Consultant Physician in Hepatology

Posted 1 day 22 hours ago by NHS

Permanent
Full Time
Other
Tyne And Wear, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, NE125
Job Description
Consultant Physician in Hepatology

The closing date is 28 October 2025

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

We are looking for a dynamic individual to join our Hepatology services based at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. The role will involve the management of inpatients and outpatients with liver disease, including patients with complex liver disease and those undergoing liver transplantation. The post holder will also be expected to contribute to the out of hour's hepatology on call rota. In addition, the post holder would be fully JAG accredited in endoscopy.

Main duties of the job

The post will be based at the Freeman Hospital and will join a team responsible for the delivery of specialist outpatient and inpatient hepatology care in line with the proposed job plan.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

  • Freeman Hospital
  • Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
  • Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
  • Newcastle Dental Hospital
  • Newcastle Fertility Centre
  • Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
  • Northern Genetics Service
  • Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state of the art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers Newcastle Hospitals NHS Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

Clinical:

To provide outpatient and inpatient specialist hepatology services, including managing recipients of liver transplants.

Shared responsibility with the other members of the multidisciplinary team for providing 24 hour, 7 day a week cover for the Liver unit on a rota basis. This is currently a 1:8 rota.

Shared responsibilities for ensuring 24 hour, 7 day a week cover for emergency endoscopy for the Freeman whilst on call for the liver unit.

An interest in the management of steatotic liver disease would be desirable.

Person Specification Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
  • Primary Medical Qualification.
  • Full GMC Registration.
  • Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
  • Higher Degree.
  • Special skills training in the specialty.
Clinical Experience
  • Evidence of experience in the specialty.
  • Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
  • Demonstrate evidence of management of complex liver disease, acute liver failure and liver transplantation.
  • Experience of the management of patients with steatotic liver disease at the primary-secondary care interface.
  • Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
  • Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
  • Experience in the management of triaging referrals patients with liver disease.
Management and Administration Experience
  • Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
  • Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
  • An understanding of Clinical Governance.
  • Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
  • Evidence of leadership / project management.
  • Evidence of having implemented change.
  • Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.
Teaching
  • Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
  • Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
  • Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
  • Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
  • Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
Research
  • Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
  • Research/critical review of literature.
  • Publications in the last five years.
Audit
  • Evidence of participation in audit.
  • Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
  • Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.
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.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust