Job summary
- Main area
- Gastroenterology & Endoscopy
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Locum: 12 months (If you require sponsorship your visa end date, whichever falls sooner’)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (The postholder is expected to participate in the emergency GI Bleed rota (currently 1:8). Elective out of hours endoscopy is required comprising one evening session per fortnight and a two session Saturday list to coincide with bleeding on call 1:8.)
- Job ref
- 293-Consultant-310
- Employer
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Homerton Healthcare
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £93,666 - £126,281 per annum pro rata plus 5% supplement for GI bleed
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
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Job overview
The post-holder will provide diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy and will be expected to attend ward referrals and care for inpatients with gastroenterological disease. All patients with gastrointestinal complaints should be admitted to our base ward and come under our care. Ward work is shared with 7 other consultants (8 in total). The junior staff includes two specialist registrars in gastroenterology (one usually in their final year and the other in their first or second years) one specialist registrar in acute medicine, two Gastroenterology Clinical Fellows (one Simulation Fellow and one Quality Improvement Fellow), one CMT and two FY1 trainees. The liver service is supported by a CNS in liver. The post holder is expected to participate in the emergency GI Bleed rota (currently 1:8). Elective out of hours endoscopy is required comprising one evening session per fortnight and a two session Saturday list to coincide with bleeding on call 1:8.
GIM on call may be required subject to service needs.
The appointed candidate should be ready to start in the post as soon as possible.
Main duties of the job
This 10 PA post consists of the following:
* Ward cover and referrals from other specialties are currently organised in 1 month blocks, shared with 7 other consultants. This workload equates to 1 PA/week across the year.
2 SPA: 1 core SPA which includes appraisal, job planning and CPD activities; 1 SPA clinical supervision, teaching and training
Gastro Clinics consisting of 5 news and 5 FU’s for weekly clinic and 6 news and 4 FU’s for the bi-weekly clinic
1 Endoscopy list a week to be covered at Mile End Early Diagnostic Centre
1 Evening Endoscopy list a week to be covered at HUH
GI Bleed rota 1:8
GIM on call may be required subject to service needs
Working for our organisation
Homerton University Hospital is at the centre of an ethnically and culturally diverse population with a high incidence of gastrointestinal and liver disease.
The Academic Department of Medical and surgical Gastroenterology provides a wide range of services including diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, video capsule endoscopy, ERCP and EUS. There are specialist clinics in inflammatory bowel disease and liver disease, and we are an upper GI cancer unit and lower GI cancer centre. We perform more than 10% of all the bariatric operations done in the UK, and we are a Bowel Cancer Screening Centre. This post will focus on general gastroenterology and endoscopy.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to contribute to the development of the service within the directorate. The appointee will be expected to take part in the management and routine administrative duties associated with the care of their patients, running of clinical departments and the supervision of junior medical staff and specialist nurses. The appointee will be expected to undertake the relevant training and appraisal to become a named clinical and educational supervisor and to contribute to the teaching of medical students attached to the Gastroenterology team. In addition, he or she will be expected to adopt an active role in the wider management arena within the directorate where appropriate.
The department has a strong focus on clinical audit and clinical risk management and there are regular clinical audit meetings and case review meetings which the appointee will be expected to attend when possible. The Trust is committed to developing a clear approach to clinical governance and the post holder will be expected to play a key role in this area, participating in the development and implementation of specific initiatives when appropriate.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Fully registered with GMC
- MRCP (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- Other higher degree or diploma (e.g. MD, PhD)
Higher Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Gastroenterology CCT (or equivalent)
Relevant experience in Speciality/sub speciality
Essential criteria
- Relevant subspecialty experience in inflammatory bowel disease/endoscopy
Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to practice independently in gastroenterology and offer expert clinical opinion on a range of gastroenterological conditions
- JAG Accredited in Endoscopy
- Excellent clinical skills
Leadership and professionalism
Essential criteria
- Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and respond appropriately to service need
Desirable criteria
- Familiar with current structure of the health service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
Management skills
Essential criteria
- Awareness of the overall business environment in which the hospital operates
- Understanding of the importance of good clinical coding
- Knowledge of regulatory frameworks e.g. JAG, GRS
Desirable criteria
- Management of team or programme or project
Teaching & training
Essential criteria
- Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching
Desirable criteria
- JAG approved Train the trainer qualification
- GMC approved Clinical and Educational Supervisor training
Clinical Governance
Essential criteria
- Evidence of contribution to effective audit and clinical risk management
Research
Essential criteria
- Understanding of principles and application of clinical research
- Relevant research experience
Desirable criteria
- Publication of peer reviewed papers
Communication skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English
- IT skills and computer literacy
Desirable criteria
- Computer skills course/certificate
- Advanced communication skills for cancer MDT meetings
Patient focused skills
Essential criteria
- Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience, social skills appropriate to different types of client
Interpersonal skills
Essential criteria
- Good interpersonal skills coupled with an ability to co-operate, persuade and negotiate within a senior clinical and management team
Personal attributes
Essential criteria
- An awareness of own strengths and weaknesses coupled with an ability to deploy them effectively
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
- Nora Thoua
- Job title
- Consultant Gastroenterologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 510 5555
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