Locum Consultant in Renal Medicine

Overview

Locum Consultant in the department of Renal Medicine. The Leeds Renal Service is seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant Nephrologist. The post will be a 10 PA appointment and will be available from March 2026, initially for 6 months. There are also plans to advertise for a substantive consultant. The successful applicant should hold accreditation in Membership of the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent and should be on the Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the Register for trainees if currently in a training programme within the UK, or have references which have been authorised by the Deputy Medical Director and Clinical Director. Applicants must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of renal medicine, including the management and care of chronic haemodialysis and renal transplant patients. Excellent communication and team working skills, a strong commitment to teaching and service development are essential.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will join an enthusiastic and supportive renal department with 17 consultant colleagues, an associate specialist and junior doctor team. The post will be based at St James's University Hospital and will be predominantly clinical with responsibility as a member of the consultant team for providing inpatient and outpatient care for nephrology, dialysis and renal transplant patients.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Job responsibilities

• Assist with the management of the increasing workload in renal medicine across Leeds and surrounding areas, and provide, with consultant colleagues, a service to Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of renal disease.
• Provide a complementary or enhancing special interest to those of the other Consultant Nephrologists in Leeds.
• Work with colleagues to devise ways to benefit renal services through the closer integration of the Leeds renal service with primary care.
• Share responsibility (with eight other consultant nephrologists) for the care of the Trust's chronic haemodialysis patients, with specific responsibility for supervising the care of patients who dialyse at the satellite unit in Seacroft.
• Share responsibility with consultant colleagues for the staffing of specific renal outpatient clinics as per the renal consultant team job plan.
• Contribute to the care of patients following renal transplantation.
• Share out-of-hours clinical responsibilities with colleagues by participating in the renal consultant on call rota (1:15 for renal 24 hours).
• Participate in the clinical supervision of all postgraduate trainees within the department.
• Contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching within the Trust.
• Develop appropriate research interests that will benefit the clinical service provided.
• Demonstrate willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels.

Qualifications

• Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (or equivalent) accreditation.
• Membership of the Specialist Register or within six months of admission for trainees.
• High level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of renal medicine, including management and care of chronic haemodialysis and renal transplant patients.
• Excellent communication and team working skills.
• Strong commitment to teaching and service development.

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

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.