Senior Clinical Fellow in Hepatobiliary

The Department of Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals is offering an exciting opportunity to appoint Senior Clinical fellowin the department.

Thereare 11 Consultants working in the Department of Transplantation &Hepatobiliary Surgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and there are more than 1000major procedures performed annually.

Thepost offers an excellent opportunity in higher surgical training in Liver Transplantation, Hepatobiliary surgery and Organ Retrieval.

The successful candidate will be part of the out of hours rota for Organ retrievaland will cover Transplantation & Hepatobiliary surgery or General Surgeryemergencies. The candidate will also be expected to cover elective and emergency in-patient and day case surgery, general, Transplant and Hepatobiliary specialist out-patient clinics and regular ward work.

Previous experience in Organ Retrieval, Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery ishighly desirable and evidence of this should be submitted in the application form.

The Senior Fellow post is offered on a 12 months fixed term contract.

For enquiries please contact Mr D Vijayanand Consultant Surgeon and Clinical Lead Lead , Shahid Farid Consultant -

DUTIESOF THE POST

Duties will include:

Pre-admissionsclinics

Operatingtheatre and outpatients

Post-operativeintensive care and ward management

Discussionswith relatives

Initiation/changeof treatment

LEVELSOF RESPONSIBILITY

The successful candidate will be part of the out of hours rota for Organ retrieval and will cover Liver Transplantation & Hepatobiliarysurgery. The candidate will also be expected to cover elective and emergencyin-patient and day case surgery, general, Transplant and Hepatobiliaryspecialist out-patient clinics and regular ward work.

Previous experience in Organ Retrieval,Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery is highly desirable and evidence ofthis should be submitted in the application form.

THELEEDS WAY VALUES

Ourvalues are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staffand set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Accountable

Empowered

Allour actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

Additionally,the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

Thebeliefs and attitudes that underpin effective performance within the jobrole. Emphasis should be on the requirements of the role not the individual when completing this section. Examples might include: quality focus,mistakes are used as a continual learning experience, honesty, integrity etc.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our processof redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. Assuch, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the rightto close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact ifyou have any questions.

Duties will include:

Pre-admissionsclinics

Operatingtheatre and outpatients

Post-operativeintensive care

Discussionswith relatives

Initiation/changeof treatment

• Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practise from, the GMC at intended start date
• Eligibility to work in the UK.
• Advanced Life Support Certificate from the Resuscitation Council UK or equivalent (as required to complete Foundation competences) by intended start date
• Is up to date and fit to practise safely and is aware of own training needs.
• All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
• Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication & capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation
• Able to build rapport, listen, persuade & negotiate

• Evidence of achievement of CT/ST1competencies in medicine or Surgery (as defined by the curricula relating to Core Medical training or Core Surgical Training)
• Ability to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems. Ability to prioritise clinical need Ability to maximise safety and minimise risk
• Recognition of, and ability to undertake the initial management of, an acutely ill patient
• Ability to provide complete details of employment history
• Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances
• Evidence that present achievement and performance is commensurate with totality of their period of training
• Able to work in multi-professional teams & supervise junior medical staff
• Ability to show leadership, make decisions, organise and motivate other team members for the benefit of patients through, for example, audit and quality improvement Projects
• Capacity to work effectively with…