Job overview

Whipps Cross University Hospital
Emergency Care and Acute Medicine Clinical Academic Group
Consultant Luminal Gastroenterologist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for 1 WTE luminal gastroenterologist at Whipps Cross Hospital, Barts health NHS Trust.  
Barts Health NHS Trust is one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers and the largest trust in the NHS. It was created on 1 April 2012 by bringing together three trusts: Barts and The London NHS Trust, Newham University Hospital NHS Trust and Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust. The Trust has a turnover of approximately £1.1 billion and approximately 15,000 employees.

Together our hospitals deliver high quality clinical care to the people of east London and further afield. 

Our vision is to create a world-class health organisation that builds on strong relations with our partners and the communities we serve – one dedicated to ending the historic health inequalities in east London.  We are looking for the best talent to lead our ambitious new healthcare organisation.

Main duties of the job

Specifically, the post holder will support provision of inpatient and outpatient care for patients with general Gastroenterology problems.  Furthermore, the post holder will be pursuing his/her interest in luminal gastroenterology, developing interventional endoscopy, EMR, ESD service development including colonic stenting, bowel cancer screening etc. Candidates with an interest in General Hepatology also encouraged to apply. There are MDTs in HPB medicine and General Gastroenterology together with X-ray and pathology meetings. The post holder will join our Gastroenterologists in the general medical rota on weekdays 1.27 (no Weekends). In addition, the post holder will be performing endoscopy procedures, which includes being part of the GI Bleed Rota. 
During ‘consultant of the week’, scheduled activity is cancelled, and the consultant will be covering the inpatient wards, covering approximately 22 beds and gastro inpatient referrals in the hospital.  During this week the consultant will also triaging suspected cancer referrals and Advice and Guidance referrals.   
Gastroenterology sits within the Specialty Medicine, Division of Medicine Directorate.  The Department of Gastroenterology which is a high-volume clinical specialty seeing 8000 out-patients, performing approximately 7000 endoscopic procedures and admitting approximately 500 patients annually. 

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.