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Job requirements
Essential
13 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Audit
Understanding of principles of clinical audit
- Language
Are able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements
- Qualifications
On GMC’s register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
- Qualifications
On GMC’s Specialist Register or within 6 months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration
- Qualifications
Appropriate Royal College Membership
- Knowledge/skills
Skills necessary to provide consultant-level care in transplant surgery, renal access surgery and associated pathways within the scope of a locum consultant appointment.
- Knowledge/skills
IT Skills and computer literacy
- Teaching & Training
Experience of teaching and training undergraduate/postgraduate students and junior medical staff
- Academic achievements
Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at ICHT.
- Leadership/ Management skills
Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
- Leadership/ Management skills
Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
- Leadership/ Management skills
Knowledge of finance/budgets
- Leadership/ Management skills
Management of staff
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
This is a 12-month fixed term, 5 programmed activity locum consultant surgeon appointment based at Hammersmith Hospital, providing additional senior surgical capacity within the Renal and Transplant Directorate. The post holder will join the established consultant transplant surgical team and support the safe, effective and timely delivery of kidney transplantation, dialysis access, peritoneal dialysis access and associated outpatient pathways. The role offers flexible working within an agreed job plan and the opportunity to contribute to a major renal and transplant service providing specialist care to patients across North West London and tertiary referrals from elsewhere.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide consultant-level care across transplant surgery and renal access services. Duties may include transplant work-up, outreach dialysis access and peritoneal dialysis access clinics; elective operating lists for vascular access and other agreed renal surgical activity; and participation in the transplant surgical on-call rota, indicatively 1:7, subject to final job planning. The role will also contribute to multidisciplinary working, clinical governance, audit, education and service improvement, while supporting continuity of elective and emergency transplant surgical services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will work within the consultant transplant surgical team and wider multidisciplinary renal and transplant service at Hammersmith Hospital. The agreed 5 PA job plan will comprise 4.0 direct clinical care PAs and 1.0 supporting professional activity PA, subject to final agreement through job planning.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing consultant-level care in kidney transplantation, dialysis access and peritoneal dialysis access.
- Undertaking agreed outpatient clinics, including transplant work-up, outreach transplant and dialysis access, and home therapies access clinics.
- Supporting elective operating lists, including vascular access procedures and agreed general anaesthetic activity.
- Participating in the transplant surgical on-call rota, where agreed, including emergency surgical review, transplant offers, non-elective transplant surgery and post-operative ward review.
- Working flexibly to support service continuity, including cross-cover for consultant leave and elective activity when emergency commitments affect planned capacity.
- Contributing to governance, audit, teaching, training and service improvement.
The precise duties and timetable will be agreed with the Head of Specialty and Clinical Director in line with service needs and the appointee’s expertise.
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.
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This advert is for Locum Consultant Transplant Surgeon with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor General Surgery role. The advertised salary is £113,565 to £150,569 per annum. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed Term). The application deadline is 26 Oct 2026.
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