Senior Fellow in Hepatology (2025)

The post is a 12 month contract in the first instance with an option to extend by a further 12 months by mutual agreement. The educational needs of the post holder will be recognised. There will be entitlement to study leave and access to the programmes of post graduate education organised for junior staff.

It is planned that there will be regular sessions linked with other specialties to maintain the continuing professional development of the post holder, special interests will be encouraged.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a service to liver unit inpatients and outpatients and will support the Transplant Hepatology programme. As part of their duties, the post-holder will:

1.Participate in Liver Unit outpatient activity with 4 clinics per week as well as a dedicated new patient clinic.

2.Participate in the management of inpatients with acute and chronic liver diseases. This will include the assessment of patients with chronic liver disease undergoing assessment for liver transplantation.

3.Participate in MDT meeting in Liver Transplantation, Cancer and Histology.

4.Participate in the on-call rota on an ad-hoc basis.

5.Undertake diagnostic gastroscopy and variceal banding independently. ERCP is optional, but higher training can be accommodated if the applicant already possess basic competency in the skill.

6.Be responsible for the supervision of junior medical staff including management of rotas.

7.Be expected to participate in Liver Unit audit and postgraduate teaching programme.

8.Be expected to participate in clinical research as opportunities arise in sub specialties such as liver transplantation, viral hepatitis, autoimmune liver diseases, portal hypertension including vascular liver disease, fatty liver disease, and cancer.

9.Support the administrative activity of the Transplant Unit.

10.Attend intensive care and hepatology ward rounds to learn about the inpatient management of complex acute and chronic liver disease.

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Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

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