Consultant in Nephrology and General Medicine - 10PA's

Job overview

A new opportunity has risen to join our team for the post of Consultant in Nephrology and General Medicine. This post will be based in West Suffolk Hospital which covers a 33 bedded ward. The post involves out-patient and in-patient duties and regular commitment to both in-reach into the medical admissions unit and on-call for general medicine.

The West Suffolk Nephrology team is currently looking for a consultant Nephrologist to complement the current team to enhance the current service, as we look forward towards the new hospital build. The applicant would be looking after patients on the Nephrology ward which is currently shared by 3 existing consultants .

We would hope that the applicant would be able to continue the practical skills of renal biopsy at inpatient level.

Please See Full Job Description attached for details

Interviews to be held on Monday, 30th November 2026

Main duties of the job

• To join 3 existing consultants in managing Renal Services at West Suffolk Hospital.
• Provide advice and day to day management of medical inpatients with renal disease.
• Provision of outpatient services in renal medicine at West Suffolk Hospital.
• To take part in the physicians on call rota at West Suffolk Hospital and to manage medical inpatients on F8/associated outlying wards.
• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of all in-patients and out-patient under the care of your team.
• Teaching and training of intermediate, junior staff, nursing staff and medical students.
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
• To fulfil obligations relating to continuing medical education and professional development, appraisal and revalidation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is substantive post based at West Suffolk Hospital but with clinical links to Addenbrooke’s Hospital. The post is funded for 10 PAs. The post-holder will join 3 consultant colleagues (Dr James and Dr Petchey) on F9 and Dr Chong ( Acute Medicine/Nephrology) in the Nephrology Department.

The appointee will continue current nephrology services including weekly general nephrology clinics. The appointee is expected provide a high standard of care to renal patients and a consultant opinion on any patient referred to nephrology services.

In addition, the candidate will be expected to share supervision and support of the renal nurse specialist with the existing nephrologists.

The weekday working pattern starts at 08:30hrs until 17.00hrs Monday to Fridays. There are protected shifts for administration and SPA time (1.5PAs). All medical staff are now ward based, and the appointee will conduct regular ward rounds including board rounds as agreed on the Job Plan. There are seven doctors in training based on the ward, including one SpR in General Medicine & Rheumatology, two IMT3, 1 CMT one FY2, one STGP trainee and two FY1s.

The appointee will be responsible for emergency care ward rounds when on call. The division of medicine operate a physician of the day service, with the on-call physician starting the ward round on the following morning. The on-call physician’s clinics are reduced /cancelled on the following morning.

The Trust delivers services to patients seven days a week and aims to provide equality of treatment and outcome regardless of the day of the week. To meet these aims and changing service requirements, the Trust may need you either to work temporarily outside of your core hours or to permanently change your core working days and hours.

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.