Senior Clinical Fellow in Pancreatic Surgery
The closing date is 16 April 2026.
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well-integrated team.
Senior Clinical Fellow in Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery (ST3+)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery (ST3+) at the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Pancreatic Surgery Unit is one of the busiest in the UK performing 150-200 pancreatic resections annually. The post is to start from October 2026.
The contract is initially offered on a 12-month basis, but shorter or longer time periods will be considered. There is an expectation that the candidate will contribute to the senior registrar general surgery on call rota as part of this post, though this is negotiable.
This post would be ideally suited to a post CCT or senior fellow looking to gain specialist pancreatic surgery experience before applying for a substantive consultant post.
Main duties of the job
This post is attached to the Pancreatic surgery Unit at the Royal site. The individual will work on the senior specialist registrar tier and as such be expected to perform duties and take clinical responsibility to this level. This post will be attractive to post-CCT individuals who require additional specialist training prior to applying for a consultant position.
Each doctor is expected to assist in the care of all patients in the Unit when required to do so. Duties include business, post-take and teaching ward rounds, OP clinics, Operating Theatre sessions, administrative (dictation of summaries, letters, coding etc.) and presentations (M & M, MDT meetings etc.)
The unit performs in the order of 150-200 major pancreatic resections annually, including pancreato‐duodenectomy, left pancreatectomy (open and laparoscopic) and chronic pancreatitis surgery. Liverpool provides complex pancreatitis care for the Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man. This includes a weekly benign MDT, and emergency surgery including minimally invasive, open and endoscopic necrosectomies.
A successful candidate would expect to take part in excess of 60 major pancreatic resections in a 12‐month period.
The unit is a European ENETS centre of excellence for neuroendocrine tumours.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award‐winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Job responsibilities
This unit has a strong research pedigree, having led on many international research trials that have defined current standards on pancreatic cancer and pancreatitis care worldwide. It would be expected that any candidate would be interested in contributing to the wealth of research opportunities provided.
The Hospital and Unit have teaching units. An expectation of a degree of teaching provision by the successful candidate.
Involvement in educational meetings, monthly audit meetings, monthly M&M meetings, weekly benign MDT, weekly NET MDT, weekly Pancreatic MDT and Pancreatic Cyst MDTs.
Partake in the general on call rota. The Royal runs a 2-tier registrar on‐call system; the successful candidate will be on the senior registrar on‐call rota, providing out of hours support for the junior registrar currently this is on a 1 in 10 non‐resident on‐call rota, and covering the inpatient admissions on a Monday‐to‐Friday 8am to 8pm basis on a 1 in 10 rota. This may be subject to change depending on staffing levels.
Also perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate consultant in consultation where practicable with his colleagues both senior and junior.
Person Specification Education and Qualifications
* MBBS (or equivalent).
* Postgraduate examinations or equivalent – e.g. FRCS, MRCS.
* Must hold full GMC registration or be eligible to obtain full GMC registration within 3 months (or within 6 months for non‐EEA applicants).
* Satisfactory completion of Foundation and Higher specialist surgical training (or equivalent).
* Have extensive experience of working within the NHS.
* Evidence of smooth progression through training programmes.
* 3 to 5 year experience at senior registrar level within Surgery (ideally in HPB/Transplantation).
Teaching
* Have experience in teaching undergraduate medical students and/or Foundation Year 1/2 doctors.
* Willingness to develop new approaches to teaching and learning.
* Teaching qualification (e.g. Master, Diploma, Certificate of Medical Education).
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
* Presentation of completed audit projects at local, national and international meetings. Evidence of developing, organising and completing an audit from their own idea. Supervising audits undertaken by junior members of the team.
* Understanding of research principles.
* Evidence of participation in research projects.
* Publication of research in peer‐reviewed journals and presentation at local, national and international meetings.
* Publication of an audit project.
* Research qualification (e.g. PhD, MD, MSc, MPhil).
Maintaining Clinical Competence
* Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
£65,048 to £73,992 a year per annum, plus on call.
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