Locum Consultant Transplant Surgeon

The post holder will work within the consultant transplant surgical team and wider multidisciplinary renal and transplant service at Hammersmith Hospital. The agreed 5 PA job plan will comprise 4.0 direct clinical care PAs and 1.0 supporting professional activity PA, subject to final agreement through job planning.

Key responsibilities include

Providing consultant-level care in kidney transplantation, dialysis access and peritoneal dialysis access. Undertaking agreed outpatient clinics, including transplant work-up, outreach transplant and dialysis access, and home therapies access clinics. Supporting elective operating lists, including vascular access procedures and agreed general anaesthetic activity. Participating in the transplant surgical on-call rota, where agreed, including emergency surgical review, transplant offers, non-elective transplant surgery and post-operative ward review. Working flexibly to support service continuity, including cross-cover for consultant leave and elective activity when emergency commitments affect planned capacity. Contributing to governance, audit, teaching, training and service improvement. The precise duties and timetable will be agreed with the Head of Specialty and Clinical Director in line with service needs and the appointees expertise.