NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST3)
Main area Renal Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST3) Contract Fixed term: 12 months (12 months) Hours Full time – 40 hours per week Job ref 213-DivisionB-8335448
Employer King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site King’s College Hospital Town London Salary £67,325 per annum plus London Weighting £2,162 & oncall supplement TBD Salary period Yearly Closing 28/10/2026 23:59
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.
King’s Kidney Care provides adult nephrology, dialysis and renal transplant clinic services to a diverse patient population, estimated at 1.2m, based both locally in South-East London and in areas of Kent, Woolwich/Greenwich, Bromley and Sydenham. The current work of the Unit includes the care of about 1200 patients with end-stage renal failure (ESRF). Of these patients, about 600 are on haemodialysis, 100 on PD and 500 have functioning renal transplants. The Unit provides in-centre, satellite and home haemodialysis. A low clearance clinic (eGFR <20mls/min) provides care for over 450 patients.
This work includes an expanding service at King’s Princess Royal University Hospital site, Bromley, and outreach services alongside dialysis units at Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich.
The Renal Service provides a referral and diagnostic service for people with kidney disease. This includes outpatient clinics and the facilities for admission for diagnostic procedures, including renal biopsy and renal angiography. In addition, the Unit cares for patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) and admits about 160 AKI cases per year. It has clinical interests in Anaemia, Liver-Renal Disease with a growing liver-kidney transplant programme, Sickle Cell Disease, HIV, Lupus/Vasculitis and Pregnancy.
Main duties of the job
- Together with other colleagues to provide a service for patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.
- Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short-term sickness.
- Participation in Multi-disciplinary Meetings.
- Contribution to audit and clinical governance programmes.
- Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group management team.
- Contribute to the Care Group research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
- Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, clinical governance programs and learning from Deaths.
- Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
- Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.
- Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.
Working for our organisation
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for 2026-31. Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.
Our six strategic ambitions are deliveringhigh-quality patient care; creating a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability.
We have also agreed four new organisational values – Caring, Collaborative, Inclusive, Innovative – and these underpin everything we do, and how our teams interact with the patients under our care.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Together with other colleagues to provide a service for patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.
- Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short-term sickness.
- Participation in Multi-disciplinary Meetings.
- Contribution to audit and clinical governance programmes.
- Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group management team.
- Contribute to the Care Group research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
- Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, clinical governance programs and learning from Deaths.
- Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
- Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the speciality is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues.
- Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.
- Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.
Qualification and Experience
- MRCP or equivalent
- Candidates should have significant experience in Adult Renal Medicine at SHO/CT2 level.
- Experience of clinical research
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The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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