Job summary
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Main duties of the job
The appointee will be a substantive NORS Retrieval, Liver Transplant and HPB Surgeon on a 10 PA contract as part of the growing Royal Free London Hospital (RFL) NORS Retrieval and Liver Transplant as well as HPB Service, joining the other NORS retrieval and HPB surgeons. The post is essential for delivering continuity of a patient focused service and critical to its continuing expansion.
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated teams of staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests each year.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.
For more information please follow linkhttps://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- Possession of MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons or equivalent
- Eligible for GMC registration and entry onto the GMC Specialist Register for General Surgery
- Post holder needs to be an approved multi-organ retrieval surgeon
Desirable
- Post-graduate medical degree e.g. MD/PhD
Experience / Knowledge
Essential
- Wide clinical experience in Multiorgan Retrieval, HPB
- Experience in Normothermic Organ perfusion
- Clinical audit experience
- Knowledge of the Clinical Governance framework of the NHS (including Research governance) and understanding of current changes in the organisation and management structures of the NHS. Ability to act within these parameters
- Awareness and understanding of health, safety and security issues for self and others
Desirable
- Wide clinical experience in Liver Transplant
- Extended interest in liver transplantation
- Experience in Normothermic Reginonal perfusion
- Experience of and an interest in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
- Knowledge and understanding of the principles of resource and budgetary management within the NHS
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- The ability to work as a member of a collaborative group
- The authority, decisionmaking skills needed to lead a multi-disciplinary team in a complex environment
- The ability to promote teamwork and motivate colleagues
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload, to delegate responsibility as appropriate and to supervise doctors in training and other staff
- Willingness to be personally accountable for actions
- Ability and commitment to teach in a clinical setting
- Excellent communication skills/verbal and written. Good command of written and spoken English
- Ability to relate to patients from a wide range of backgrounds and to empathies with their concerns and needs
- Willingness and skills to recognize and challenge unacceptable behaviour and if necessary escalate
- Proven ability to translate research activities into a clinical and organisational context
- Proven ability and commitment to carry out high quality research in the field, leading to publication in peerreviewed journals
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential
- Committed to personal development and learning on the job
- Commitment to high standards of ethics, personal integrity and probity
- Motivated to do an excellent job to best of ability
- Member of Medical Defence organisation
- The highest ethical and professional standards in research, education and clinical practice
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- Possession of MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons or equivalent
- Eligible for GMC registration and entry onto the GMC Specialist Register for General Surgery
- Post holder needs to be an approved multi-organ retrieval surgeon
Desirable
- Post-graduate medical degree e.g. MD/PhD
Experience / Knowledge
Essential
- Wide clinical experience in Multiorgan Retrieval, HPB
- Experience in Normothermic Organ perfusion
- Clinical audit experience
- Knowledge of the Clinical Governance framework of the NHS (including Research governance) and understanding of current changes in the organisation and management structures of the NHS. Ability to act within these parameters
- Awareness and understanding of health, safety and security issues for self and others
Desirable
- Wide clinical experience in Liver Transplant
- Extended interest in liver transplantation
- Experience in Normothermic Reginonal perfusion
- Experience of and an interest in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
- Knowledge and understanding of the principles of resource and budgetary management within the NHS
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- The ability to work as a member of a collaborative group
- The authority, decisionmaking skills needed to lead a multi-disciplinary team in a complex environment
- The ability to promote teamwork and motivate colleagues
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload, to delegate responsibility as appropriate and to supervise doctors in training and other staff
- Willingness to be personally accountable for actions
- Ability and commitment to teach in a clinical setting
- Excellent communication skills/verbal and written. Good command of written and spoken English
- Ability to relate to patients from a wide range of backgrounds and to empathies with their concerns and needs
- Willingness and skills to recognize and challenge unacceptable behaviour and if necessary escalate
- Proven ability to translate research activities into a clinical and organisational context
- Proven ability and commitment to carry out high quality research in the field, leading to publication in peerreviewed journals
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential
- Committed to personal development and learning on the job
- Commitment to high standards of ethics, personal integrity and probity
- Motivated to do an excellent job to best of ability
- Member of Medical Defence organisation
- The highest ethical and professional standards in research, education and clinical practice
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
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).
