Working as a Renal Medicine Consultant
Are you are looking for an exciting new position where you will a play significant role in diagnosing and treating a broad spectrum of medical conditions? Then a job as a Renal Medicine Consultant within a large and varied NHS foundation trust could be just what you’re looking for.
As a Consultant in Renal Medicine, your skills, knowledge and experience are critical to the provision of patient care services, especially for those with complex medical problems involving multiple symptoms and conditions. Your calm, reassuring nature, combined with your wealth of knowledge and expertise, will help ensure patients feel safe in your hands.
You’ll spend the majority of your time working as part of a multidisciplinary team based in a renal unit, building relationships with and managing patients with conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney stones, polycystic kidney disease, auto-immune disorders, acute kidney injury (AKI), and where AKI is part of a multi-system failure, for example from septicaemia.
Qualifications, experience and key skills needed for Renal Medicine jobs
- MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) or equivalent
- A two-year foundation programme of general training
- Specialist training in renal medicine
- 6 months’ NHS experience within the last 3 years
In addition to your qualifications, you will have:
- Excellent communication skills to manage a wide range of relationships with colleagues, and patients and their families
- Emotional resilience, a calm temperament and the ability to work well under pressure
- Teamwork and the capacity to lead multidisciplinary teams
- Problem-solving and diagnostic skills
- Outstanding organisational ability and effective decision-making skills
- First-class time and resource management for the benefit of patients
Gain access to unparalleled opportunities for specialism, research and academia as a Renal Medicine Consultant
Working flexible shifts at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, as a Renal Medicine Consultant you will provide specialist expertise in diagnostic reasoning and co-morbidities. The trust takes its contribution to medical development and advancement seriously. As a result, you will have access to some of the most advanced medical equipment in the country and unparalleled opportunities for specialism, research and academia throughout your consultancy.
Medacs Healthcare has lots of locum shifts available for Renal Medicine Consultants at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. At Medacs, we receive over 1,000 new jobs in medicine every day, so whatever your specialism, experience and ambition, there are plenty of opportunities for you. You’ll also have a dedicated placement officer who will help you negotiate the best pay, gain flexibility on when and where you work, and provide specialist support to help you with revalidation.
