Locum Consultant, Liver Surgery

Job summary

Locum Consultant Liver Transplant, NORS Retrieval and Machine Perfusion Surgeon

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join one of the UK's leading Liver Transplant and Organ Retrieval programmes as a Locum Consultant NORS Retrieval, Machine Perfusion, ARC and Liver Transplant Surgeon.

The Royal Free Hospital is a nationally recognised centre for liver transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery and organ retrieval, having performed more than 2,500 adult liver transplants and currently undertaking over 120 liver transplants each year. The successful candidate will join a highly respected multidisciplinary team at the forefront of innovation in transplantation and organ preservation.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated surgeon with expertise in liver transplantation, organ retrieval and machine perfusion technologies. The successful candidate will have the skills and ambition to contribute to a service that aims to be a national leader in transplantation, retrieval, innovation and patient outcomes.

This is a rare opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking service at the forefront of transplantation, retrieval surgery and machine perfusion innovation in the UK. Whether your interests lie in clinical excellence, research, education or service development, the Royal Free offers an outstanding environment in which to develop your career and make a significant contribution to the future of transplantation.

Main duties of the job

This post offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the continued expansion of the Royal Free's Liver Transplant, NORS Retrieval, Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP) and Machine Perfusion programmes.

The successful candidate will:

• Participate as a lead surgeon within the National Organ Retrieval Service (NORS).
• Support the expansion of Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP) activity.
• Contribute to the development of the Liver Assessment and Recovery Centre (ARC).
• Participate in liver transplantation, patient assessment, listing and peri-operative care.
• Support machine perfusion technologies including Normothermic Machine Perfusion (NMP) and Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion (HOPE).
• Contribute to education, training, clinical governance and quality improvement initiatives.

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 army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

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

Therapy Services has a high profile within the Trust, being firmly committed to quality improvement, audit, service evaluation and improvement. We undertake yearly presentations of our achievements for the year; undertaking PDSA and QI projects to ensure we are delivering the most effective, safe and high quality service.

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the Job description for a detailed overview and job plan including indicative timetable

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
• Accreditation by the Royal College of Surgeons or be within six months of obtaining CCT (or equivalent) at time of interview
• Eligible for GMC registration and entry onto the GMC Specialist Register for General Surgery
• Post holder needs to be an independent multiorgan retrieval surgeon

Desirable

• Post-graduate medical degree e.g. MD/PhD

Experience / Knowledge

Essential

• Wide clinical experience in Multiorgan Retrieval
• 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 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, decision - making 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 peer reviewed 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

Others

Essential

• Member of Medical Defence organisation
• The highest ethical and professional standards in research, education and clinical practice