Job summary
- Main area
- HPB
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10.5 sessions per week (Scope for extra PAs on appointment)
- Job ref
- 164-7033257
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queens Medical Centre (QMC)
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Consultant HPB and General Surgeon
Consultant
Job overview
Full-time substantive Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary (HPB) and General Surgeon for Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust. The post holder will work alongside the other HPB and General Surgeons and be responsible to the Heads of Service for HPB, and the Divisional Director for Surgery.
The successful candidate will be expected to have passed the Intercollegiate exam in General Surgery (or equivalent) and have been awarded their CCT at the time of the start date, and to have undertaken appropriate HPB and advanced laparoscopic training.
Main duties of the job
This post is to support provision of HPB and General Surgery at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) and across the network, including support of outreach services. The post holder will join an established team of nine other HPB consultants within the HPB unit at NUH QMC Campus. The post holder will be expected to participate in the Emergency General Surgery rota at QMC to provide out-of-hours emergency cover, in conjunction with the other General/Specialty Surgeons.
Working for our organisation
The HPB Surgical Unit at NUH manages patients with benign and malignant hepatobiliary and pancreatic conditions for Nottingham and surrounding areas. This is performed within a framework of a multi-disciplinary team where all individuals are encouraged to contribute effectively towards patients care. In addition to maintaining these high standards, there is a commitment towards research and the unit has an international reputation in this respect.
The unit provides specialist tertiary referral HPB services to a population of 2.5 million patients in Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and East Staffordshire, as well as a local service for biliary surgery. The major surgical caseload included approximately 150 liver resections and 90 pancreatic resections per year and a continued increase in major cancer and benign resectional workload is anticipated. The unit has three MDT meetings per week and a departmental planning meeting weekly. We support major resectional work with other specialities including Gynaecology, Urology and Sarcoma.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For detailed description of the role and main responsibilities please refer to the Job Description document.
This service provided by the HPB unit are provided across both campuses, but your primary base is Queen’s Medical centre Campus. The unit provides outreach services on site at the major acute Trusts in the region.
Person specification
Professional
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with a current licence to practice
- CCT awarded by the potential start date
- Intercollegiate exam in General Surgery or equivalent
- Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register
Desirable criteria
- Completion of an HPB fellowship in resection and/or liver transplant
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Evidenced technical skills as described in the job description: extensive experience in HPB surgery, liver and pancreatic resections. including a post-CCT, laparoscopic and general surgery
- Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals
- Independent in laparoscopic biliary surgery
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree (MD, PhD or similar)
- Peer reviewed publications and presentations
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to develop (and evidence of), present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery
- Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
- Able to teach and support junior staff effectively
- Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit
Desirable criteria
- Exposure to major complex HPB resection with vascular operating techniques
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Glen Irving
- Job title
- Head of Service/Consultant HPB and General Surgeon
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Joint Head of Service is Mr Alex Navarro - [email protected]
Service General Manager is Grace Constantinou - [email protected]
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