Consultant Anaesthetist – Liver Transplantation/ HPB Surgery

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Consultant Anaesthetist with a specialist role in liver and pancreas transplantation and major hepatobiliary surgery at Freeman Hospital.

The post involves pre-operative assessment, intra-operative anaesthetic management, post-operative care, and a role in the on-call liver transplant anaesthesia rota; with opportunities to contribute to teaching, audit, and governance within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Primary Medical Qualification.
• Full GMC Registration.
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
• Higher Degree.
• Special skills training in the specialty.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist perioperative care including pre-operative assessment, intra-operative anaesthetic management and post-operative care to patients undergoing liver and pancreas transplantation, major hepatobiliary surgery and other complex operative procedures.
• Participate in the consultant liver transplant anaesthetic on-call rota and provide senior anaesthetic expertise for urgent and out-of-hours liver and pancreas transplantation.
• Balance liver transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery and other anaesthetic activity as agreed through the consultant job-planning process.
• Contribute to the wider work of the Perioperative and Critical Care Directorate.

Skills

Liver transplant anaesthesia

Complex hepatobiliary surgery

Clinical governance

Leadership

Education

Primary Medical Qualification

Full GMC Registration

Specialist Register (within 6 months)

Higher Degree

Special skills training in the specialty

Job description

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Anaesthetist - Liver Transplantation/ HPB Surgery

The closing date is 11 November 2026

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated and ambitious Consultant Anaesthetist to join our well-integrated Perioperative and Critical Care team at Freeman Hospital, with a specialist role in liver and pancreas transplantation and major hepatobiliary surgery.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist perioperative care including pre-operative assessment, intra-operative anaesthetic management and post-operative care to patients undergoing liver and pancreas transplantation, major hepatobiliary surgery and other complex operative procedures.

The successful applicant will become a member of the consultant anaesthetic team supporting the liver transplant programme and will participate in the consultant liver transplant anaesthetic on-call rota, providing senior anaesthetic expertise for urgent and out-of-hours liver and pancreas transplantation.

The post holder will contribute to the wider work of the Perioperative and Critical Care Directorate. The precise balance of liver transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery and other anaesthetic activity will be agreed through the consultant job-planning process.

About us

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: John Davidson, Clinical Director on 0191 244 8972, or via email at [e-mail].

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will join the consultant anaesthetic team supporting the Freeman Hospital liver and pancreas transplant programme and will participate in the dedicated consultant liver transplant anaesthetic on-call rota.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a highly specialised multidisciplinary service caring for some of the most complex perioperative patients. The successful candidate will have substantial experience in the anaesthetic management of major complex surgery and specific experience relevant to liver transplantation. They will provide specialist care throughout the transplant pathway, including pre-operative assessment and optimisation, complex intra-operative anaesthetic management, and transfer and handover to critical care.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

• Primary Medical Qualification.
• Full GMC Registration.
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
• Higher Degree.
• Special skills training in the specialty.

Clinical Experience

• Demonstrable experience in anaesthesia for liver and pancreatic transplantation and complex hepatobiliary surgery sufficient to undertake independent consultant practice following appropriate local induction and credentialing.
• Evidence of a substantial commitment to the abdominal transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery.
• Recent completion of SIA/fellowship or advanced training unit in abdominal transplant and hepatobiliary anaesthesia.
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within liver and pancreatic transplantation.
• Demonstrable ability to work effectively with surgical, hepatology, critical care, theatre, transfusion and wider multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
• Experience managing a broad range of complex liver transplant recipients.
• Experience of complex hepatobiliary surgery.
• Experience contributing to transplant multidisciplinary meetings
• Experience contributing to transplant governance or programme development.

Management and Administration Experience

• Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
• Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
• An understanding of Clinical Governance.
• Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
• Evidence of leadership / project management.
• Evidence of having implemented change.
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.

Teaching

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
• Experience delivering liver transplant, major surgery or multidisciplinary simulation training.

Research

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
• Research/critical review of literature.
• Research relating to transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery, haemostasis, advanced vascular access, perioperative medicine or major surgery.
• Publications in the last five years.

Audit

• Evidence of participation in audit.
• Quality‑improvement activity relevant to transplantation or major perioperative care.
• Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
• Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.

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.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust