Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
Abdominal Medicine & Surgery
LOCUM CONSULTANT TRANSPLANT SURGEON
(Liver Transplant & Organ Retrieval)
This post is a locum post for a period of 6 months
1.BACKGROUND
This is a 10PA locum appointment for a Consultant Transplant Surgeon
special interests in Liver Transplant & Organ Retrieval.
The department covers Liver and Renal Transplantation for adult and paediatric patients and Specialist Hepatobiliary Surgery. Leeds is also a National Organ Retrieval Service Team working closely with NHSBT. There is also a General Surgery service within the Department covering a wide spectrum of benign condition. The Department is renowned for providing specialised training in Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery through a very competitive fellowship program that attracts both Senior National and International fellows. The Clinical Lead for the department is Mr D Vijayanand, Consultant Liver Transplant (Adult & Paediatric) and Hepatobiliary Surgeon.
2.OBJECTIVES OF THE POST
To support the delivery of Liver Transplantation, Organ Retrieval (NORS) and General Surgery services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and achieve and sustain performance against key national waiting time standards.
To contribute to the role of Leeds as a training centre for Transplant surgery
To improve the efficiency and productivity of the Transplant surgical service
To help sustain Leeds as a centre of excellence in specialist care.
To provide support and clinical expertise to the teams based in referring centres
To maintain and develop clinical research in Transplant surgery
To contribute to and improve the quality of Undergraduate and Postgraduate training in Liver transplant and Organ retrievals
To improve the quality of care and increase the scope for innovation
To participate in a 1:8 Liver Transplant Consultant on-call rota to provide in-hours and out-of-hours transplant and organ retrieval services.
THE LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centered
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.
WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition.
In relation to this post, the Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant surgery team consists of 8 full time consultants who deliver services across Yorkshire and the North-West region. The service currently delivers:
-Around 150 Adult & Paediatric Liver Transplantation with scope to do 175 transplants a year
-Around 200 Organ Retrievals
-Over 300 Liver Resections
-Active Live Donor Liver Transplant Program for Adult & Paediatric recipients within NHS
3.REQUIREMENTS OF THE POST
3.1General Training and Qualifications
The appointee must hold accreditation in HBP and transplant in the one the UK Royal College or equivalent, and have completed higher specialist training (or equivalent) if currently in a training programme within the UK.
Applicants must be on the Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the Register for trainees if currently in a training programme within the UK, or have references which have been authorised by the Deputy Medical Director and Clinical Director.
Applicants must provide information regarding their status from the GMC and/or relevant Royal College at the time of application, in order for their application to be progressed further.
3.2Experience
The appointee must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of transplant and appropriate experience in Liver Transplant and Organ Retrieval. And in particular Liver Splitting and use of machine technologies in organ preservation and assessment . It is desirable that the candidates have experience in the conduct of clinical trials.
3.3 Person specification
See person specification document.
3.4Clinical Audit
The appointee will be expected to contribute and, where appropriate, take the lead in the following:
Mortality and morbidity meetings;
Clinical audit programmes;
Development and application of agreed clinical guidelines.
This is to be included in allocated time in the individuals job plan as a supporting programmed activity. It would be expected that the time allocated for this would include attendance at the relevant departmental audit meeting(s) and that such attendance would be recorded (in accordance with the Trusts clinical audit policy).
In the discharge of these responsibilities the candidate will be expected to maintain and update his/her skills and knowledge through appropriate continuing medical education.
4.TEACHING
The Trust as a teaching hospital recognises the importance of links with the University of Leeds, School of Medicine for the undergraduate teaching and all Consultant and medical staff are required to provide an appropriate contribution to the undergraduate teaching programme.
The post-holder will be required to participate in the undergraduate teaching programme for the school of Medicine, University of Leeds, which is organised on a speciality or clinical area basis.
The post-holder will be required to collaborate with clinical colleagues to deliver appropriate undergraduate teaching in accordance with the Trust contract with the NHS Executive in association with the University of Leeds.
The appointee will be expected, with colleagues to also contribute to the teaching of postgraduates, including the teaching programme for SpRs in the Local Education and Training Board.
JOB PLAN AND WORKING ARRANGEMENTS
The job plan review will take place annually, normally with the Clinical Director or Lead Clinician for Transplant & Hepatobiliary unit. The annual job plan review may result in a revised job plan. There may be an interim review of the job plan where duties, responsibilities, accountability arrangements or objectives have changed or need to change significantly within the area.
5.1Proposed Job Plan
The post consists of 10 PAs with 8.5 PAs of direct clinical care (DCC) and1.5 PAs of supporting professional activity (SPA).
1. Job content (timetable of weekly PA activity)
DayTimeLocationDescription of activityCategorisation
DCC/SPA/AR/EDNo of PAs
Monday08:00-
10:00SJUHLiver Transplant MDTDCC0.5
10:00-12:00SJUHSupervision / Educational meeting / TeachingSPA0.5
16:00-17:00SJUHTransplant offers / Consultant meetingDCC0.25
Total1.25
Tuesday09:00-13:00SJUHEarly Post Liver Transplant Surgery Clinic (1:4)DCC0.25
09:00-13:00SJUHAdmin & Ward round (3:4)DCC0.75
13:00-17:00SJUHAudit / AppraisalSPA1
Total2
Wednesday08:00-09:00SJUHLiver X-ray meetingDCC0.25
09:00-13:00SJUHGeneral Surgery ClinicDCC1
13:00- 17:00SJUHLiver Transplant assessment Clinic (1:8)DCC0.125
Total1.375
Thursday08:00-09:00SJUHLive donor Liver MDT (1:2)DCC0.125
09:00-17:00SJUHOperating Theatre ( 1:2 Flexible Sessions)DCC1
09:00 - 13:00SJUHGeneral Surgery Clinic (1:2) FlexibleDCC0.5
Total 1.625
Friday08:00-18:00SJUHLiver Transplant Day / Retrieval cover (1:2)DCC1.25
Total1.25
Saturday
Sunday
Additional activity -
Predictable and Unpredictable Emergency On-Call WorkAdult (1:8) transplant on callDirect Clinical Care2.5
TOTAL PAS10
Programmed ActivityNumber
Direct clinical care (including unpredictable on-call)8.5
Supporting professional activities1.5
Other NHS responsibilities
External Duties
TOTAL PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES 10
Direct Clinical Care (DCC), Supporting Professional Activities (SPA), External duties (ED) or Additional NHS responsibilities (AR)
Please note that this is an indicative job plan. The exact details of the timetable will be negotiated with the successful candidate.
On-call availability supplement
Agreed on-call rota e.g. 1 in 5:
Agreed category (delete):
On-call supplement e.g. 5%:
5.2Accountability
The post-holder is managerially accountable for the use of resources to the Chief Executive and professionally accountable to the Chief Medical Officer through Clinical Directors. This may be amended in the light of the Trusts management arrangements.
5.3Standards of Conduct and Behaviour
He/she will be required to work to the standards set out by the General Medical Council in Good Medical Practice. This includes protecting patients when you believe that a doctors or other colleagues conduct, performance or health is a threat to them.
If, after establishing the facts, it is necessary, you must follow the Trusts procedures in this matter and inform your Clinical Director or Medical Director in the first instance.
Your general conduct at work should comply with the standards set out in the Trusts document on Appraisal, in particular the section on Core Behaviours.
For Detail Please see attached Job Description
