# Senior Clinical Fellow

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** King's College Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Nephrology
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £67,325 per annum plus London Weighting £2,162 & oncall supplement TBD
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (12 months)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-21T11:20:51.471Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Kings_College_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Renal/Renal-v8335448
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8335448?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.kch.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

King's Kidney Care provides adult nephrology, dialysis and renal transplant clinic services to a diverse patient population, estimated at 1.2m, based both locally in South-East London and in areas of Kent, Woolwich/Greenwich, Bromley and Sydenham. The current work of the Unit includes the care of about 1200 patients with end-stage renal failure (ESRF). Of these patients, about 600 are on haemodialysis, 100 on PD and 500 have functioning renal transplants. The Unit provides in-centre, satellite and home haemodialysis. A low clearance clinic (eGFR \<20mls/min) provides care for over 450 patients.

This work includes an expanding service at King’s Princess Royal University Hospital site, Bromley, and outreach services alongside dialysis units at Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich.

The Renal Service provides a referral and diagnostic service for people with kidney disease. This includes outpatient clinics and the facilities for admission for diagnostic procedures, including renal biopsy and renal angiography. In addition, the Unit cares for patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) and admits about 160 AKI cases per year. It has clinical interests in Anaemia, Liver-Renal Disease with a growing liver-kidney transplant programme, Sickle Cell Disease, HIV, Lupus/Vasculitis and Pregnancy.

### Main duties of the job

- Together with other colleagues to provide a service for patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.
- Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short-term sickness.
- Participation in Multi-disciplinary Meetings.
- Contribution to audit and clinical governance programmes.
- Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group management team.
- Contribute to the Care Group research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
- Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, clinical governance programs and learning from Deaths.
- Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
- Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.
- Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Together with other colleagues to provide a service for patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.

Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short-term sickness.

Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group management team.

Contribute to the Care Group research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.

Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, clinical governance programs and learning from Deaths.

Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).

Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues.

Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.

Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Qualification and Experience

**Essential**

- MRCP or equivalent
- Candidates should have significant experience in Adult Renal Medicine at SHO/CT2 level.

**Desirable**

- Experience of clinical research

## Documents

- [denmark hill site map (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=606)
- [jd & person specification (pdf, 440.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10712810)
- [visa and sponsorship information (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2817)

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