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Job overview

Digestive Diseases Health Group is supported by a Chief of Service,  Director of Operations and Director of Nursing   

The Health Group provides Medicine services at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital Grimsby, Scunthorpe General Hospital , Goole District General Hospital, Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital. 

Gastroenterology sits within this Health Group alongside 

• Upper GI Acute Surgery 
• Colorectal
• Acute Surgery
• Endoscopy
• Bowel Screening

The management team is made up as follows

• Chief of Service                                                  Dr George Abouda

• Director of operations                                     Peter Grant

• Director of Nursing                                           Sarah Mableton

• Clinical Lead                                                          Shahzad Sarwar

• General Manager                                                Simone Woods

• Matron                                                                    Stella Macheo     

Main duties of the job

As a senior employee of the Trust the post-holder will work in close co-operation with, and support, other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients.  

Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:-

• To ensure the provision of a first class clinical service
• To provide effective leadership to junior doctors and medical students
• To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
• To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s and Operational Group’s services plans

The post would suit a good team player dedicated to high quality patient care. The opportunity exists to work in a non-hierarchical setting and offer a wide range of Gastroenterology services. The new colleague joining the team will help to develop the services and there is also the potential to develop areas of special interest. However, all applicants with any interests will be considered. We are also expanding the nutritional and capsule endoscopy service.

Working for our organisation

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.