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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Anaesthetist in Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant

West Midlands On-site 10+ yrs exp Hospitals and Health Care 5,526 employees£114k – £151k / year
AnaesthesiaHepatobiliary SurgeryLiver Transplant SurgeryPre-operative AssessmentPeri-operative Management

Requirements

Candidates must have GMC registration and inclusion on the Specialist Register or be eligible for inclusion within 6 months. A Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA) or equivalent is also required.

Job Description

Job Summary

University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) is one of England 's largest teaching trusts, employing around 22,000 staff. It serves over 2.2 million patients annually across four hospitals-Good Hope, Heartlands, Queen Elizabeth, and Solihull-as well as various clinics and community services. UHB is committed to delivering excellent patient care and staff wellbeing, guided by its core values: Kindness, Connectedness, and Boldness.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is seeking a Consultant Anaesthetist to join its progressive anaesthesia department. Our surgical specialties, include complex areas like neurosurgery, cardiothoracics, hepatobiliary surgery, and Europe 's largest solid organ transplant program.

Applications are invited for a Consultant Anaesthetist specialising in the provision of anaesthesia for Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant surgery. The successful applicant will join 16 other Consultant Anaesthetists working within the Liver Unit at QEHB. Candidates with a proven interest and significant experience in the management of anaesthesia for Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant surgery are invited to apply.

Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required

The core component of which is to provide anaesthetic cover for HPB and Liver Transplant surgery at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, both in normal working hours and on call.Additionally post holders will contribute to anaesthetic cover for a range of surgical specialty lists.

This Post Will Be Part Of a Team Of Consultants That Work Flexibly Across The Full Range Of Anaesthesia Services To The Liver Unit

  • Pre-operative assessment of patients for complex hepatobiliary surgery, predominantly for cancer of the liver or pancreas.
  • Pre-operative assessment of patients for liver transplantation
  • Peri-operative management of hepatobiliary and transplant patients, including near patient coagulation monitoring, inotropic and in theatre renal support, management of massive haemorrhage and use of invasive monitoring.
  • Attendance at HPB and Liver Transplant audit and governance meetings
  • On call for liver transplantation/HPB emergencies, rota 1/7 with some flexibility.

The appointee will be expected to participate in all aspects of clinical governance as developed by the Trust to monitor, maintain and develop the quality and effectiveness of care.

About Us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job Description

The successful applicant will join a team of 16 consultants in providing Liver anaesthesia on-site at QEH. The core component of which is to provide anaesthetic cover for HPB and Liver Transplant surgery at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, both in normal working hours and on call. Additionally post holders will contribute to anaesthetic cover for a range of surgical specialty lists.

The post holder must understand the significant ongoing changes in the Trust 's services and be prepared to take an active part in the change program.

We have included a suggested job plan in Appendix 1, but the successful candidate will be invited to discuss these options with the Specialty and Departmental CSLs on appointment.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GMC Registration
  • Inclusion on Specialist Registrar or, if in training eligible for inclusion on the Register within 6 months
  • FRCA or equivalent GMC Specialist Registration

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

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.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For Help With Your Application, Contact

Rob Moss

anaesthesiacsl@uhb.nhs.uk

Pay scheme

Hospital Medical and Dental

Band

Consultant

Salary

£113565.00 to £150569.00 Yearly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-Time

Reference number

304-KDA-1100797

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Attachments

Job Description

UHB Consultant Anaesthetist Liver- HPB 26.pdf – 1069KB Opens in a new window

Education

Postgraduate Degree

Skills

AnaesthesiaHepatobiliary SurgeryLiver Transplant SurgeryPre-operative AssessmentPeri-operative ManagementCoagulation MonitoringInotropic SupportRenal SupportMassive Haemorrhage ManagementInvasive MonitoringClinical GovernanceAudit ParticipationEmergency ResponseTeam CollaborationPatient CareChange Management

About University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We are a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. We also have expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. We provide a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK. We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. As a result of its clinical expertise in treating trauma patients and military casualties, the QEHB has been designated both a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK’s only £20m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC). We have over 24,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing. UHB is a Stonewall Diversity Champion and aims to achieve positive change for LGBTQ+ people by creating an inclusive, inspiring and equal environment for both staff and service users.

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