Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust wishes to appoint two Clinical Fellowsin Renal Transplant. The post is available from August 2025 for 12 months, full-time, fixed-term. On call commitments are currently 1:5 prospective night and day time cover. The post holder is required to carry out and supervise the surgical treatment of patients suffering chronic and acute renal failure in the Renal Transplant Unit. The work will be closely supervised by Consultant Transplant Surgeons and Consultant Nephrologists attached to the Unit. The post holder will be trained in and assist at live donor renal transplants and will carry out pre and post-transplant surgical procedures necessary for the preparation of patients for transplantation, vascular and peritoneal access procedures. The post holder will also be responsible, with other junior staff, for the day-to-day care of patients, most of who are on immunosuppressive drugs. Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services. For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page. The post holder is expected to: · Attend regular operating lists, out-patient clinics, consultant ward rounds, audit and academic meetings, and case conferences. · Take part in daily morning ward rounds to be held with all the other junior surgical staff on duty and attend the daily lunchtime Consultant-led ward rounds. · Participate in an on-call rota to provide cover for transplant surgical emergencies, in co-operation with other members of the transplant team. · Specialist Registrars and Clinical Fellows will be responsible for the collation and presentation of departmental audit data at regular audit and governance meetings, and at bi-annually at regional meetings with other centres in the North of England. When on-call the post holder will: · Attend Ward 7B (the Transplant Unit) and nephrology wards to assess patients as requested. · Liaise with and keep informed the Consultant Transplant Surgeon on-call. · Attend ward rounds with the Consultant Transplant Surgeon on-call. · Be first on-call for the emergency care of all transplant patients and patients on a non-resident basis and liaise with the resident on-call nephrology SHO. · Perform and assist renal transplant surgery under the supervision of the Consultant surgeons. · Carry out emergency vascular access procedures on transplant patients according to their level of competence and with the approval of the Consultant on-call. This advert closes on Wednesday 14 May 2025. Location : Liverpool, L7 8YE