Job summary

The successful candidate will be fully involved in the hepatobiliary surgical services and will participate as a leading member of the multidisciplinary team for the assessment, management and follow up of patients with liver, biliary and pancreatic diseases. The appointed candidate will be expected to perform advanced liver, biliary and pancreatic surgery and have skills in including laparoscopic techniques. The appointee is expected to take part in multiorgan retrievals.

The successful candidate will be expected to participate in a 1:6 on-call rota to provide cover for HPB surgery and also participate in the liver transplant retrieval rota. On call activity includes HPB lists, ward rounds and outreach HPB emergency service.

The main scheduled department activities are listed below and the appointee's job plan will include these as part as part of a 12 PA job plan. The successful candidate will be involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and will be encouraged to participate in clinical research.

On the first Wednesday of each month there is a Liver Transplant audit; on the third Wednesday of each month there is a HPB surgical audit; on other Wednesdays there is a general surgical audit/journal club/complex surgical case meeting.

Secretarial Support

Secretarial support will be available together with office space.

Main duties of the job

The post is based at the Liver Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

Managerial responsibility will be to the Clinical Lead for Liver Services who is responsible to the Divisional Director, Medical Director and Chief Executive.

Physical

*To engage in the manual handling of patients according to the requirements of the medical care being delivered.

*To engage in the physical manipulation of equipment required to support the delivery of Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery care

Mental

*To deliver regular periods of concentration related to patient welfare, e.g. reading medical letters, diagnostic results and analysing symptom data to provide accurate diagnosis; providing surgical intervention which may be several hours long.

Emotional

*To be available on call to manage frequently changing situations this may involve emotional or distressing situations.

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.