Consultant Liver Transplant Surgeon

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

The Birmingham Liver Unit was established in 1982 and has developed into a programme that includes Liver Transplantation, a full service of clinical hepatology and HPB surgery, and a centre for research and innovation.

The surgical team works together with the hepatology service as Queen Elizabeth Hospitals liver unit which is one of the largest liver transplant and HPB centres in Europe. Paediatric liver, kidney, intestinal and multivisceral transplants are performed at Birmingham Childrens Hospital. The Liver Unit offers a complete range of medical and surgical management covering the full spectrum of liver, biliary and pancreatic diseases. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is a tertiary centre for liver and pancreatic cancer; where patients are managed in conjunction with oncologists from the QEH Cancer Centre and other regional oncology centres.

QEHB contains a regional trauma centre, a regional neurosurgical centre and a large regional oncology centre which caters for a full range of cancer services, including a specialised service for hepatic and pancreatic oncology.

The Trust has close links with the University of Birmingham. University research facilities on the QEHB site provide laboratories for high quality basic research in diverse fields including immunology, molecular biology and oncology.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will participate as a leading member of the surgical team for the assessment, management and follow up of patients with liver diseases, pre and post liver transplant. He/she will be expected to perform liver transplants independently. Skills in liver splitting, and living related transplantation as well as knowledge and skills in liver machine perfusion will be an advantage.

The successful candidate will be expected to participate in an on-call rota to provide liver transplant surgery and participate in a multiorgan retrieval rota as the team leader. On call activity also includes transplant ward rounds and daily numbers meeting.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Date posted

17 December 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

304-KA-1091077

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY SKILLS

* A fully trained and experienced independent adult liver transplant surgeon

* Current adult liver transplant surgery experience

* Ability to participate as a member of a multidisciplinary team

* Interest in teaching, mentoring, audit and clinical research

EXPERIENCE and KNOWLEDGE

Fully competent in adult liver transplant

surgery with an established record of clinical

development and expertise

Demonstrable clinical leadership in shared

decision-making programmes for liver

disease including engagement with clinical

staff across specialities

Candidates must demonstrate that they can

work within a multidisciplinary team

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY SKILLS

* A fully trained and experienced independent adult liver transplant surgeon

* Current adult liver transplant surgery experience

* Ability to participate as a member of a multidisciplinary team

* Interest in teaching, mentoring, audit and clinical research

EXPERIENCE and KNOWLEDGE

Fully competent in adult liver transplant

surgery with an established record of clinical

development and expertise

Demonstrable clinical leadership in shared

decision-making programmes for liver

disease including engagement with clinical

staff across specialities

Candidates must demonstrate that they can

work within a multidisciplinary team

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GMC Registration
Inclusion on Specialist Register for general
surgery or, if in training, eligible for inclusion
on the Register within 6 months
FRCS or equivalent

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GMC Registration
Inclusion on Specialist Register for general
surgery or, if in training, eligible for inclusion
on the Register within 6 months
FRCS or equivalent

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).