Consultant Hepatobiliary & Transplant Surgery
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham, B4 6NH
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 October 2026
27 days left
Job description
This is a new consultant post in paediatric hepatobiliary and transplant surgery, created to provide continuity of highly specialised hepatobiliary su...
The successful candidate will be undertaking paediatric Liver, Bowel, Renal and Multi-visceral transplants and related activities. In addition, they will also undertake paediatric HPB surgery. This is a strategic succession post and the postholder will be expected to develop their skills under the supervision of senior colleagues. The successful candidate will be expected to be an active member of the Liver Unit and Renal Transplant MDT discussions.
. The clinical duties will be as follows:
- On-call for all pre-and post-transplant related work.
- Evaluation and management of patients re-admitted for surgical complications.
- Daily ward round, evaluation of patients and making the management plans.
- Attendance at multi-disciplinary team meetings (Histology, Radiology, - - Transplant, MDT ward rounds).
- Participation in elective surgical lists.
- Conducting the post-transplant clinic.
- Undertake additional renal transplant training to achieve autonomous practice (dependent on the postholders skills).
- Participate in the development of Normothermic Regional Perfusion organ procurement, application of new graft ex-vivo perfusion techniques and the living donor programmes, in conjunction with UHB colleagues.
- Participate in the on-call rotas for the Liver Unit including cross-cover to allow colleagues leave.
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Qualifications
Essential
- GMC Registration
- FRCS or equivalent by examination
- Eligible for inclusion on Specialist Register as Paediatric Surgeon. Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (The proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) b)Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) by the time of interview, you may apply if your CESR application has been submitted and you will be on Specialist Register by the interview date, if this is not done by the date of interview you won't meet the essential criteria and therefore can't be interviewed for the substantive role
Desirable
- Eligible for inclusion on Specialist Register as Adult transplant/hepatobiliary surgeon
- APLS, ATLS or equivalent
KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience in Paediatric transplant surgery, including liver splitting & reduction and multi-organ retrieval and management of complications
- Experience in Small Bowel Transplantation
- Experience in Paediatric hepatobiliary surgery
- Experience in research, publications and audit
- Experience in Renal transplantation
Desirable
- Experience of normothermic regional perfusion procurement
ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS
Essential
- Ability to interpret outcome and activity data and impact on service delivery
- Ability to conduct audits and support quality improvement programmes
PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Should be competent in basic computer skills and experience with using clinical IT systems
Desirable
- Valid Good Clinical Practice certificate in clinical research (Paediatric)
- Experience and/or formal qualification in training and educational supervision
- Experience in change management
PERSONAL SKILLS / ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES
Essential
- Good communication skills, verbal and written
- Good management and interpersonal skills
- Good team player
- Experience working in a multidisciplinary team
- Highly motivated in service development and quality improvement
- Commitment to continuing professional development
- Child Protection Training
- Ability to work under pressure
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First seen
3 September 2026
Last checked
4 September 2026
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