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Fellowship in Integrated Kidney Care (LUCID)

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
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Location
Salary
£70,425 National pay scale
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
Senior
Deadline
03 Aug 2025
Contract Type
Fixed term: 12 months (None)
Posted Date
11 Jul 2025

Job overview

Grade:

National Training Number above ST4 or equivalent (Locally Employed Doctor at equivalent experience to ST4 or above). Applications are open to both full time and less than full time doctors. For those with a NTN this role could be in or out of programme experience.

This role is 100% FTE.

Main duties of the job

Role overview:

  • Develop and implement improvements to local integrated care services for long term conditions, most specifically within the Leicester, Leicestershire, and RUtland Chronic Kidney Disease Integrated Care Delivery Project (LUCID) (50%)
  • Clinical trials, including identifying barriers to recruitment (20%)
  • Two outpatient clinics a week (20%)
  • Continuous professional development, including weekly SpR teaching session (10%)

Specifically for LUCID:

  • Develop clinical skills to be able to deliver independently LUCID virtual multi-disciplinary team meetings
  • Support the development of LUCID-style virtual services for other long-term conditions, including working with ICS representatives
  • Continue the implementation of risk prediction algorithms, such as the Kidney Failure Risk Equation (KFRE), and data driven approaches to clinical care into routine clinical workflows

Reporting, mentoring and educational supervision:

The appointee will report to the consultant lead for LUCID and will have opportunities to interact with senior clinical leader within the Trust and Integrated Care System (ICS), including via the Professional Leadership Forum. The fellow will also have a named educational supervisor for their clinical role, who may or may not be the same as their clinical supervisor. There will be formal educational oversight of the role, with an induction, educational agreement, personal development plan and regular appraisals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities