Senior Clinical Fellow in Renal Transplant in Leeds inLeeds PUBLISHED TUE 1 APR 2025 Jump to job information section

The Department of Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals is offering an exciting opportunity to appoint a Senior Clinical Fellow in Renal Transplant and General Surgery.

The Renal Transplant unit in Leeds is one of the busiest in the UK, performing around 200 transplants annually. It has thriving live donor and paediatric renal transplant programmes.

This post will provide training in renal transplant and elective general surgery. There will also be exposure to laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, en-bloc and dual renal transplantation, live donor implantation, and paediatric renal transplantation. There is also the opportunity for training in abdominal sarcoma surgery and multi-organ retrieval.

The training can be tailored to individual needs and, given the variety of opportunities, the post would be particularly suitable for those looking to consolidate their experience prior to entering higher surgical training or prior to applying for Consultant posts.

The successful candidate will be part of the out of hours middle grade rota for Renal Transplant and may also cover organ retrieval alongside a lead retrieval surgeon. The candidate will also be expected to cover elective and emergency in-patient and day case surgery, general/Transplant specialist out-patient clinics and ward work.

The Senior Fellow post is offered on a 12 months fixed term contract.

DUTIES OF THE POST

Duties will include:

Pre-admissions clinics

Operating theatre and outpatients

Post-operative intensive care

Discharge letters

Discussions with relatives

Initiation/change of treatment

LEVELS OF RESPONSIBILITY

The successful candidate will be part of the out of hours middle grade rota for Renal Transplantation (1:6 non-resident) and may also be expected to cover Organ Retrieval alongside a lead retrieval surgeon. The candidate will also be expected to cover elective and emergency in-patient and day case surgery, general, Transplant, out-patient clinics and regular ward work.

There is also the opportunity to attend the weekly renal transplant MDT, monthly paediatric renal transplant MDT, recent transplant follow-up clinic and annual renal transplant consent clinic.

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KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Candidates should hold a primary medical qualification and MRCS (or equivalent).

Applicants should have completed core surgical training (or equivalent).

Previous experience in Renal Transplant is desirable and evidence of this should be submitted in the application form.

DUTIES OF THE POST

Duties will include:

Pre-admissions clinics

Operating theatre and outpatients

Post-operative intensive care

Discharge letters

Discussions with relatives

Initiation/change of treatment

LEVELS OF RESPONSIBILITY

The successful candidate will be part of the out of hours middle grade rota for Renal Transplantation (1:6 non-resident) and may also be expected to cover Organ Retrieval alongside a lead retrieval surgeon. The candidate will also be expected to cover elective and emergency in-patient and day case surgery, general, Transplant, out-patient clinics and regular ward work.

There is also the opportunity to attend the weekly renal transplant MDT, monthly paediatric renal transplant MDT, recent transplant follow-up clinic and annual renal transplant consent clinic.

TEACHING AND RESEARCH/STUDY AND TRAINING

The post offers an excellent opportunity in higher surgical training in Renal Transplantation, General Surgery and Organ Retrieval.

All trainees have an assigned supervisor and undergo regular appraisal.

The department has a mandatory audit programme and regular governance meetings.

The renal transplant unit has a number of local and national research trials on-going.