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University Hospital Monklands - NHS Lanarkshire
Consultant Physician: Renal & General Medicine
University Hospital Monklands (UHM) is looking for a Consultant in Renal and General Medicine to join its existing team of Consultants, and wider multi-disciplinary team. We deliver the Renal Medicine service to the population of Lanarkshire, including comprehensive outpatient services, renal replacement therapies (including transplant follow up after 1 year), initial live donor assessment and native renal biopsies.
The successful post holder will work within the Renal Department, contributing to inpatient nephrology (including high acuity level of care and acute referrals), outpatient clinics and dialysis care, as well as specialty out of hours work. They will also care for general medical inpatients, and will participate in the acute medical receiving rota.
Applications are invited from enthusiastic individuals who are keen to contribute to the ongoing development of services. Specific sub-specialty clinical, educational or research interests would be welcomed for discussion.
It is an exciting time to join UHM with the location of a new hospital now identified. This will be Scotland’s first digital hospital which, through the use of available technologies, will enhance the patient journey and staff experience. Clinical staff are actively encouraged to contribute to the development of the clinical models to support the planning of the new hospital.
The job is offered as a full-time post on a 10 PA basis (including up to 2 non-DCC) but applications will be considered from those wishing to work less than full-time. If full-time, up to 2 EPA’s may be available to undertake additional clinical activity.
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Informal enquiries regarding this post will be welcomed by Dr Marion Devers, Chief of Medical Services on 01236 712305, Dr Gordon McNeish, Clinical Director on 01236 712245, or Dr Zoe Cousland, Clinical Lead Renal on 01698 752428.
For any application queries, please contact Nicole Hetherington, Senior HR Assistant 01698 754350 or via medical.dentalconsultant@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.
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Recruitment | NHS Lanarkshire (scot.nhs.uk)
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Interviews are scheduled for: 16th August 2023.