Specialty Doctor in Organ Retrieval & Transplantation (MC75) - Renal - Manchester University NH[...]

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

The Renal Transplant unit at Manchester Royal Infirmary seeks a Specialty Doctor in Organ Retrieval & Transplantation. This role involves leadership in a busy national organ retrieval service, ensuring high standards of practice while contributing to training junior staff. This position offers the potential for involvement in innovative transplant procedures within England's largest NHS Trust.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years' experience in a transplant unit.
• Experience in organ implantation and multi-organ retrieval.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior leadership for retrieval teams.
• Ensure safe and high-quality organ retrieval according to national standards.
• Participate actively in training of junior surgeons.

Skills

Clinical skills

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Medical Degree

MRCS or equivalent

Full registration with the General Medical Council

Job description

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Specialty Doctor in Organ Retrieval & Transplantation

MC75

Main area Renal Grade MC75 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (10 PA job plan) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 349-MRI-7187674-RL4

Site Manchester Royal Infirmary Town Manchester Salary £59,175 - £95,400 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 11/06/2025 23:59

Job overview

The Renal Transplant unit at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) is the largest renal transplantprogramme in the UK, aiming to perform more than 300 kidney transplants per annum, of whichabout 100 are living donor transplants.The department also carries out about 20 paediatric transplants, making it the second largest
paediatric transplant programme in the country. The unit also has a programme of ABO incompatibletransplantation and has a large donation after cardiac death transplant programme, includingmarginal kidney transplants and dual transplants.

The department also provides a large and complex vascular access service to MFT and also SalfordHospitals, with about 500 cases done annually. It also provided a peritoneal dialysis service,including laparoscopic catheter insertion.

In addition, the unit is one of 2 National Commissioning Group funded centres for surgery forEncapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis. Patients are referred to this service from around the country andalso internationally.

Two members of the team provide an Endocrine Surgery Service carrying out over 100 endocrine surgical procedures including laparoscopic adrenalectomy. The department is also a regional referral centre for Abdominal Wall Reconstruction.

Main duties of the job

The department also contributes to the National Organ Retrieval Service and is one of 10 National
NORS teams. In April 2016 the service split from Leeds and is currently a stand-alone abdominal
retrieval service retrieving all abdominal organs except intestine. It is one of the busiest units in the
country covering large region retrieval services in greater Manchester, Merseyside, North Wales and
Yorkshire. On average Manchester Abdominal NORS team attends around 5 donor hospitals every
week and alternates with Leeds on a week on / week off (Monday-Monday) on call basis for both
Adult and Paediatric retrievals but excluding Neonatal retrievals.
The service is a consultant led service, comprising two retrieval surgeons, a scrub nurse and a
perfusionist. Retrieval transport is provided by a specialist ambulance team with flights to distances
which require over 3 hours of road travel. This post is intended to provide senior cover for the Manchester
Abdominal National Organ Retrieval Service. The appointed individuals appointed will provide senior
leadership to the retrieval team when on call in a 1:4 basis. They will be responsible for safe and high
quality organ retrieval according to national standards. They will be responsible for the training of
junior surgeons and new staff members.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing, and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail] .

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Essential/Desirable

• Medical Degree
• MRCS or equivalent
• Minimum of 2 years' experience in a transplant unit, with experience in organ implantation
• Full registration (or eligible for full registration) with the General Medical Council
• Any focused retrieval associated training
• Experience of Audit Independent experience in multi-organ retrieval, including livers, pancreas and kidneys

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.