Junior Clinical Fellow

Clinical Fellow in Transplant and Vascular Access Surgery

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

London

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About the role

London Renal Transplant Surgical Fellowship We are inviting applications for an exciting 2-year specialised fellowship in renal transplantation. In addition to renal transplantation the fellowship provides experience in dialysis access surgery, pancreas transplantation and multi-organ retrieval. 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. Please address any queries regarding this fellowship to Miss Bynvant Sandhu (Bynvant.sandhu@nhs.net) and Mr Ayaz Hossain (mhossain@nhs.net) kINDLY NOTE:Two posts available (one at Imperial and one at the Royal Free), offering excellent cross-site experience.Successful candidates will rotate between the two hospital sites after 12 months.

Clinical Fellow in Transplant and Vascular Access Surgery

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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West London Renal Transplant Centre: The postholder will have the following duties: - 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

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.

Person specification

Essential

On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
Significant (3+ years) in general / urological / vascular surgery Demonstrable interest in transplantation IT Skills and computer literacy
Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at Senior Clinical Fellow level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Excellent written and spoken communications, ability to build rapport, work with others, persuade and negotiate.
Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience, social skills appropriate to different types of client
Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure Able to work as part of a team
Honesty, integrity, appreciation of ethical dilemmas.
Must be able to demonstrate and model the key Trust values of kind, expert, collaborative and aspirational

Desirable

MD, PhD
FRCS or Equivalent
Management of staff