Locum Consultant Transplant Surgeon

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work within the consultant transplant surgical team and wider multidisciplinary renal and transplant service at Hammersmith Hospital. The agreed 5 PA job plan will comprise 4.0 direct clinical care PAs and 1.0 supporting professional activity PA, subject to final agreement through job planning.

Key responsibilities include:
• Providing consultant-level care in kidney transplantation, dialysis access and peritoneal dialysis access.
• Undertaking agreed outpatient clinics, including transplant work-up, outreach transplant and dialysis access, and home therapies access clinics.
• Supporting elective operating lists, including vascular access procedures and agreed general anaesthetic activity.
• Participating in the transplant surgical on-call rota, where agreed, including emergency surgical review, transplant offers, non-elective transplant surgery and post-operative ward review.
• Working flexibly to support service continuity, including cross-cover for consultant leave and elective activity when emergency commitments affect planned capacity.
• Contributing to governance, audit, teaching, training and service improvement.

The precise duties and timetable will be agreed with the Head of Specialty and Clinical Director in line with service needs and the appointee's expertise.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
• On GMC's Specialist Register or within 6 months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration
• Appropriate Royal College Membership

Teaching & Training

Essential criteria

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduate/postgraduate students and junior medical staff

Audit

Essential criteria

• Understanding of principles of clinical audit

Language

Essential criteria

• Are able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

Academic achievements

Essential criteria

• Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at ICHT.

Leadership/ Management skills

Essential criteria

• Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
• Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
• Knowledge of finance/budgets
• Management of staff

Knowledge/skills

Essential criteria

• Skills necessary to provide consultant-level care in transplant surgery, renal access surgery and associated pathways within the scope of a locum consultant appointment.
• IT Skills and computer literacy

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