Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff
Main area HPB Grade Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10.5 sessions per week (Scope for extra PAs on appointment) Job ref 164-7033257
Site Queens Medical Centre (QMC) Town Nottingham Salary £105,504 - £139,882 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 07/05/2025 23:59
Job overview
Full-time substantive Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary (HPB) and General Surgeon for Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust. The post holder will work alongside the other HPB and General Surgeons and be responsible to the Heads of Service for HPB, and the Divisional Director for Surgery.
The successful candidate will be expected to have passed the Intercollegiate exam in General Surgery (or equivalent) and have been awarded their CCT at the time of the start date, and to have undertaken appropriate HPB and advanced laparoscopic training.
Main duties of the job
This post is to support provision of HPB and General Surgery at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) and across the network, including support of outreach services. The post holder will join an established team of nine other HPB consultants within the HPB unit at NUH QMC Campus. The post holder will be expected to participate in the Emergency General Surgery rota at QMC to provide out-of-hours emergency cover, in conjunction with the other General/Specialty Surgeons.
Working for our organisation
The HPB Surgical Unit at NUH manages patients with benign and malignant hepatobiliary and pancreatic conditions for Nottingham and surrounding areas. This is performed within a framework of a multi-disciplinary team where all individuals are encouraged to contribute effectively towards patients care. In addition to maintaining these high standards, there is a commitment towards research and the unit has an international reputation in this respect.
The unit provides specialist tertiary referral HPB services to a population of 2.5 million patients in Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and East Staffordshire, as well as a local service for biliary surgery. The major surgical caseload included approximately 150 liver resections and 90 pancreatic resections per year and a continued increase in major cancer and benign resectional workload is anticipated. The unit has three MDT meetings per week and a departmental planning meeting weekly. We support major resectional work with other specialities including Gynaecology, Urology and Sarcoma.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For detailed description of the role and main responsibilities please refer to the Job Description document.
This service provided by the HPB unit are provided across both campuses, but your primary base is Queen’s Medical centre Campus. The unit provides outreach services on site at the major acute Trusts in the region.
Person specification
Professional
* Full GMC registration with a current licence to practice
* CCT awarded by the potential start date
* Intercollegiate exam in General Surgery or equivalent
* Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register
* Completion of an HPB fellowship in resection and/or liver transplant
Qualifications
* Evidenced technical skills as described in the job description: extensive experience in HPB surgery, liver and pancreatic resections. including a post-CCT, laparoscopic and general surgery
* Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals
* Independent in laparoscopic biliary surgery
* Higher degree (MD, PhD or similar)
* Peer reviewed publications and presentations
Skills
* Able to develop (and evidence of), present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery
* Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
* Able to teach and support junior staff effectively
* Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit
* Exposure to major complex HPB resection with vascular operating techniques
Please note that this post does not attract relocation expenses.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
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Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
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Consent:
* Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post.
* Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay).
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Mr Glen Irving Job title Head of Service/Consultant HPB and General Surgeon Email address glen.irving2@nhs.net Additional information
Joint Head of Service is Mr Alex Navarro - alex.navarro@nhs.net
Service General Manager is Grace Constantinou - grace.constantinou2@nhs.net
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