Clinical fellow in Kidney Transplant and vascular access surgery

Job title:

Clinical fellow in Kidney Transplant and vascular access surgery

Company

Barts Health NHS Trust

Job description

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.Job overviewThe posts will suit applicants who wish to gain extensive experience in renal transplantation vascular access surgery. Previous experience in General and vascular Surgery is advantageous.You will be providing highest quality care to one of the largest dialysis and transplant cohort in the UK under direct supervision of a team of highly motivated consultant surgeons.The appointee will be exposed to all aspects of advanced dialysis access and transplant surgery and the relevant medical management of these complex patients on a 1:5 oncall rota. This post is EWTD compliant.The unit performs an average of 200 renal transplants and more than 500 dialysis access procedures per year (including HeRO graft, extra-anatomical PTFE graft, EndoAVF and IVUS plasty) with a large live donor transplant programme that includes HLA and ABO incompatible transplantation.These posts will be especially suited to the international fellows or as secondments, who want to gain experience in routine and highly complex transplant and vascular access surgery.There is an active research programme in transplant immunology, basic science, negative pressure wound therapy, qualitative research in improving patients experience and outcomes and the appointees will be encouraged and expected to participate in it and publish their work.Main duties of the jobGeneral duties will provide wide exposure to all parts of the renal transplant and dialysis access training includingAt least once daily ward round with the consultant surgeon and nephrologist
Clinic reviews
Pre-transplant assessments
Post transplant acute clinics
Dialysis (PD and vascular) access clinics
Pre-assessments clinicRegular theatres session (5 day operating sessions)
Elective living donor transplants
Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy
Hand assisted transperitoneal, rertoperitoneal donor nephrectomy
Laparoscopic/Percutaneous/Robotic Peritoneal dialysis catheter insertions
Robotic living donor transplants
Complex vascular access
Complex abdominal wall hernia service (joint procedures with plastic surgery team for pedicle flaps)
Renovascular reconstruction with auto-transplantation
Elective general surgery for dialysis and transplant population (including laparoscopic hernias, cholecystectomy)
Emergency
Deceased donor transplants
Emergency surgical vascular access salvage surgeryWorking for our organisationThe Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesPlease refer to the job description and person specification for the main responsibilities of this role.Please be advised that the vacancy advertisement may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received therefore, we recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.Person specificationQualificationsEssential criteria

• MB BS, or equivalent
• MRCS/FRCS or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• MD/phd

KnowledgeEssential criteria

• Knowledge of basic of vascular access surgery

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of all aspects of renal transplantation
• Publication in this area

Training ExpectedEssential criteria

• Training on general surgery/vascular surgery
• Experience in training undergraduates and postgraduates

Desirable criteria

• Previous exposure in Renal Transplant and vascular access surgery

Audit ExperienceEssential criteria

• Able to provide evidence of clinical audit and demonstrate understanding of impact and challenges this brings.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of audit management

Academic AchievementsEssential criteria

• Ability to demonstrate personal experience of clinical research and describe and discuss findings and impact.
• Experience of research, presentations to learned societies on topics related to surgery

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrate number of publications in indexed journals, over a variety of subjects relevant to this post.
• Phd/ MD Thesis

Personal SkillsEssential criteria

• Excellent presentational and verbal skills, ability to motivate and develop medical trainees, awareness of best practice through evidence based medicine, and personal drive to enact the change with the team

Desirable criteria

• IT skills and computer literacy

Personal QualitiesEssential criteria

• Self motivated with an enquiring, critical approach to work,ability to work under pressure, caring attitude to patients, commitment to continuing medical education, willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national level, collegiate approach to work and colleagues, ability to drive change through collaboration and consultation with key stakeholders.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.Employer certification / accreditation badgesApplicant requirementsYou 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.Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 473.7KB)
• Our Values and Behaviours (PDF, 334.9KB)
• Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 92.0KB)
• Candidate Information Pack (PDF, 549.5KB)

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 23:22:56 GMT

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