Consultant in Organ Retrieval and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Required to fill this replacement postwithin the Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgery Department at St JamessUniversity Hospital.
The Liver transplant programme in Leedsis well established and is the third-largest liver transplant unit in the country.Leeds is leading nationally in Living Donor Liver Transplantation. Annually,the unit performs 130-140 adult and 20-25 paediatric liver transplants. TheTransplant & Hepatobiliary unit in Leeds delivers over 1000 majorprocedures annually.
The successful applicant should possessFRCS (or equivalent) and should be included on the Specialist Register orwithin 6 months of CCT at the time of interview, if currently within a trainingprogramme within the UK. Inaccordance with the consultant appointment regulations, all other categories ofdoctors must be on the Specialist Register.
INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD: Tuesday 28 April2026
Main duties of the job
Applicants shouldhave established skills in Organ Retrieval and Hepatobiliary Surgery.Experience in Machine perfusion and NRP is highly desirable. There is aHepatobiliary surgery component to this job which will involve dealing withliver and biliary pathology along with other aspects of general surgery. LeedsTeaching Hospitals currently provides cover for Organ retrieval for 39 weeksannually. A strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and aresearch interest is desirable.
Consideration will be given to applicantswho wish to work full or part time and those wishing to job share.
If shortlisted, you will be required togive a 10-minute presentation on:
Minimally invasivehepatobiliary surgery and its cost effectiveness
About us
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest teachinghospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertise andmedical technology. We care for people from all over the country as well as the780,000 residents of Leeds itself. The Trust operates with a budget of £1.1billion. Our 20,000 staff ensure that each year we see and treatover 1,500,000 people across our 2,000 beds or outpatient settings, including100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 260,000 A&E visits, and 1,050,000outpatient appointments. We run from 7 hospitals across 5 sites, all connectedby a unified vision, philosophy, and culture to deliver the best specialist andintegrated care.
Our vision is based onThe Leeds Way, which is a clear statement of who we are and what we believe, foundedon values of working that were put forward by our own staff. Our values are to be:
Accountable
Empowered
We believe that by beingtrue to these values, we will consistently achieve and continuously improve ourresults in relation to our goals, which are to be:
1. Thebest for patient safety, quality and experience
2. Thebest place to work
3. Acentre of excellence for specialist services, education, research andinnovation
4. Hospitalsthat offer seamless, integrated care
5. Financiallysustainable
Job responsibilities
Regarding this post, the Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant surgery team comprises eight full-time consultants who provide services throughout Yorkshire and the North-West region. The service currently offers:
* Approximately 150 (adult and paediatric) liver transplants are performed annually.
* Around 170 Organ Retrievals
* Over 250 Liver Resections
* Active Live Donor Liver Transplant Program for Adult & Paediatric Recipients within the NHS
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE POST
* To support the delivery of Hepatobiliary, Organ Retrieval (NORS) and General Surgery services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and achieve and sustain performance against key national waiting time standards.
* To act as an ambassador for the Leeds NORS service and contribute to the role of Leeds as a training centre for Retrieval and Transplant Surgery.
* To broaden the minimally invasive approach in liver resection procedures (Robotic Liver Surgery).
To participate in and lead clinical audits on Hepatobiliary and Organ Retrieval, and to help drive quality improvement, efficiency, and productivity initiatives within the department.
To work alongside the Clinical Lead in delivering robust governance frameworks in line with commissioning and internal processes.
* To participate in a 1:5 Consultant Retrieval on-call rota to provide in-hours and out-of-hours organ retrieval services and Machine perfusion.
* To be adaptable to service requirements, provide clinical expertise to the teams based in referring centres and maintain Leeds as a centre of excellence in specialist care.
To sustain and advance clinical research in organ procurement, preservation, and hepatobiliary surgery, while fostering innovation.
* To support Leeds' role as a training centre for Hepatobiliary surgery and organ procurement.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice.
* YOUR GMC NUMBER MUST BE CLEARLY STATED IN YOUR APPLICATION.
* Eligibility to work in the UK.
* Is up to date and fit to practise safely.
Experience
* Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in Hepatobiliary, Organ Retrieval and General Surgery.
* Specifically, must demonstrate higher level of clinical experience and competence in Hepatobiliary, and Organ Retrieval.
* Evidence of continuous career progression consistent with personal circumstances.
* Experience in Minimally invasive HB surgery, Machine technologies and NRP.
Management, Interpersonal Skills & Other Criteria
* Understanding of current issues in the NHS.
* *Well organised and skilled in good time management.
* *Effective interpersonal skills.
* *Demonstrate ability to relate to and work within a team.
* -Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice.
* -Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via:
* -CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview). Portfolio Pathway (or) international applicants should comply with the GMC specialty registration process. Portfolio Pathway applicants must be on the relevant Specialist Register at the time of application.
* Attendance at recognised management course.
Training, Research, Teaching & Audit
* Should have completed a recognised training programme in General Surgery and have evidence of subspecialist training in Hepatobiliary and Organ Retrieval.
* Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research.
* Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors.
* Experience of participation in regular clinical audit.
* Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff.
* Previous attendance on Appraisal Techniques and Small Group Teaching Workshops.
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.
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