Overview
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre at the Hammersmith Hospital, which is the largest renal and transplant centre in Europe, are looking for a Substantive Consultant Transplant Surgeon to join their team at the earliest. The successful candidate will join a team of six expert, dedicated transplant surgeons to support and develop the delivery of kidney and kidney/pancreas transplantation, dialysis access, and associated clinical services at ICHT and regionally across North West London. This post is required to replace the vacancy created by a colleague moving on to a different job.
The post-holder will also have responsibilities to develop and contribute to continuing education, professional development, audit and research within the Division and Trust. Applicants must be on the GMC Specialist Register or equivalent, or within 6 months of attaining Specialist Registration at the time of interview.
The successful candidate will be based at the Imperial College Healthcare Renal and Transplant Centre, at Hammersmith Hospital. There are 70 inpatient beds at the Hammersmith Hospital, across 4 renal wards, including a 12-bed HDU and a dedicated day care unit. You will be expected to participate actively in specific areas of service provision after discussion with the Clinical Director and the Head of Service in current areas of need such as living donor kidney transplantation, pancreas transplantation, haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis access procedures.
Transplantation
The Directorate performs approximately 200- 240 transplants each year.
The successful candidate will have an active role in the delivery of deceased donor transplantation of kidney and kidney-pancreas transplants as part of a 1:6 non-resident on call rota, as well as in the post-transplant follow up clinics.
Dialysis access
The post holder is allocated 1 or 2 satellite dialysis units to provide regular outpatient clinics to assess patients for transplantation and dialysis access. There is an established transplant follow up, vascular access clinics and peritoneal dialysis access clinics at the Hammersmith Hospital as well as on site surgical clinics in the satellite units aiming to assess patients for dialysis access. Our peritoneal dialysis program is one of the largest in the region, with more than 200 patients on maintenance currently with dedicated PD surgical clinic on site.
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Benefits and Values
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Responsibilities
* Programmed Activities (PAs): 10 PA contract. This includes 8.5 DCC and 1.5 SPA (which includes 1.0 SPA for appraisal and revalidation). Total Clinical Workload (8.5 DCCs).
* On Call (1 in 6) Intensity level A. Agreed duties of On Call surgeon: pre and post-transplant and surgical review on ward rounds; review of any emergency presentation that requires surgical review; telephone calls for all transplant offers – first call; any emergency operation that is required on patients under Renal and Transplant Services’ care; all non-elective transplant surgery; cancellation of all routine clinics during on call week to allow sufficient time to deliver elective lists and on call work as described above; day off after overnight on call.
* Outpatient Clinics: transplant follow up; outreach Transplant work-up and dialysis access (satellite clinic); onsite vascular access; transplant general surgery clinic; pancreas transplant workup clinic (optional, subject to discussion with Clinical Director / Head of Service).
* Elective Operating lists (subject to job plan review): local anaesthetic vascular access; general anaesthetic list.
Departmental Meetings
Local Faculty Group meetings, monthly consultants’ meetings are included in the SPA allowance.
Qualifications
Applicants must be on the GMC Specialist Register or equivalent, or within 6 months of attaining Specialist Registration at the time of interview.
Advert Close
This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Sep 2025.
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