Senior Clinical Fellow in Renal Medicine | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £65,048 On call |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 March 2026 |
| Location: | Preston, PR2 9HT |
| Company: | Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7640096/438-MS3185 |
Summary
This is a Senior Clinical Fellow post based at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals (LTH) on a full-time fixed term basis for 1 year, with possibility for further extension.
The post would be suitable for doctors with renal experience who are interested in developing their experience and procedural skills in: percutaneous PD catheter insertion, renal biopsy, tunnelled dialysis catheters, vasculitis, glomerulonephritis and post-transplant follow-up clinics.
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The post holder will share the in-patient duties with other renal specialist registrars (including an element of prospective cover). Whilst covering the wards the post-holder would be expected to participate in ward-rounds and multi-disciplinary team meetings. They will work under the supervision of a renal consultant leading one of the 2 ward teams on a monthly rotational basis in addition to the renal consultant of the week on-call. The successful candidate will be part of the renal registrar on-call rota.
There will be opportunities to see and manage in-patient and out-patient regional referrals in addition to attending specialist out-patient clinics such as vasculitis, advanced kidney care, transplant work-up, live donor work-up, peritoneal dialysis, home haemodialysis and in-centre haemodialysis. When not covering the wards, the successful applicant would be expected to gain experience from participating in General Nephrology and speciality clinics.
We also have multiple research (local and commercial) and QI projects running at any one time. The successful candidate would be expected to be involved in QI and research work.
The Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust forms one of the Major Acute trusts in the North West with multiple specialities on site, as well as being a Tertiary Centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria for the Departments of Trauma, Neurosciences, Oncology, Plastic Surgery & Burns, Vascular Surgery in addition to Renal Medicine.
Innovation and quality improvement is actively encouraged with support from our R&D and Continuous Improvement team. Undergraduate medical student teaching is highly respected and an essential component for all departments within our Trust; as we develop active and developing links with the Universities of Manchester, Lancaster and Central Lancashire. There are many opportunities to develop your educational profile within and outside the trust.
Lancashire is an attractive area to live and has many outdoor and indoor pursuits available locally. The cities of Manchester and Liverpool are within easy reach. Recreational facilities are many and varied, with the Lake District, Ribble Valley, Yorkshire Dales and the Fylde Coast close by.
Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:
• What we can offer
• Job Plan/On-call Requirements
• The Team
This advert closes on Monday 2 Mar 2026