Consultant in Renal Medicine

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Consultant in Renal Medicine

The closing date is 11 February 2026

This Consultant Nephrologist (0.8-1.0 WTE) post will be based in the Department of Renal Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB), University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

This post will have three main components:

• Delivery of care for haemodialysis patients dialysing at a satellite dialysis unit.
• Rotation through the in-patient renal medicine service at QEHB with a proportion of inpatient time configured to a Monday to Friday renal consult service at Midlands Metropolitan Hospital.
• Contribution to regular general nephrology clinic and specialist clinics dependent on the experience and interests of the applicant.

The post holder will be an integral part of the nephrology consultant team with a proportion of time allocated to supporting renal services at Midlands Metropolitan Hospital.

There are multiple active research, quality improvement and teaching opportunities within the department, the successful appointee will contribute to these. The successful applicant will be supported to apply for an honorary position within the college of medical and dental sciences at the University of Birmingham.

Further details may be obtained from: Dr Jennifer Pinney (Clinical Service Lead), Telephone: ,

Main duties of the job

As a consultant the appointee will have full responsibilities for patients under their care within the context of a multidisciplinary team structure.

The appointee will share clinical responsibility with colleagues in running the clinical work of the department.

The appointee will play a role in meeting the department's contracted obligations for the provision of renal services and in ensuring that the overall performance of the unit meets the quality criteria agreed with the purchasing consortia.

Job plan:

The job plan varies on a week-by-week basis, based on a 48 week cycle that typically includes up to 12 weeks dedicated to in-patient work.

This work is distributed between the 5-day per week MMUH acute service, a 3 day weekend block of weekend acutes at QEHB and 7 day in-patient care on renal wards.

Weekend on-call frequency will not exceed 1:6 weekends (in patient average 3 PA).

2 SPAs-1.5 core SPA for revalidation/appraisal purposes and 0.5 additional SPA for educational supervision

1.3 PA for satellite dialysis out-patient clinics

2 PA for general nephrology clinics located at Midlands Metropolitan Hospital

1.25 PA clinic time negotiable depending on the applicant specialist interests

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

• Leadership skills appropriate to meet the strategic and operational priorities of the department.
• Ability to respond to and where required, lead change within the department and wider organisation.
• Ability to work in teams both clinical and non-clinical to ensure best practice is delivered.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with patients, ability to navigate difficult communication scenarios.
• Evidence of track record in clinical research and/or QI with publications of an appropriate standard.
• Commitment to research activity and QI aligned to enhancing the profile and performance of the department.
• Dynamic and enthusiastic individual.

Person Specification Qualifications

• GMC Registration
• Dual Inclusion on Specialist Register for Renal and Internal Medicine or, if in training, eligible for dual inclusion on the Register within 6 months.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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