Job overview

This is a full-time appointment for a 10PA Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Hospital on a permanent basis.  The successful applicant will provide both outpatient and inpatient Nephrology service and joins the team of 4 Paediatric Nephrologists covering the regional tertiary service. The appointee will work alongside the Consultant Nephrology team as well as Advanced Nurse Practitioner and members of the wider multi-disciplinary Nephrology team and renal dialysis team.  This post sits within the Division of Medicine.

Main duties of the job

Clinical:

The clinical duties of the role include inpatient management, outpatient clinics, on call commitment. Full details can be found in the job planning section.

 Teaching & Academic role

Participate in the teaching and training of undergraduates and postgraduates:.

Postgraduate teaching is co-ordinated by the Postgraduate Tutor, his/her deputies and the staff in the Research and Education Centre. There is a curriculum for all grades of doctors in training. There is also a large amount of multidisciplinary teaching and individual clinical teams provide teaching 

Support the delivery of the nephrology research portfolio and develop research interests in their area of interest and expertise:

• The post holder will be supported to develop their own research interests. The department holds a research PA, which the applicant can apply for all or a portion of instead of an equivalent clinical PA if they would like to when discussing their formal job plan within 3 months of commencement.

Managerial responsibilities

Supervise junior staff.

Participate in departmental meetings related to strategic planning.

Take an active role in service review and development

CPD, Audit & Clinical Governance

Participate in CPD activity for which financial support is available

Initiate and undertake appropriate audits as required within the department.

Take part in the clinical governance programme

Working for our organisation

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.