Consultant in Hepatology

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Le Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust recherche un Consultant Hepatologist pour rejoindre son unité de foie, l'une des plus grandes au Royaume-Uni. Le poste implique de délivrer des soins de haute qualité et de contribuer à la formation, à la recherche, et à la gestion de services complexes liés aux maladies du foie. Une grande expérience clinique, une inscription au registre des spécialistes, ainsi qu'un engagement envers l'enseignement sont requis.

Qualifications

• Inscriptions au registre des spécialistes GMC.
• Participation à la formation des étudiants en médecine et des médecins en formation.
• Expérience dans les essais cliniques.

Responsibilities

• Fournir des soins aux patients avec des maladies du foie.
• Gérer le service de greffe de foie.
• Participer à la recherche et l'enseignement.

Skills

Clinical experience

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Education

MRCP (UK) or equivalent

Post CCT training in hepatology

Post-graduate degree (MD or PhD)

Job description

We are seeking to recruit a consultant hepatologist to fill this replacement post and help deliver the departments mission to provide a comprehensive high-quality service for patients with liver disease within the secondary, tertiary and supra-regional services currently offered. For candidates who are dually accredited in GIM and have the relevant clinical experience, there is an expectation that within the job plan are 1.19PA of DCC to General Internal Medicine. This will be delivering inpatient care to the general medical inpatients.

The Leeds Liver Unit, and within it the Department of Hepatology, provides one of the largest specialist hepatology services in the UK. The unit is commissioned to provide liver transplant services for a population of 11 million across the North of England, a tertiary service for complex hepatology including TIPSS and hepatocellular carcinoma, hosts operational delivery networks for Hepatitis C and Primary Biliary Cholangitis, and provides comprehensive secondary care hepatology services.

INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD: Thursday 14 August 2025

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant should possess MRCP (or equivalent) and should be included on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT at the time of interview, if currently within a training programme within the UK. In accordance with the consultant appointment regulations, all other categories of doctors must be on the Specialist Register.

Applicants should have established skills in Hepatology and Liver Transplantation. A strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and a research interest is desirable.

Consideration will be given to applicants who wish to work full or part time and those wishing to job share.

If shortlisted, you will be required to give a 10-minute presentation on:

Challenges and opportunities facing Leeds Liver Unit in provision of secondary, tertiary and quaternary services in the next five years

About us

clinical expertise and medical technology. We care for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds itself. The Trust has a budget of £1.1 billion. Our 20,000 staff ensure that every year we see and treat over 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 260,000 A& E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best for specialist and integrated care.

Our vision is based on The Leeds Way, which is a clear statement of who we are and what we believe, founded on values of working that were put forward by our own staff. Our values are to be:

Patient-centred

Fair

Collaborative

Accountable

Empowered

We believe that by being true to these values, we will consistently achieve and continuously improve our results in relation to our goals, which are to be:

1. The best for patient safety, quality and experience

2. The best place to work

3. A centre of excellence for specialist services, education, research and innovation

4. Hospitals that offer seamless, integrated care

5. Financially sustainable

Job description

Job responsibilities

In relation to this post the Leeds Liver Unit, and within it the Department of Hepatology, provides one of the largest specialist hepatology services in the UK. The unit is commissioned to provide liver transplant services for a population of 11 million across the North of England, a tertiary service for complex hepatology including TIPSS and hepatocellular carcinoma, hosts operational delivery networks for Hepatitis C and Primary Biliary Cholangitis, and provides comprehensive secondary care hepatology services. The Liver Unit ward has a mixed medical and surgical bed base and provides the inpatient transplant service amongst others. There is a 9 bedded ambulatory care unit. The Department of Hepatology provides inpatient services to the gastroenterology wards for acute admissions of patients with liver disease and runs an inpatient consultation service to the rest of the trust.

Additional surgical services are provided through the Department of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, and there is a comprehensive range of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy services including a dynamic and expanding ERCP and EUS service.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of general hepatology and transplant hepatology.
• Specifically, must demonstrate higher training in the management of acute liver failure.
• Evidence of continuous career progression consistent with personal circumstances.

Desirable

• Must be able to demonstrate clinical experience at therapeutic upper GI endoscopy

Training, Research, Teaching & Audit

Essential

• Should have completed a recognised training programme in Gastroenterology /Hepatology.
• Completion of advanced training post (or equivalent experience) in Hepatology.
• Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research.
• Contribution to research within previous posts.
• Experience of presentations at conferences.
• Evidence of participation in clinical trial programmes including experience in trial set up, recruitment and safety reporting.
• Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors.
• Experience of participation in regular clinical audit.

Desirable

• Post CCT training in hepatology.
• Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff.
• Evidence of GCP training.
• Post-graduate degree (MD or PhD)
• Publications in relevant peer reviewed journals.
• Previous attendance on Appraisal Techniques and Small Group Teaching Workshops.

Management, Interpersonal Skills & Other Requirements

Essential

• 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) CESR (or) international applicants should comply with the GMC specialty registration process. CESR applicants must be on the relevant Specialist Register at the time of application.

Desirable

• Attendance at recognised management course.

Qualifications

Essential

• MRCP (UK) or equivalent qualification.
• Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice.
• YOUR FULL GMC NUMBER MUST BE STATED IN YOUR APPLICATION FORM.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via:
• - CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview)
• - CESR (or)
• - European Community Rights

Desirable

• Relevant higher degree.

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