Job overview

We are looking to appoint a consultant to supporting our expanding Gastroenterology service. 

 The post will deliver a contribution to the endoscopy service (elective and emergency), gastroenterology outpatient services and in patient gastroenterology. In patient Gastroenterology involves managing patients on the two gastroenterology wards, respective outlier ward, seeing referrals on other wards and providing an in reach service to the Acute Medical Unit.

The post-holder will be expected to develop a sub-specialty interest in line with the needs of the department and to develop the management of this service.

The post holder will be responsible for running the GI ward on a 1 in 7 rota basis, providing daily ward rounds for 7 days. For the other 6 weeks of the cycle the post holder will deliver 5 clinical, face to face sessions (e.g 3 clinics and 2 endoscopy sessions) as well as attending MDT's and seeing referrals. Throughout the 10 week cycle the post holder will contribute to a 1: 15 on call rota for out of hours emergency endoscopy.

Main duties of the job

The appointees will join 15 consultant colleagues and will continue to develop this progressive Gastroenterology service. The current consultant body substantially contributes to national GI & bowel cancer screening policies, endoscopic accreditation and training. RWT is the West Midlands regional endoscopy training centre and was the first centre in the UK to deliver bowel cancer screening . There are active developments in liver disease, regional interventional endoscopy (EMR / HALO / EUS / ERCP, with spyglass), IBD, and clinical trials (both commercial and investigator led). The department is well resourced and supported (7 endoscopy rooms are available across 2 sites and 3 consultants are supported to enable them to have national roles in Endoscopy, Research and Training).

It is anticipated that the successful applicant will develop a sub-speciality interest in IBD. Experience in ERCP is not required.

RWT is committed to delivering top quality care and an excellent patient experience. The Trust is one of the largest teaching hospitals in the Black Country, providing teaching and training to medical students on rotation from the University of Birmingham Medical School and training for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals through well established links with the University of Wolverhampton.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.