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Senior Locally Employed Doctor in Hepato-pancreatobiliary surgery
| Posting date: | 11 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,825 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester, M13 9WL |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6981408/349-MRI-6981408 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
The General Surgery Unit base at Manchester Royal Infirmary is one of the busiest acute hospitals in
the UK serving a population of nearly 1 million patients. The HPB unit is one of the largest in Europe
and is the HPB provider for Greater Manchester and vast majority of Lancashire and Cheshire
serving a population of over 3.5 million. Together with the Colorectal unit, we work to provide both
elective and emergency care in a collegiate manner alongside dedicated diagnostic and
interventional radiologists, anaesthetists, endoscopists, hepatologists and pancreatologists,
pathologists, nutritionists, physiotherapists and cancer clinical nurse specialists.
The successful applicants will work within the HPB surgical team performing in the range of 200 liver
resections, 120 pancreatic resection, 50 complex biliary surgeries a year. There is also a very heavy
workload of benign HPB cases, in particular, complicated pancreatitis and gallstone disease. The unit
benefits from four deanery registrars and other core and foundation trainees. This post would be
ideally suitable for a surgical trainee who would like to gain specialist clinical and operative
experience in HPB Surgery.
For all posts, there is ample opportunity to participate in audits and clinical research and each
department holds regular M&M meetings and an MDT. The successful applicants will also take part
in the General Surgery Middle Grade on-call rota which is 1:15 resident. provides a broad, unique,
and rich experience in Emergency General Surgery, often with a joint case mix with on-site
specialities such as HPB, Major Trauma, Vascular Surgery & Interventional Radiology, Renal &
Pancreas Transplant, and Obstetrics & Gynaecology. We also provide exceptional training
opportunities in areas crucial for CCT/CESR certification, such as research, quality improvement and
medical education.
Applicants should possess the intercollegiate MRCS or equivalent and must be fully registered with
the GMC with Licence to Practise. Please refer to the person specification form for details of
eligibility. The General Surgery team warmly encourage suitable oversees trainees to apply for the
post.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & 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 Electronic Patient Record system which 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 Green Plan which sets 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.
The successful applicant will provide a clinical service in HPB teams at senior level, working closely
with specialty registrar (ST3+ and above), junior clinical fellows and Foundation Doctors under the
supervision of the respective consultant team. The post holder will be accountable to the Lead
Clinician of their respective specialty. The daily working commitments include ward rounds, operating
theatre. Clinical research and audit are high encouraged, and teaching junior doctors and medical
students is expected.
The post has an on-call commitment of 1 in 15 nights and 1 in 15 days with a short-day weekend
ST3+/SCF duty (subject to change). At night the hospital runs a Hospital at Night service and as such
the post holder will be expected to work as part of that team. This requires the post holder to provide
cross cover as agreed within the Hospital at Night operational policy (policy available on request).
This advert closes on Thursday 24 Apr 2025
The General Surgery Unit base at Manchester Royal Infirmary is one of the busiest acute hospitals in
the UK serving a population of nearly 1 million patients. The HPB unit is one of the largest in Europe
and is the HPB provider for Greater Manchester and vast majority of Lancashire and Cheshire
serving a population of over 3.5 million. Together with the Colorectal unit, we work to provide both
elective and emergency care in a collegiate manner alongside dedicated diagnostic and
interventional radiologists, anaesthetists, endoscopists, hepatologists and pancreatologists,
pathologists, nutritionists, physiotherapists and cancer clinical nurse specialists.
The successful applicants will work within the HPB surgical team performing in the range of 200 liver
resections, 120 pancreatic resection, 50 complex biliary surgeries a year. There is also a very heavy
workload of benign HPB cases, in particular, complicated pancreatitis and gallstone disease. The unit
benefits from four deanery registrars and other core and foundation trainees. This post would be
ideally suitable for a surgical trainee who would like to gain specialist clinical and operative
experience in HPB Surgery.
For all posts, there is ample opportunity to participate in audits and clinical research and each
department holds regular M&M meetings and an MDT. The successful applicants will also take part
in the General Surgery Middle Grade on-call rota which is 1:15 resident. provides a broad, unique,
and rich experience in Emergency General Surgery, often with a joint case mix with on-site
specialities such as HPB, Major Trauma, Vascular Surgery & Interventional Radiology, Renal &
Pancreas Transplant, and Obstetrics & Gynaecology. We also provide exceptional training
opportunities in areas crucial for CCT/CESR certification, such as research, quality improvement and
medical education.
Applicants should possess the intercollegiate MRCS or equivalent and must be fully registered with
the GMC with Licence to Practise. Please refer to the person specification form for details of
eligibility. The General Surgery team warmly encourage suitable oversees trainees to apply for the
post.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & 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 Electronic Patient Record system which 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 Green Plan which sets 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.
The successful applicant will provide a clinical service in HPB teams at senior level, working closely
with specialty registrar (ST3+ and above), junior clinical fellows and Foundation Doctors under the
supervision of the respective consultant team. The post holder will be accountable to the Lead
Clinician of their respective specialty. The daily working commitments include ward rounds, operating
theatre. Clinical research and audit are high encouraged, and teaching junior doctors and medical
students is expected.
The post has an on-call commitment of 1 in 15 nights and 1 in 15 days with a short-day weekend
ST3+/SCF duty (subject to change). At night the hospital runs a Hospital at Night service and as such
the post holder will be expected to work as part of that team. This requires the post holder to provide
cross cover as agreed within the Hospital at Night operational policy (policy available on request).
This advert closes on Thursday 24 Apr 2025
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