Job overview

Applications are invited for the post of Consultant in Kidney & Pancreas Transplant Surgery with interest in Vascular Access Surgery at Addenbrooke’s Hospital part of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.  

This is a substantive post (12 PAs), available as soon as possible.

Main duties of the job

The Cambridge Transplant Unit provides kidney, pancreas, liver, intestinal and multivisceral transplant to the adult population of the East of England and beyond.  More than 300 transplants take place each year.

This post will share responsibility for deceased donor kidney and pancreas transplantation with Consultant colleagues and a commitment to elective vascular access surgery for the dialysis access for Addenbrooke’s and its satellite dialysis units in the region.  

There will be a 1:8 on-call commitment for deceased donor kidney and pancreas transplantation. There is no emergency general surgery on-call.

There are close working relationships with Nephrology, Hepatology and Gastroenterology. We also have an active clinical and basic science research programme.

The successful applicant with be based at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, but will have a commitment to participate in Outreach Transplant Assessment clinics that the unit runs across East Anglia, and Vascular Access Day Case lists off site.

You will be fully registered with the GMC and ideally have a CCT or be within six months of award of CCT at the time of interview. Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full time for personal reasons or those wishing to job-share.

Working for our organisation

The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC’s Good Medical Practice (2013). Non-UK applicants must possess the IELTS/OET exam before obtaining a GMC licence to practice.

Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

It is a requirement for skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.