Senior Clinical Fellow in Transplantation and Renal Medicine

We have two vacancies at ST3+ grade working on the current registrar ward and on call rota. The posts would be suitable for anyone with previous renal experience at any grade, including prior to acquisition of a training number or later on in training prior to obtaining a consultant post. The post provides excellent training in all aspects of renal medicine. It offers unparalleled experience in acute renal transplantation in an internationally renowned centre.

Clinical work in this post is centred around the care of inpatients on the two main renal wards (Richard Bright for Transplants and Patience ward for dialysis and Updated November 2019 nephrology). The post holder will rotate through the clinical work in these areas. There are also a number of clinics including specialist clinics in lupus, vasculitis, pre-pregnancy and glomerular disease, which the post holder will be expected to participate in. Being a large nephrology and transplant centre, there is also plenty of opportunity to increase experience in practical procedures, including renal transplant and native biopsies and tunnelled lines.

Given the diverse scope of clinical work at Guys in transplantation, nephrology and dialysis, this is an excellent post to gain training and increase clinical experience in all of these areas.

The post holder will also be actively encouraged to participate in clinical audit and M&M reviews, and will have the opportunity to participate in management meetings.

Main duties of the job

There are two main renal wards in the unit staffed by 9 ST3+ weekdays and 1 ST3+ over the weekend. The post offers an unparalleled experience and training in the care of renal and transplant patients. Guy's renal unit performs over 175 transplants per year and provides care for over 600 dialysis patients. There are around 50 renal inpatient beds.

The post holder will work on the ST3+ rota, which will mean rotation through the various different subspecialties through the post. Generally these with be on Richard Bright (renal transplant ward), Patience (acute nephrology and dialysis ward), procedures (renal biopsy and tunnelled line insertion), haemodialysis and Renal Rapid Access Clinic cover, St Thomas' Hospital referral cover and clinic cover.

The post holder will be responsible to the on call consultant on the ward, and will be expected to work well as part of the multidisciplinary team with close liaison with the transplant surgical team.

Department Information

The Department of Renal and Transplant at Guy's is one of the largest in the UK, providing kidney care to South East London, neighbouring areas of Kent and the Channel Islands. In addition, we receive a significant number of complex referrals Updated November 2019 from a much wider geographical area. We provide a comprehensive range of services for this population, from management of mild kidney disease through to acute kidney injury (AKI) and the full range of modalities of renal replacement therapy. We perform over 250 transplants each year, have the largest living kidney donor programme in the country and are a supra-regional centre for both combined kidney/pancreas and pancreas alone transplantation.

We offer a full range of peritoneal and haemodialysis therapies both at home and through a network of satellite units. We are nationally recognised for quality of care, innovation in clinical practice and service delivery, and for our close functional and geographical integration with the research programmes of both the MRC Transplantation Centre and the Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre.