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Essential
15 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to organise and prioritise workload
- Skills and Abilities
Good communication skills
- Skills and Abilities
Honesty and reliability
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to work effectively within an MDT environment
- Skills and Abilities
Flexibility
- Skills and Abilities
Critical approach to work
- Skills and Abilities
Demonstrates initiative
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to gain confidence of both staff and patients
- Skills and Abilities
Willing to undertake additional clinical duties when necessary, including cover for colleagues on leave
- Additional and Aptitudes
IT skills on all Microsoft packages
- Additional and Aptitudes
Fluent English speaker
- Knowledge and Experience
Able to assess, resuscitate and stabilise acutely sick patients.
- Knowledge and Experience
Good clinical judgement
- Knowledge and Experience
Understand Audit/governance processes
- Qualifications and Training
Registered with GMC (UK)
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills and Abilities
Training in laparoscopic surgery
- Knowledge and Experience
Higher academic qualification (e.g., MD or MSc).
- Knowledge and Experience
Proven track record in research. Evidence of relevant publications in peer reviewed journals.
- Knowledge and Experience
Demonstration of involvement in clinical directorate management.
- Qualifications and Training
Experience in audit project and written up
Job overview
Title - 1x Senior Clinical Fellow (12m Transplant Fellow)
Employer - North Bristol NHS Trust
Duration - 12 months fixed term
Base Hospital - All posts are regarded as being Trust wide
The base Hospital will be Southmead Hospital
Please note that the base could change as a consequence of clinical requirements.
Main duties of the job
- The renal transplant team perform an average of 150 transplants a year, including 20 paediatric recipients. We have an active live donor program and provide dialysis access to a large cohort of patients with end-stage renal disease. Several of our surgeons also provide endocrine and hernia surgery, widening the scope of your clinical experience. Please see the example timetable within the job description.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
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 Renal Transplant Senior Clinical Research Fellow with North Bristol NHS Trust in Bristol, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor General Surgery role. The advertised salary is £67325.00 to £77348.00. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed term). The application deadline is 15 Sep 2026.
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