This is an exciting opportunity for nephrology consultants who have a specialist interest in transplantation to join our department. We are advertising 2 Locum Consultant Transplant Nephrology posts to support the current team and contribute to the expansion of Cardiff Transplant Unit.
T he Nephrology and Transplant Directorate serves a population of approximately 1.4 million people in South East Wales, providing a complete range of diagnostic and therapeutic services including dialysis and transplantation.
The Transplant Unit at UHW is a leader in the field, performing approximately 120 adult transplants per year. This includes compatible and blood group and HLA incompatible living donors (approximately 50 per year), deceased donors (donation after brainstem death (DBD) and donation after circulatory death (DCD), approximately 60-80 per year), and Pancreas transplants (approximately 8-15 per year). The unit has a stand-alone multi-organ retrieval team and is part of National Organ Retrieval Services (NORS) providing abdominal retrieval services nationally and Normothermic Organ Perfusion (one of the 3 units recognised for the current provision of Normothermic perfusion).
The unit has one of the largest experiences in the country in ABOi and HLAi transplants in close collaboration with the Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Laboratory of South Wales with excellent results.
The post holder will work closely with Consultant colleagues as well as a broad multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality nephrology and transplant services to our patients.
The post holder will work with a team of 4 Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physicians and 9 Consultant Transplant Surgeons to deliver kidney and pancreas transplant services to the 1.5 million population of South and Mid Wales and pancreas transplant for Shrewsbury.
The successful candidate will also provide outpatient care in a general nephrology clinic and to a cohort of dialysis patients.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is recognised as a teaching centre of excellence in a wide range of clinical services.
Although this post is full-time, consideration will be given to applicants who require flexible working arrangements.
Applicants should either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within three months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT / CESR(CP) at the time of interview.
You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for Wales.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together” and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
C ardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.
