Overview
We are seeking passionate individuals to fill two Consultant roles in the Liver Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery Department at St Jamess University Hospital. The liver transplant programme in Leeds is well established and is the third‑largest liver transplant unit in the country. Each year the unit performs 120 to 130 adult and 20 paediatric liver transplants, and delivers over 1000 major procedures each year.
Service Outline
The Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant surgery team consists of 8 full‑time consultants delivering services across Yorkshire and the North‑West region. Current activity includes around 150 adult and paediatric liver transplantations, with scope to increase to 175 per year; around 175 organ retrievals; over 300 liver resections; and an active live‑donor liver transplant programme for adult and paediatric recipients within the NHS.
Key Responsibilities
Applicants should possess established skills in liver transplantation, organ retrieval, NRP, machine perfusion, and general surgery. Experience in machine perfusion technologies and ANRP is highly desirable. The role includes an elective general surgery component involving the treatment of benign biliary disease and various aspects of general surgery, and requires coverage for the National Organ Retrieval Service. A strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate education, as well as research, is considered advantageous. Shortlisted candidates will be required to give a 10‑minute presentation on “Liver Transplantation from DCD donors aged 70 years and over.”
Qualifications
The successful applicant must possess an FRCS (or equivalent) and be included on the Specialist Register, or be within 6 months of completing CCT if currently in a UK training programme. All other categories of doctors must be on the Specialist Register.
Contact
- Mr D Vijayanand – 01132064608 – email: Dhakshina.vijayanand@nhs.net
Interview
INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD: Wednesday 2 September 2026.
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