Clinical Fellow in Transplant and Vascular Access Surgery

Management of in-patients, out-patient clinics, ward rounds, radiological and transplant MDT's.

Elective and emergency operating lists: including living and deceased donor transplantation, laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy, general surgery (hernias/ polycystic nephrectomy), transplant nephrectomy, vascular access and peritoneal dialysis surgical procedures.

Outpatient clinic duty includes recipient evaluation clinics, living donor evaluation and post-transplant follow-up clinic.

Audit/ Quality improvement activities

Royal Free Hospital:

The postholder will have the following duties: -

Out-patient clinics- assessment of CKD patients requiring vascular access or peritoneal dialysis and work-up for renal transplantation

In-patient and day case operating lists

Care of renal transplant in-patients

Attendance and presentations at multidisciplinary meetings (transplant listing, vascular access, histopathology, radiology and review of deceased-donor offers)

Participation in the audit and governance activities of the department

This unique fellowship will provide exposure to two leading London transplant centres. One year spent at West London Renal Transplant Centre (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust) and one year at the Royal Free Renal Transplant Centre.

This post is ideal for those aiming to consolidate existing experience in renal transplantation. The successful candidate will join collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams in both centres and gain exposure to all aspects of pre- and post-transplant care, in living and deceased donation. This is a clinical fellowship. Additionally, fellows will be encouraged to complete and present audit and research output. There will be ample opportunity over the two years to present and publish, nationally and internationally., At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Depending on experience £45,715 - £69,976 per annum +LDN Weighting + 1A banding (50%)