous. 

You will be providing highest quality care to one of the largest dialysis and transplant cohort in the UK under direct supervision of a team of highly motivated consultant surgeons.

The appointee will be exposed to all aspects of advanced dialysis access and transplant surgery and the relevant medical management of these complex patients on a 1:5 oncall rota. This post is EWTD compliant.

The unit performs an average of 200 renal transplants and more than 500 dialysis access procedures per year (including HeRO graft, extra-anatomical PTFE graft, EndoAVF and IVUS plasty) with a large live donor transplant programme that includes HLA and ABO incompatible transplantation. 

These posts will be especially suited to the international fellows or as secondments, who want to gain experience in routine and highly complex transplant and vascular access surgery.

There is an active research programme in transplant immunology, basic science, negative pressure wound therapy, qualitative research in improving patients experience and outcomes and the appointees will be encouraged and expected to participate in it and publish their work.

Main duties of the job

General duties will provide wide exposure to all parts of the renal transplant and dialysis access training including

At least once daily ward round with the consultant surgeon and nephrologist
Clinic reviews 
Pre-transplant assessments
Post transplant acute clinics
Dialysis (PD and vascular) access clinics
Pre-assessments clinic

Regular theatres session (5 day operating sessions)
Elective living donor transplants
Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy
Hand assisted transperitoneal, rertoperitoneal donor nephrectomy
Laparoscopic/Percutaneous/Robotic Peritoneal dialysis catheter insertions 
Robotic living donor transplants
Complex vascular access
Complex abdominal wall hernia service (joint procedures with plastic surgery team for pedicle flaps)
Renovascular reconstruction with auto-transplantation
Elective general surgery for dialysis and transplant population (including laparoscopic hernias, cholecystectomy)
Emergency
Deceased donor transplants
Emergency surgical vascular access salvage surgery

Working for our organisation

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.