Consultant in Renal and General Internal Medicine
| Posting date: | 05 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £105,504.00 to £139,882.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £105504.00 - £139882.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 July 2025 |
| Location: | Gloucester, GL1 3NN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9318-25-0540 |
Summary
In addition to the main duties above you will be expected to participate in postgraduate training and other staff teaching as appropriate, and to act as clinical and educational supervisor to junior and middle grade medical staff, subject to relevant training and ongoing educational CPD as agreed in the annual appraisal. You will have a general duty of care for your own health, safety and wellbeing and that of work colleagues, visitors and patients within our hospitals. This statutory duty is in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with the post. You would also be expected to: Observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations Observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff Be responsible, with management support, for your own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues. Undertake an annual appraisal and 5-year revalidation. GHNHSFT also provides a mentor when we take up our consultant post. You will be responsible for the provision of medical information for the development of systems appropriate for our organisational needs You will participate in departmental consultant and senior staff meetings You will attend other departmental, divisional and Trust meetings as necessary You will attend regional and national meetings as necessary You will undertake all work in accordance with our organisational procedures and operating policies You will be involved in the development of our renal services Research and Development You will be encouraged to be active in clinical research. The Trust is working towards achieving University Hospital Status requiring commitment to high quality training and research. The renal department is actively involved in NIHR approved research including current trials such as EASI-Kidney, PHOSPHATE, RESOLVE and a number of smaller commercial trials. Communications and Working Relationships You will be responsible for the provision of medical information for the development of systems appropriate for our organisational needs You will participate in departmental consultant and senior staff meetings You will attend other departmental, divisional and Trust meetings as necessary You will attend regional and national meetings as necessary You will undertake all work in accordance with our organisational procedures and operating policies Clinical Governance The Trust has a well-established Safety and Quality Improvement Academy which oversees QI work and is able to offer training and coaching in QI techniques. In the Renal Department we have monthly directorate, audit and Morbidity & Mortality meetings. Our Trust has a well-established framework for clinical governance that incorporates our clinical audit programme. We are all expected to take part in developing clinical audit activities within the department to achieve clinical governance objectives in our agreed Divisional and Trust clinical governance programs.