Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital and Charity
Clinical Fellow in Hepatobiliary & Transplant Surgery
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This post was created to provide support for the Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery activities at Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Trust. The applicant should have some experience in liver transplantation. This is a specialised post and it is expected that applicants may come from a paediatric surgical background or from a transplantation background.
The successful applicant will be based within the Liver Unit at Birmingham Children’s Hospital (BCH) and take part in the registrar on-call rota within the Transplant Team. This post is for one year.
Day time clinical duties will be shared between the medical and surgical middle grade doctors. Depending on the level of experience of the appointee, they will be allocated to either Tier 1 or Tier 2.
Tier 1:
- Duties include day to day management of all hepatobiliary and transplant inpatients, out-patient clinics and assisting in theatres.
- This will include admitting and assessing elective and emergency admissions, peri-operative management and seeing patients in clinic alongside the consultant or specialty doctor.
- They will have opportunities to develop their surgical skills.
Tier 2:
- Duties will include supervision of the day to day management of patients, reviewing admissions, instituting management plans with consultant supervision.
- They will be expected to see patients in clinic under consultant supervision.
- This role is suited to a more experienced trainee and will include responsibilities for supporting and training Tier 1 staff and organising the formal training programme.
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On call duties will be shared with the specialty doctor and four clinical fellows in paediatric hepatobiliary and transplantation. On-call is on 1:3 partial shift basis for all forms of transplantation, HPB surgical emergencies and urgent surgery pertaining to the multi-organ transplant programme. The fellows and registrar will also have the opportunity to participate in the clinical and academic activities of the adult Liver Unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
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Birmingham Children's Hospital:
- Is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital:
- Is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services:
- Are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Evelyn Ong
- Job title: Consultant in Hepatobiliary & Transplant Surgery
- Email address: e.ong@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 0121 333 8733
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