Job summary
- Main area
- Gastroenterology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (GI Bleed Consultant on call rota 1 in 8 weeks (7 day on-calls))
- Job ref
- 229-MDMS-SG-7404236
- Employer
- Wye Valley NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hereford County Hospital
- Town
- Hereford
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/09/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Consultant Gastroenterologist & Physician
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
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Job overview
Looking for a fresh start in a supportive, forward-thinking team? Our highly capable Gastroenterology team is expanding to 8.0 WTE and we want passionate Gastroenterologists to join us at Wye Valley NHS Trust.
The Gastroenterology team at Hereford continues to progressively and proactively evolve. The department is actively seeking an additional Consultant Gastroenterologist with an interest in therapeutic GI Endoscopy to support grow and evolve our Gastroenterology services.
Located on the boarder of Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire. We are a progressive and forward thinking team with ambitious plans to improve the quality of our service.
We're a friendly, ambitious team in a stunning rural setting - where your ideas and career can thrive.
Lets shape the future of Gastroenterology care - together!
Main duties of the job
The main duties and responsibilities of the Consultants are:
- Consultant of the week 7-Day - Inpatient (1:8 weeks)
- Outpatient Duties (7:8 weeks)
- 24 Hr Out of Hours Upper GI Emergency Endoscopy Out of Hours Rota (1in8)
- Total Direct Clinical Care (DCC): 7.5 PA
- Support Professional Activities (SPA) - 2.5 SPA OFF ward (7:8 weeks, 1.5 SPA On Ward (1:7 weeks)
- Options to increase clinical or management PAs (by discussion, max 12 PA total)
- Innovations to improve local services will be supported (e.g. Large Polypectomy, BSCP etc)
- An Education or Research interest can be support by discussion and mutual agreement.
- Undertake managerial duties associate with the care of their patients and the running development of their clinical department
- Engage fully with the Hospital Strategy and the strategic direction of the wider Trust
Working for our organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached within the advert for the further detail on roles and responsibilities for the Consultant post.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration with a license to practice
- The post-holder should hold MRCP (UK) or an equivalent qualification
- Entry on Specialist Register in Gastroenterology and General (internal) Medicine via one of the following: a) Certificate of Training (CCT) b) Certificate of eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) c) European Community Rights
Desirable criteria
- An appropriate higher degree e.g. MD, PHD or equivalent
Experience, Knowledge & Training
Essential criteria
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining (UK) CCT in General Medicine and Gastroenterology
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within the relevant speciality
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- JAG accreditation in Upper Endoscopy and Colonoscopy (UK trainees)
- Ability to participate in an Emergency Upper Endoscopy rota (including GI bleeds)
Desirable criteria
- Interest and expertise in therapeutic GI endoscopy
- Accreditation in ERCP
- Accreditation in BSCP
Research
Essential criteria
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
- An awareness of current speciality specific developments and initiatives
Desirable criteria
- Publications in relevant peer reviewed journals in the last 5 years
- Evidence of having undertaken original research
Management & Administrative Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
- Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service
- Ability to manage and lead the speciality and multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit
- Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Flexible and willingness to adapt to new challenges
- Ability to work in a team enquiring, critical approach to work
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local regional and national level
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the job and return to the hospital within 60 minutes when on call
- Ability to align personal and professional priorities with those of the Trust
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Dr Andrew Milestone
- Job title
- Clinical Lead - Gastroenterology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07967 553506
- Additional information
Katie Long - General Manager Medical Specialities
07391 831807
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