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A Vacancy at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, engaging and committed individual to work in Newcastle Hospitals trust. This post is designed to suit an individual with an interest in HPB and Transplant Surgery who is looking for a broad experience in HPB, Liver, Kidney and Pancreas transplantation.

The senior trainee will have completed core training, in addition the candidate needs to have experience of HPB surgery at CT or ST level.

You must have full GMC registration at the time of application and previous NHS experience is essential. This post is to commence ASAP/August 2025 for 12 months.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

The post would suit a trainee in General Surgery with a special interest in HPB and/or Transplant and has a commitment to the HPB on call rota. This post will provide a solid basis from which to apply for specialist research funding. Specialist training in multiorgan retrieval (for transplant focused trainees) is also available.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact:Prof Colin Wilson on 01912448310, or via email at colin.wilson6@nhs.net.

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

General Aspects

This post is attached to HPB and Transplant surgery based in the Freeman Hospital. The individual will work on the ST3+ tier and as such be expected to perform duties and take clinical responsibility to this level.

The Freeman Hospital is unique in the United Kingdom in hosting the Institute of Transplantation which brings all aspects of solid organ and cell transplantation “under one roof”. The post holder will be able to gain experience in liver, kidney, pancreas, multivisceral, autoislet and alloislet transplantation as well as experience of specialist HPB, neuroendocrine and sarcoma surgery. Multiorgan retrieval, as part of the National Organ Retrieval Service, is delivered by the team as well. Some of the team also specialise in Robotic surgery and exposure, as well as acquisition of skills, in this specialist area is also available. If successful, the applicant will be asked to outline which areas they would like to focus on during the Fellowship.

Specific components of this post

The individual will co-ordinate the rota for the nurse practitioners and other junior doctors to ensure coverage during working hours. Delivery of night time cover is co-ordinated through the Hospital @ Night team. We expect the post holder also to gain skills in organ retrieval through attending procedures during their contract period, although this is dependent on other members of the team and experience level.
The candidate will make themselves available for theatre and clinical sessions to gain operative and management skills.

Teaching

There is no formal teaching component to this post, but the successful candidate will be expected to deliver informal support to medical students and other junior doctors.

Personal Education

All staff are encouraged to question and learn from the extensive clinical activities that take place on the unit. There are a number of weekly meetings that provide excellent educational opportunities. These include; Directorate Audit/M and M meeting, MDT and departmental meetings including research and audit updates. There is a regional StR teaching programme at which attendance is encouraged.
Each fellow will be assigned an Assigned Educational Supervisor (AES) to provide mentorship during the fellowship. Every 6 months the fellow will also meet with the Consultant team at an informal meeting to discuss their progress and provide two way feedback.

Research/Audit

This directorate has a strong research pedigree and many ongoing clinical and scientific research projects. The high volume of specialist activity performed in the unit ensures there is a vast opportunity to instigate and perform research/audit projects. Such activity is encouraged and results presented at regional, national and international meetings.

Clinical

Each doctor is expected to assist in the care of all patients to which he/she is allocated under the direct supervision of the Consultant. In addition he/she is expected to provide ‘cross-cover’ for all patients in the Unit when required to do so. Duties include business, post-take and teaching ward rounds, OP clinics, Operating Theatre sessions, administrative (dictation of summaries, letters, coding etc.) and presentations (M + M, transplant assessment meetings etc.)

Administration

Each Junior Doctor is expected to carry out all administrative tasks allocated to him/her by the Consultants.


This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Jul 2025