Job summary
Consultant Surgeon in Renal Transplant
The Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust wishes to appoint a Consultant Surgeon in Renal Transplant.
The post is based at Royal Liverpool Hospital and is to join an enthusiastic team dedicated to providing a high-quality kidney transplant service for patients in Cheshire, Merseyside, North Wales, and further afield.
The post is equivalent to 10PAs per week inclusive of 1.5 SPA time allocated to undertake all necessary continuing professional development (CPD). The Trust supports the requirements for CPD as laid down by the GMC and surgical colleges and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to participate in the Cadaveric and Living Donor Renal Transplant programme, and contribute to audit, clinical and laboratory research as required. The Unit also undertakes vascular/peritoneal access and general surgery work for dialysis patients and the post holder will be expected to contribute to this work. The post holder will also be responsible for providing vascular access to University Hospital Aintree patients.
Applicants should be on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT, CESR or European Community Rights. Proposed CCT/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The Unit provides surgical services to all patients suffering from renal failure in Cheshire, Merseyside and North Wales, including vascular and peritoneal dialysis access, general, endocrine and renal surgical procedures as well as transplantation. Organ transplants constitute 25% of the units theatre activity. The unit undertakes approximately 350-400 vascular access procedures a year and 50 procedures related to peritoneal dialysis.
Around 300 patients are currently awaiting renal transplantation and approximately 120- 130 transplants are performed per annum. The unit has a thriving live donor programme that incorporates Total Reteroperitoneoscopic Live Donor nephrectomy (pioneers in UK) The unit actively participates in the national paired/pooled exchange Programme. The unit has all necessary approvals to start the Transplant Programme from Hep C Donors and envisage to perform from January2024 onwards. Transplant clinics are run jointly by participating surgeons and physicians and are attended by the nurse clinicians. Patients from North Wales are considered for shared care or transfer to the referring physicians.
There are 3.5 equivalent recipient coordinators managing the patients on the waiting list, and act as contact points with the regional dialysis network. There are two Living donor coordinators managing the direct and paired/pooled exchange programme. In-house tissue typing and cross matching are provided by the Department of Immunology on a 24-hour basis. All the surgical staff, in co-operation with the transplant co-coordinators, is expected to take part in the education program necessary to sustain and expand the supply of the organ donors from these hospitals.
The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is fully equipped for all routine and special investigations, including CT, MRI and nuclear imaging. The transplant unit also has an in-house colour Doppler scanner. There are on-line computer links to haematology, clinical chemistry and immunology. The Trust has two Da Vinci robots and is planning to purchase third in order to fulfil the increasing demand of Robotic surgery. The unit is looking to develop robotic transplant Programme and we welcome candidate who will have experience in minimal invasive surgery and will be interested in developing robotic-assisted surgery.
See attached job description for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Unit provides surgical services to all patients suffering from renal failure in Cheshire, Merseyside and North Wales, including vascular and peritoneal dialysis access, general, endocrine and renal surgical procedures as well as transplantation. Organ transplants constitute 25% of the units theatre activity. The unit undertakes approximately 350-400 vascular access procedures a year and 50 procedures related to peritoneal dialysis.
Around 300 patients are currently awaiting renal transplantation and approximately 120- 130 transplants are performed per annum. The unit has a thriving live donor programme that incorporates Total Reteroperitoneoscopic Live Donor nephrectomy (pioneers in UK) The unit actively participates in the national paired/pooled exchange Programme. The unit has all necessary approvals to start the Transplant Programme from Hep C Donors and envisage to perform from January2024 onwards. Transplant clinics are run jointly by participating surgeons and physicians and are attended by the nurse clinicians. Patients from North Wales are considered for shared care or transfer to the referring physicians.
There are 3.5 equivalent recipient coordinators managing the patients on the waiting list, and act as contact points with the regional dialysis network. There are two Living donor coordinators managing the direct and paired/pooled exchange programme. In-house tissue typing and cross matching are provided by the Department of Immunology on a 24-hour basis. All the surgical staff, in co-operation with the transplant co-coordinators, is expected to take part in the education program necessary to sustain and expand the supply of the organ donors from these hospitals.
The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is fully equipped for all routine and special investigations, including CT, MRI and nuclear imaging. The transplant unit also has an in-house colour Doppler scanner. There are on-line computer links to haematology, clinical chemistry and immunology. The Trust has two Da Vinci robots and is planning to purchase third in order to fulfil the increasing demand of Robotic surgery. The unit is looking to develop robotic transplant Programme and we welcome candidate who will have experience in minimal invasive surgery and will be interested in developing robotic-assisted surgery.
See attached job description for full details.
Person Specification
Attainments
Essential
- Recognised training in vascular surgery
Desirable
- Specific training in interventional radiology
Qualifications
Essential
- CST and on specialist register
Desirable
Research
Essential
- Publications, presentations of original clinical and/or laboratory research relating to vascular and endovascular surgery
Desirable
- External grant funding achieved through competitive application.
Disposition
Essential
- Able to work with team members of all grades within the NHS.
- Organisational skills in keeping with a Professorial position.
- Willingness to work flexibly towards the strategic aims of the Directorate and the organisation.
Person Specification
Attainments
Essential
- Recognised training in vascular surgery
Desirable
- Specific training in interventional radiology
Qualifications
Essential
- CST and on specialist register
Desirable
Research
Essential
- Publications, presentations of original clinical and/or laboratory research relating to vascular and endovascular surgery
Desirable
- External grant funding achieved through competitive application.
Disposition
Essential
- Able to work with team members of all grades within the NHS.
- Organisational skills in keeping with a Professorial position.
- Willingness to work flexibly towards the strategic aims of the Directorate and the organisation.
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
