Consultant Transplant

1 month ago

Cardiff, United Kingdom Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Full time

Applications are invited for the post of Consultant Transplant Surgeon in the Nephrology & Transplant department - one of 2 advertised posts based at University Hospital of Wales (UHW), Cardiff.

The Transplant Unit at UHW is a leader in the field, performing approximately 140 adult transplants per year. This includes compatible and blood group and HLA incompatible living donors (approximately 50 per year), deceased donors (donation after brainstem death (DBD) and donation after circulatory death (DCD), approximately 60-80 per year), and Pancreas transplants (approximately 8-15 per year). The unit has a stand-alone multi-organ retrieval team and is part of National Organ Retrieval Services (NORS) providing abdominal retrieval services nationally and Normothermic Organ Perfusion (one of the 3 units recognised for the current provision of Normothermic perfusion).

The unit has one of the largest experiences in the country in ABOi and HLAi transplants in close collaboration with the Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Laboratory of South Wales with excellent results.

The Transplant Unit provides access surgery and general surgical cover for the patients on the renal failure programme. It has access to an increasing number of General Surgical operating lists, and outpatient clinics leading to a wide and varied surgical practice. The 5 Consultants currently involved in general surgery provide the majority of elective laparoscopic cholecystectomies and hernias for the UHB.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be required to provide leadership in the management of the Peritoneal Dialysis programme. There is an opportunity to participate in elective general surgery activities and also be part of the Major Trauma Unit rota. The appointee will participate in the UK National Organ Retrieval Service (NORS) which will require the post holder to travel to donor hospitals across the UK.

The post holder will work as one of a team of 9 Consultant Surgeons to deliver kidney and pancreas transplant services to the 1.5 million population of South and Mid Wales and pancreas transplant for Shrewsbury. They will also work as part of the team providing vascular access and general surgery procedures to patients with Chronic Kidney Disease in South East Wales.

Although this post is full-time, consideration will be given to applicants who require flexible working arrangements.

Applicants should either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within 6 months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT / CESR(CP) at the time of interview.

Applicants must ensure they provide names and contact details of referees covering at least the last 3 years of their employment/training history in full. In addition, applicants who are currently or have most recently been employed as a substantive Consultant or as a Locum Consultant in post for more than 12 months must also provide the name of their Medical Director as an additional referee.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.

Job description
Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

On GMC Specialist Register for specialty / Specialty Registrar with CCT / CESR (Combined Programme) due within 6 months of interview date

Desirable

Higher Degree: MD by research or MD

Experience
Essential

Ability to manage all aspects of kidney transplantation including recipient work-up, organ offer assessment, significant experience in the transplant surgical procedure and its common complications treatments, peri-operative ward care, and post-operative outpatient care Experience in pancreas transplantation Ability to perform the full range of primary and secondary vascular access procedures Experience in the management of peritoneal dialysis population Ability to lead abdominal organ retrieval procedures independently

Desirable

Experience in living donor nephrectomy

Skills
Essential

Evidence of effective team and multidisciplinary working Effective and demonstrable communication skills

Clinical Governance
Essential

Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice Evidence of proactive engagement with appraisal and revalidation (or equivalent)

Research
Essential

Evidence of active research interests

Desirable

Evidence of significant publication record Track record indicating the ability to establish significant research interest

Teaching
Essential

Evidence of teaching medical students and junior doctors

Management
Essential

Evidence of effective leadership skills

Desirable

Evidence of service development Specific skills or training / evidence relevant to a new service development (robotic surgery, urological procedures in transplantation, ex vivo normothermic perfusion, research etc)

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