Job summary
- Main area
- Gastroenterology
- Grade
- ST1-2
- Contract
- Fixed term: 7 months (1/1/2026 - 4/8/2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-TD-25-241
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ward 30 Gastroenterology Specialty - RVI
- Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Salary
- £52,656 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology / Intestinal Failure (ST1-2)
ST1-2
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
A new joint medical/surgical Intestinal Failure Unit has been established in Newcastle, serving the local and wider population of North East England and Cumbria. This post offers the successful applicant the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge and experience within this Specialist field of Nutrition support as well as wider areas of Gastroenterology and Medicine. Applicants must have experience working within the NHS and have completed the UK Foundation training programme. The successful candidate will demonstrate skills and experience working with multidisciplinary teams and a strong grasp of hospital care of patients with complex medical problems. They will possess strong organisational and communication skills and be willing to participate in the wider delivery of gastroenterology and medical care in Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHSFT by contributing to oncall medical rota and departmental clinical governance activity.
Main duties of the job
This post offers the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge and experience within the Specialist field of Parenteral Nutrition support, managing patients with Intestinal Failure within a specialist unit, as well as wider areas of Gastroenterology and Medicine.
Working for our organisation
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical:
· Day to day management of patients with Intestinal Failure on a 15 bed dedicated Intestinal Failure Unit, supported by senior medical staff
· Outpatient Gastroenterology clinic (weekly)
· Medical On-call (Resident back of house ward cover Freeman Hospital – FY2/IMT level)
Administrative:
· Administration associated with ward and outpatient duties
· Contribution to departmental clinical governance meetings including mortality and morbidity review
Research:
· Research/Audit session (weekly)
Teaching:
· Contribute to the development and delivery of departmental and medical student teaching programme
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC registration or eligibility to obtain this within 3 months (or within 6 months for non-EEA applicants).
- Satisfactory completion of UK Foundation Programme
- Experience working within the NHS
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate Degree Qualification
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good history & examination skills.
- Able to formulate a working diagnosis.
- Able to order appropriate investigations.
- Image interpretation relevant to practice.
- Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague.
Management and Administration Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to run a service and participate in management process.
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce.
- Able to communicate well with patients and colleagues.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance.
Desirable criteria
- Proven management and administration ability.
- Understanding of management goals.
- Experience with audit
- Evidence of leadership / project management
- Evidence of having implemented change
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of supervising junior staff.
- Ability to teach clinical skills.
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
Essential criteria
- Experience of audit projects.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Victoria Cowan
- Job title
- HR Advisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
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