An exciting opportunity has arisen at UHNM to join the dynamic team of 7 Nephrology Consultants (participating on a 1:8.5 on-call rota), 2 Specialty Doctors and 12 Medics working at our main Royal Stoke Site and Satellite Units at County, and Leighton Hospitals.
Our Nephrology service provides all types of dialysis both in-centre and home, transplant, CKD, home therapies, AKI and hypertension.
The post holder will primarily lead the hypertension service and would be responsible for the development of this service. They would also contribute to the advanced kidney care service. In addition, they would be responsible for managing a cohort of haemodialysis patients at Royal Stoke hospital and will also run a weekly general nephrology clinic.
The post holder will be expected to contribute regularly to: procedures, supervision and training of the renal STs and trust grades. As well as contributing to the education of trainees, quality improvement, research activities, and clinical governance of the service.
The UHNM renal team has a very strong clinical research programme led by International expert Professor Simon Davies and Dr Mark Lambie based within the University of Keele Institute for Science and Technology for Medicine.
Applicants require full GMC Registration and should be either on or within 6 months of entry onto the Specialist Register at the time of interview.
The Renal department consists of 1 x 28 bedded inpatient ward with 4 flexi trolleys, a satellite unit at County Hospital (12 stations) and a satellite unit at Leighton (16 stations).
The service provides both inpatient care and outpatient care at Royal Stoke and outpatient care at the satellite units to include dialysis and outpatient appointments.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
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