Junior Clinical Fellow in Renal Transplant Surgery - London, United Kingdom - Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The post holder will contribute to the care of renal patients in this busy nephrology and transplant department. They will be attached to a consultant who will be their clinical supervisor. There is also registrar grade cover for support.

The work involves assessing renal transplant patients and formulating management plans, reviewing renal patients in A&E and vascular access drop-in clinics, as well as attendance in theatre lists.

The post-holder will be involved with the care of patients who have had a live-donor nephrectomy, as well as those with acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease.

This job provides extensive experience in both renal medicine and surgery.

Main duties:

Presenting patients at the daily board round
Mixture of consultant and registrar led ward rounds (writing in notes, reviewing patients' observations & investigation results)
Ordering investigations
Ordering blood tests
Writing discharge summaries
Phlebotomy/ cannulation
Referring patients to other teams for review
Communicating with relatives
Clerking in new patients to the ward and from A+E
Opportunity to attend clinics, theatre lists as well as Multi organ retrieval as part of the National Organ Retrieval service
Assessment of patients in the vascular access walk in service
Removal of tunnelled dialysis lines in Procedural and Treatment Day unit

Opportunity for Cystoscopic Transplant Ureteric Stent removal if applicable

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts.

Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle.

From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

Detailed job and person requirements available in the full job description and person specification documents within this advert.

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