Consultant in Paediatric Nephrology

Job overview

We would like to invite applications for 2x full-time, 10 programmed activities (PA) consultant posts, working with five other paediatric nephrology consultants, and an extensive multidisciplinary team providing a comprehensive tertiary nephrology service to the West Midlands.

The appointees will share in the provision of a regional service including regular responsibility for emergency admissions, ward consultations, telephone advice, booked admissions for investigations and day cases. The appointees will also cover the acute haemodialysis unit queries which come up during their service week. The service weeks will be approximately 1:7 or about 8 weeks a year. During the service week, the on-call consultant has no regular clinic commitments, so will undertake business ward rounds every day. The service is purely for nephrology and covers the whole of the West Midlands and beyond. The post holders will be asked to undertake regular outreach clinics (around 1 per month) in one or more of several district general hospitals, alongside the local link general paediatrician.

The appointees will be required to do a variety of clinics, including General Nephrology, Chronic Kidney Disease and Transplantation. Personal interests in subspecialities can be accommodated.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will share in the provision of a regional service including: regular responsibility for emergency admissions, ward consultations, telephone advice, booked admissions for investigations and day cases. These responsibilities occur during the week on-call (approx. 1:6 or about 8½ weeks in a year). During the on-call week the on-call consultant has no regular clinic commitments so will undertake business ward rounds every day. The on-call service is purely for nephrology and the service covers nephrology for the whole of the West Midlands, as above. The post holder will be asked to undertake regular outreach clinics in consultation with the team, not more frequently than 1per month.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

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