Quality Improvement Fellow in Renal Medicine
| Posting date: | 05 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £73,992.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £73992.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 January 2026 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX3 7LE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9321-26-0012 |
Summary
Appointees will be guided on the appropriate choice of QI projects to fit in with the OKUs agenda for quality improvement and patient safety, and RCPs programme priorities. Flexibility will be given to the QI project depending on the interests and experience of the individual post holder. There will be opportunities to support and mentor other junior doctors and allied health care professionals with audit and QI projects within the department and create wider linkages through RCP. QI and leadership training will be provided through mentorship from Dr Udaya Udayaraj, Consultant nephrologist, OKU, and Dr. Aklak Choudhury, Clinical Director for Improvement programmes, RCP. Access to RCP resources and subscriptions to other online QI resources such as the IHI will be facilitated. The post has clinical commitment being resident on call (1:10) as part of the hospital at-night team providing cover for inpatients in renal, surgical, and other medical specialties at the Churchill Hospital site. The resident cover includes crash bleep responsibility at the Churchill site overnight and calls for renal advice from across the region. The appointee will be working alongside eight renal trainees, including six with national training numbers and a post-CCT fellow. The post will have an affiliation with the RCP. The appointee will spend 0.5 days strengthening their QI skills and knowledge and leadership skills by working on internal, regional, and national projects led by the Improvement team at RCP, London. They will also contribute to RCP improvement resources. Although these sessions can be undertaken remotely, it is anticipated that the post holder will be expected to attend some of the sessions in person at the RCP in London and Liverpool. Postholders will also be encouraged and supported to present posters and/or oral presentations at conferences and events and write up their QI project for peer-reviewed publication. Please refer to the attached JD for further information.