# Clinical Fellow in Hepatobiliary & Transplant Surgery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-fellow-in-hepatobiliary-and-transplant-surgery/88ca5e27-7c16-4c49-8723-2b0537ba84a9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-fellow-in-hepatobiliary-and-transplant-surgery/88ca5e27-7c16-4c49-8723-2b0537ba84a9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Birmingham Women's & Children's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** General Surgery - **Grade:** Junior - **Salary:** £67325.00 to £76582.00 - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (other) - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week (Hepatobiliary & Transplant surgery middle grade rota OOH) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-26T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-12T13:38:13.377Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8225064 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8225064?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview 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. ### Main duties of the job 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. 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. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Minimum 2 years’ experience in paediatric general surgery and/or at least 1 year experience in adult hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation **Desirable** - Some experience in General Paediatric Surgery - Valid GCP certificate in clinical research - Experience in research, publications and audit - Experience in Renal Transplantation - Experience in Small Bowel Transplantation ### Qualifications **Essential** - Eligible for full/partial GMC Registration - MRCS (Part B) or equivalent by examination - Overseas applicants without current GMC registration should hold a valid IELTS certificate fulfilling GMC criteria for registration **Desirable** - APLS, ATLS or equivalent ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 376.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10534196) - [person specification (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10534197) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.