Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Locum Consultant in Transplant Nephrology
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Exciting Opportunity for Nephrology Consultants
This is an exciting opportunity for nephrology consultants who have a specialist interest in transplantation to join our department. We are advertising 2 Locum Consultant Transplant Nephrology posts to support the current team and contribute to the expansion of Cardiff Transplant Unit.
About the Role
The Nephrology and Transplant Directorate serves a population of approximately 1.4 million people in South East Wales, providing a complete range of diagnostic and therapeutic services including dialysis and transplantation.
About the Transplant Unit
The Transplant Unit at UHW is a leader in the field, performing approximately 120 adult transplants per year. This includes:
- Compatible and blood group and HLA incompatible living donors (approximately 50 per year)
- Deceased donors (donation after brainstem death (DBD) and donation after circulatory death (DCD), approximately 60-80 per year)
- Pancreas transplants (approximately 8-15 per year)
The unit has a stand-alone multi-organ retrieval team and is part of National Organ Retrieval Services (NORS) providing abdominal retrieval services nationally and Normothermic Organ Perfusion (one of the 3 units recognised for the current provision of Normothermic perfusion).
The unit has one of the largest experiences in the country in ABOi and HLAi transplants in close collaboration with the Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Laboratory of South Wales with excellent results.
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Responsibilities
The post holder will work closely with Consultant colleagues as well as a broad multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality nephrology and transplant services to our patients.
- Work with a team of 4 Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physicians and 9 Consultant Transplant Surgeons to deliver kidney and pancreas transplant services to the 1.5 million population of South and Mid Wales and pancreas transplant for Shrewsbury.
- Provide outpatient care in a general nephrology clinic and to a cohort of dialysis patients.
About Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is recognised as a teaching centre of excellence in a wide range of clinical services.
- Full-time position with consideration for flexible working arrangements.
- Applicants should either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within three months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT / CESR(CP) at the time of interview.
- Excellent Consultant contract for Wales.
About the Health Board
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer.
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About Cardiff and the Vale
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Dr Aled Lewis
- Job title: Clinical Director Nephrology & Transplant
- Email address: Aled.Lewis@wales.nhs.uk
Interested applicants should contact:
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Prof. Sian Griffin
- Job title: Consultant in Transplant Nephrology
- Email: Sian.Griffin2@wales.uk
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Dr Pramod Nagaraja
- Job title: Consultant in Transplant Nephrology
- Email: Pramod.Nagaraja@wales.nhs.uk
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Dr Vinod Ravidran
- Job title: Consultant in Transplant Nephrology
- Email: Vinod.Ravindran2@wales.nhs.uk
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Mr Usman Khalid
- Job title: Consultant Transplant Surgeon
- Email: Usman.Khalid@wales.nhs.uk
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