Locum Consultant Renal Medicine; subspecialty Renal Transplant
The closing date is 25 March 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Locum Consultant Nephrologist at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust with subspecialty interest in Renal Transplant Medicine. We are looking to recruit a highly motivated colleague to join a dynamic and cohesive team of thirteen existing Renal Consultants, one Consultant in ITU/Renal Medicine, and five Transplant Surgeons. The post is for a fixed term of 12 months.
The successful applicant will support our outpatient renal transplant service and undertake outpatient nephrology clinics and the full range of our inpatient nephrology & acute transplantation services. The posts will comprise 10 Programmed Activities but there may be additional PAs of work available, subject to mutual agreement with the successful candidate.
Main duties of the job
There are around 100 patients on peritoneal dialysis (mostly APD). We run an in‑house assisted APD programme which is being expanded to provide connect and disconnect services. A medical PD insertion pathway has recently been introduced.
There are typically around 380–400 patients on haemodialysis (including around 120 at the City Campus Main Unit, 60 at the City Campus Centenary Unit, 80 at Kings Mill Hospital, 50 at Ilkeston Community Hospital, 50 at Lings Bar Hospital and 30 patients on home dialysis).
Around 720 transplant patients are under regular review. The unit performs approximately 80 adult renal transplants per year, from both DCD and DBD donors. We have an active live donor kidney transplant programme with work underway to expand this further. There are currently approximately 250 patients on the transplant list. The regional Transplant Improvement Group, and Midlands Renal Operational Delivery Network, ensures close working relationships between the transplant units within the midlands, and the associated referring renal units.
About us
The Nottingham Renal and Transplant Unit, based on City Campus, provides all aspects of care for adult patients with renal disease for the mid‑Trent area. The related Paediatric Nephrology Unit takes referrals from the whole of Trent, South Yorkshire and the North Anglia area.
Our clinical facilities are excellent. The Renal and Transplant Unit includes a 12‑bedded higher dependency ward for renal transplants and the more seriously ill patients (Carrel ward), together with a 20‑bedded general nephrology ward (Bramley ward). Haemodialysis can be provided at all inpatient bed spaces and on the higher dependency ward all bed spaces are monitored with central telemetry. The accommodation includes a dedicated outpatient department, home therapies area, offices, and two adjacent Haemodialysis Units (26 & 14 stations, respectively).
Geography: The Nottingham Renal and Transplant Unit serves a population of approximately one million for dialysis, with most patients coming from Nottinghamshire but also parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. Apart from Nottingham itself (population 642,000) the other main town nearby is Mansfield (population 200,000 including surrounding districts). The catchment area for adult transplants is roughly 1.79 million as patients from the Derby Renal Unit are referred to Nottingham for transplantation. Nottingham is the only centre in the region for paediatric nephrology.
Job responsibilities
The successful applicant will support our outpatient renal transplant service and undertake outpatient nephrology clinics and the full range of our inpatient nephrology & acute transplantation services. The posts will comprise 10 Programmed Activities but there may be additional PAs of work available, subject to mutual agreement with the successful candidate.
The successful applicant would start in March 2026 or as soon as possible after that.
Person Specification
Professional registration and experience
* Full GMC
* MRCP Nephrology
* High level of clinical experience and competence in Nephrology
* Additional subspecialty training/experience relevant to renal transplantation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
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