Job summary
- Main area
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 200-MC712779-7332975-AS/2
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George's University NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478
- Closing
- 22/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Gastroenterologist
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.
With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.
Co-located with St George’s, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King’s Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.
Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.
St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.
We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.
As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St John’s Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people’s own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth.
Job overview
The successful candidate will work with ten other Consultant Gastroenterologists and seven Consultant Hepatologists in providing general and sub-specialty services through the Trust to its surrounding community and other referring hospitals in the region. The Care Group spans the full range of inpatient, outpatient and endoscopy services and is also supported at a clinical level by specialist nurses, at least four clinical SpRs, research SpRs and four nurse endoscopists.
Main duties of the job
Provide high quality Gastroenterology care. Sessions take place St George’s Hospital, Queen Mary’s Hospital Roehampton and the Nelson Hospital.
Responsible for the care of Gastroenterology inpatients on a Consultant rota.
Work closely with the GI physiology Team in a highly research active unit.
Offer participation in oesophageal clinical trials to suitable patients.
Deliver outpatient clinics, including the specialist management of patients with upper GI disease, those referred via the two-week upper GI cancer pathway, and those with general gastrointestinal problems.
Provide diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopy, contributing to the training of trainee Gastroenterologists, Surgeons and Nurse Medical Endoscopists.
Contribute to the research and development of the GI physiology team, including increased provision of transnasal endoscopy, prolonged pH monitoring and impedance planimetry.
Participate in the out-of-hours GI bleed on call service, which is Consultant led, supervising a dedicated GI bleed SpR on call as required
Provide weekend ward rounds of Gastroenterology and Liver patients. There is no requirement to cover the general internal medicine (GIM) acute take.
Participate in the intellectual and academic life of the department, the hospital and the joint Campus through participation in relevant clinical, departmental and research meetings.
Working for our organisation
With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Our main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The appointee will have responsibility for the care of inpatients with gastrointestinal disease along with nine other colleagues and will provide outpatient clinics , including the specialist management of patients with Upper GI disease, general gastroenterology conditions and suspected UGI cancer. The post holder will contribute to the delivery of high-quality diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopy, and will provide training in these procedures, and will provide two endoscopy lists. The post holder may be required to work at either at the St. George’s main site, or at the community sites of Queen Mary Hospital, Roehampton, or the Nelson Hospital. The successful candidate will contribute to a Consultant-led on call rota for GI bleeding and weekend review of Gastroenterology and Liver inpatients.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Full registration and license to practice with General Medical Council or eligible if currently working overseas
- Currently on the Special Register or eligibility for inclusion on the Specialist Register within 6 months of the interview date
- Higher professional qualification (MRCP or equivalent)
- Full JAG accreditation in colonoscopy and upper GI endoscopy
- Train the Trainer certification by JAG
- Completion of a relevant management course / programme
Desirable criteria
- MD or PhD
- Published research papers/presentations
Experience
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive training on a recognised SpR programme or equivalent
- Record of high quality and published research papers/presentations
- Documented extensive oesophageal/upper GI in a tertiary centre
- Understanding of clinical commissioning and implications for specialty
- Demonstrable experience in all aspects of Clinical Governance.
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients
- Experience of leading clinical audits
- A track record in teaching medical and other clinical staff and students and giving clinical presentations
- Attended management course
Desirable criteria
- Management experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to organise, prioritise, delegate, and manage
- Ability to work productively in multidisciplinary teams
- Ability to develop rapport with and discuss treatment options with patients in a way they can understand
- Ability to advise on the efficient and smooth running of a specialist service.
- Ability to initiate and implement change
- Ability to supervise junior medical staff
- Ability to design and deliver talks/ lectures/workshops effectively
- Good interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence demonstrated by the ability to work closely and effectively with staff at all levels and disciplines
- IT skills
- Teaching and presentation skills
- Ability to critically appraise scientific literature
- Understanding of modern medical curriculum and of learning assessment tools
- Disability and equality awareness
Desirable criteria
- Research skills
- Development of national or international guidelines
- Strong leadership skills and performance driven
Other
Essential criteria
- Caring and professional attitude and approach with patients
- Respects individuals’ rights, interests, beliefs, preferences and cultures
- Able to take responsibility and lead by example
- Commitment to continuing professional development
- Ability to work collaboratively with the Care Group team
- Excellent personal time management skills
- Ability to make clear rational decisions, exercising independent judgement in a professional and competent manner
- Intellectual flexibility required to work with ambiguity and complexity
- Demonstrable drive and personal resilience
- High level of verbal and written communication skills
- Awareness of own personal development needs
- Demonstrable ability to cope under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Involvement with national/international bodies
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 Sarah Clark
- Job title
- Consultant Gastroenterologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 725 3820
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