Wessex Kidney Centre, Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust are excited to offer you the opportunity to join our dynamic team to support inpatient acute renal care in Portsmouth and outpatient nephrology services in West Sussex and Hampshire.

This advertisement is for a fixed term 21-month WTE post working in Wessex Kidney Centre covering outpatient services in the West Sussex area and inpatient work in Portsmouth Hospital.

The Wessex Kidney Centre is a busy renal unit with a catchment area of 2.4 million people and covering all aspects of nephrology, dialysis, and transplantation. It has a large home dialysis program (both Peritoneal dialysis and home haemodialysis), 835 patients on dialysis and carries out over 100 transplants per year.

The post will cover outpatient clinics (nephrology, dialysis and long-term transplant follow up) for patients in the West Sussex area. The post holder will form part of the home haemodialysis nephrology team covering clinics in Fareham and will also oversee an established virtual clinic for chronic kidney disease patients on a digital platform. Nephrology inpatient and on call services will be at Portsmouth Hospital supporting a team of 9 other nephrologists. The postholder will have a regular nephrology procedure list and be expected to contribute to education and training and will work with a variety of multidisciplinary teams.

The successful applicant can develop their area of interest/expertise within nephrology across the region. Wessex Kidney Centre has many areas of outstanding practice, but we welcome the opportunity for further development and will support the successful applicant in both service and clinical development. We are committed to support career development within this role.

This is a superb opportunity to join an enthusiastic Nephrology and Renal Transplant team who wish to build on current success. The department is based in a vibrant university town by the sea with easy access to beautiful coastline and the countryside of the south downs. There are fast road and rail links to London and international airports.

Enquiries should be sent to:

 Dr Amir Bhanji, Care Group Director of Nephrology and Transplantation by email [email protected] or Dr Amanda Laird, Clinical Director of Nephrology [email protected]

Closing date for applications is 22cd October 2025

The interview date is set for 3rd November 2025.

Overview

The Wessex Kidney Centre (WKC), part of Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHUT), invites applications for a fixed-term Consultant Nephrologist post to support acute inpatient renal care in Portsmouth and outpatient nephrology services across West Sussex and Hampshire. This 21-month appointment covers a sabbatical period and offers a unique opportunity to join a progressive, regionally integrated renal service.

Clinical Responsibilities

The successful candidate will join a team of nephrologists delivering comprehensive renal care across a wide geographical footprint. Responsibilities include:

• Outpatient management of nephrology, dialysis, and chronic transplant patients at satellite units in Bognor Regis and Fareham.
• Inpatient nephrology and acute kidney injury (AKI) care at Portsmouth Hospitals, with 2-week ward cover every 10 weeks.
• Participation in a 1:10 on-call rota, including weekends.
• Oversight of virtual clinics for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients via digital platforms.
• Joint responsibility for renal replacement therapy (RRT) clinics at satellite dialysis unit.

• Home haemodialysis clinics —supporting one of the UK’s largest home dialysis populations.
• Dedicated procedural sessions for line insertions and renal biopsies.
• Supervision and teaching of resident doctors in procedural skills and clinical practice.

Clinic Structure

• Clinics are 4 hours in duration, accommodating 8–15 patients depending on case mix.
• Appointment times:
  • Nephrology follow-up: 15 minutes
  • RRT follow-up: 20 - 30 minutes
  • New patients: 30 minutes
• Typical templates:
  • Non-dialysis clinic: 2 new + 10 follow-up patients
  • Dialysis clinic: 8 patients
• All patients have a named consultant overseeing their care, with specialist clinics for peritoneal dialysis, home haemodialysis, young adult transition, genetic nephropathies (excluding PKD), acute vasculitis, and early post-transplant care.

Subspecialty Development

• WKC actively supports subspecialty interests. Applicants with expertise or aspirations in a particular nephrology subspecialty are encouraged to apply, with opportunities for mentorship and service development.

Job Plan

• Total: 10 Programmed Activities (PAs)
  • 8 PAs Direct Clinical Care (DCC)
  • 2 PAs Supporting Professional Activities (SPA)

Please see attached Job Description, and Job Plan for more information

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• CCT in Nephrology (or within the next 6 months) and MRCP

Desirable

• Higher degree

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Entry on the GMC specialist register via CCT (proposed date must be within 6 months) or CESR
• Specialist Training in Nephrology to the level of CCT completion.

Desirable

• Procedural competency in tunnelled catheter insertion, renal biopsy (native and transplant), PD catheter insertion

Clinical Skills

Essential

• Demonstrable clinical and technical skills to provide a consultant service in nephrology and nephrological emergencies
• Understanding of clinical risk management

Desirable

• Ability to perform, supervise and teach native and transplant renal biopsy (ultrasound-guided), and ultrasound-guided central venous cannulation including tunnelling

Knowledge

• Able to demonstrate appropriate level of clinical knowledge
• Knowledge and use of evidence-based practice
• IT skills
• Effective, confident presentation ability
• Experience in and outside speciality

Other

• Evidence of participation in audit
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Publications
• Logical thinking, problem solving and decision making
• Higher degree (desirable)

Working Together for Patients with Compassion as One Team Always Improving

Strategic approach

• clarity on objectives, clear on expectations

Relationship building

• communicate effectively, be open and willing to help, courtesy, nurtures partnerships

Personal credibility

• visibility, approachable, back bone, courage, resilience, confidence, role model, challenge bad behaviour, manage poor performance, act with honesty and integrity

Passion to succeed

• patient centred, positive attitude, take action, take pride, take responsibility, aspire for excellence

Harness performance through teams

• champion positive change, develop staff, create a culture without fear of retribution, actively listen and value contribution, feedback and empower staff, respect diversity

Job holders are required to always act in such a way that the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults is safeguarded. Familiarisation with and adherence to the Safeguarding Policies of the Trust is an essential requirement for all employees. In addition, all staff are expected to complete essential/mandatory training in this area.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.