Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our nephrology team as soon as possible until 1st
September 2026 in a 50% WTE role working at the level of a first year renal specialty trainee (ST4+). You
will work alongside a team of renal consultants, FY1-ST7 resident doctors and specialist nurses.
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides extensive kidney services for a population of 1.10
million across a large geographical area extending into both East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.
Acute kidney services are provided centrally in Hull, with weekly outreach clinics and chronic satellite
haemodialysis support to Grimsby and Scunthorpe, with fortnightly clinics in Goole, weekly clinics in
Bridlington with support to the Bridlington Satellite unit. We have also expanded our inpatient service to
facilitate haemodialysis for long term patients at Castle Hill Hospital. The locally employed doctor will only
be expected to work at the Hull Royal Infirmary site.
HUTH NHS Trust has successfully worked in partnership with Fresenius to provide haemodialysis for long
term haemodialysis patients throughout the service including plasma exchange.
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides care for patients both pre and post transplantation.
Although the actual transplant episode is carried out in Leeds, the pre transplant work up and all posttransplant
after care at the point of discharge from Leeds is carried out in Hull and its satellite clinics.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work at the equivalent of ST4 or above, supervised by a qualified NHS
consultant. The work plan will be tailored to suit the trainee’s educational objectives.
The locally employed doctor will work in the following clinical areas; the 19 bed nephrology ward (ward 50);
the renal outreach team providing supervision of patients with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) on the ICU and
general medical patients on outlying wards; and lastly outpatient clinics. Procedural duties will include dialysis
line insertion and renal biopsies and full training in these procedures will be given.
All specialist registrars will have an outpatient commitment and have the opportunity to attend Transplant,
Transplant Work-up, Low Clearance, Haemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis clinics as well as General
Nephrology clinics. The Consultant working patterns are closely integrated, and a similar level of mutual
support and team-working is required from the middle grade staff.
You will also be part of the on call medical registrar rota (full shift rota) covering the Acute Assessment Unit,
in reaching into the Emergency Department and covering the Same Day Emergency Care Unit.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.