Consultant Anaesthetist – Liver Transplantation/ HPB SurgeryNHS

Job summary

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated and ambitious Consultant Anaesthetist to join our well-integrated Perioperative and Critical Care team at Freeman Hospital, with a specialist role in liver and pancreas transplantation and major hepatobiliary surgery.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist perioperative care including pre-operative assessment, intra-operative anaesthetic management and post-operative care to patients undergoing liver and pancreas transplantation, major hepatobiliary surgery and other complex operative procedures.

The successful applicant will become a member of the consultant anaesthetic team supporting the liver transplant programme and will participate in the consultant liver transplant anaesthetic on-call rota, providing senior anaesthetic expertise for urgent and out-of-hours liver and pancreas transplantation.

The post holder will contribute to the wider work of the Perioperative and Critical Care Directorate. The precise balance of liver transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery and other anaesthetic activity will be agreed through the consultant job-planning process.

Job description

The successful applicant will join the consultant anaesthetic team supporting the Freeman Hospital liver and pancreas transplant programme and will participate in the dedicated consultant liver transplant anaesthetic on-call rota.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a highly specialised multidisciplinary service caring for some of the most complex perioperative patients. The successful candidate will have substantial experience in the anaesthetic management of major complex surgery and specific experience relevant to liver transplantation. They will provide specialist care throughout the transplant pathway, including pre-operative assessment and optimisation, complex intra-operative anaesthetic management, and transfer and handover to critical care.

About us

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: John Davidson, Clinical Director on 0191 244 8972, or via email at [email protected].