Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, wish to appoint a consultant Emergency General Surgeon with specialist interest in Benign Pancreatobiliary Surgery. This is an exciting new hybrid post to support both an established pancreatobiliary team and emergency general surgical care as part of a larger EGS surgical team. It is expected that the successful candidate will be part of the general surgery on-call rota at the Royal site.  

The merger of the Royal Liverpool University Hospital with Aintree Hospital to form LUHFT has brought high volume specialist surgery to the Royal site and a need to expand the workforce to cover both emergency general surgical as well as specialist work. The separation of emergency general surgery on-calls from specialty on-calls has opened opportunities for an EGS devoted individual with pancreatobiliary surgical experience to help shape the service including the newly developed and resourced ambulatory emergency surgery service. This includes managing and contributing to the ‘hot’ ambulatory lists including the gallbladder service. 

We are looking for a keen, dynamic Consultant willing to integrate with the existing subspecialty teams who currently provide Emergency General Surgery on-call for the South of the city to deliver a first-class service. The post holder will help meet waiting list targets for general surgical procedures and help shape the evolving emergency surgery (EGS) model.  

This is a full-time post consisting of 10 PAs, of which 1.5 are dedicated SPA time. The job plan and SPA entitlement will be formally reviewed after 6 months and adjusted as necessary. The new appointee is expected to have their main elective and emergency work at the Royal Liverpool site, but also support cover for Emergency General Surgery for the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Liverpool Women’s Hospital and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital as part of the wider Liverpool University Hospitals Group commitment. The post will cover emergency general surgery oncall (8am-5pm) on a 1:8 basis. Elective activity is expected to be focussed on biliary surgery including managing referrals, clinics and elective operating. Additionally, an experienced applicant will be supported to develop our complex biliary surgery pathways, potentially including intraoperative laparoscopic USS, CBD exploration and combined surgical and endoscopic procedures. There is an opportunity for an appropriately qualified applicant to develop a therapeutic endoscopy interest, including endoscopic necrosectomy, to support the pancreatitis pathway. This practice will be supported by attendance at the complex benign pancreatic MDT and through close working with the Pancreatic surgical and specialist gastrointestinal team. Education and training of the new generation of surgeons is a priority for LUHFT. The post holder will have a dedicated role in providing supervision and teaching of undergraduate students from the University of Liverpool. 

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT) was created in October 2019 by merger of Aintree University Hospital NHSFT with the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust to form one of the largest and busiest hospital trusts in the North of England with an annual turnover of around £890 million and approximately 12,000 employed staff. The Trust serves a core population of 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a comprehensive range of specialist services to a wider catchment area incorporating over two million people in Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man. Except in rare circumstances, the Trust provides care to adults only – paediatric services are located at Liverpool Childrens’ Hospital (Alder Hey), approximately 3 miles away. 

The Trust offers high quality treatment and diagnosis across more than twenty specialties and hosts several nationally and internationally regarded services, many with leading edge research. These include head & neck surgery, ophthalmology, pancreatic surgery, gastroenterology, pathology, vascular surgery and interventional radiology. The Trust also provides regional services in nephrology and renal transplantation, nuclear medicine, haematology, dermatology, urology and dental. The Trust is a major provider of cancer services and is the regional centre for liver, pancreatic, urology, haematology, ocular oncology, testicular, anal, oesophago-gastric, head & neck, specialist palliative care, specialist radiology and specialist pathology. In addition, the Trust offers excellent local cancer treatment services. The Trust is committed to innovative and technical developments within surgery, and this is demonstrated within the services we deliver and the expansion in robotic surgery.  

Applicants must have full GMC registration, entry on the Specialist Register for General Surgery via CCT or CESR (CP) or European Community Rights- proposed CCT/CESR(CP) date must be within 6 months of interview. They should be able to provide evidence of high standards achieved in technical operating, especially in Biliary Surgery. If successful, you will be joining a well-established unit and will be expected to participate in the development of our future services.  

Informal enquiries to :

Mr Ryan Baron - Clinical Director Pancreatobiliary Surgery – Tel 0151 706 3451 [email protected] 

Mr Kulbir Mann - Clinical Director Emergency surgery RLUH - Tel 0151 706 3275 [email protected] 

 Mr Nathan Howes - Deputy Divisional Medical Director [email protected]  

 Ms Geraldine Mitchell Divisional Medical Director Surgery [email protected],  

 Dr Oliver Zuzan, Medical Director Royal Liverpool site  O[email protected] 

 Ms Jo Eccles, Executive Managing Director- Royal Liverpool site [email protected]