Job overview

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant in Gastroenterology and Hepatology on a 12-month fixed-term contract, working across Queen's Hospital and King George Hospital.

The successful candidate will have experience in both Gastroenterology and Hepatology and will contribute to the delivery of specialist liver disease services alongside general Gastroenterology outpatient clinics, diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, inpatient care and emergency GI bleed on-call commitments.

The post is required to support the continuity and development of Gastroenterology and Hepatology services following changes to the existing consultant provision.

Applicants should demonstrate experience in managing complex liver disease, including decompensated cirrhosis and liver failure, alongside a broad range of gastrointestinal conditions.

The successful candidate will also contribute to multidisciplinary team working, clinical governance, teaching, supervision of junior medical staff and service improvement.

The post offers a 10 PA job plan, including direct clinical care and supporting professional activities, to be agreed with the successful candidate.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate must demonstrate competence in general Gastroenterology, upper and lower GI endoscopy, management of GI bleeding and specialist Hepatology care, and will be expected to undertake the following responsibilities:

   Endoscopy (inpatient and outpatient) Service lists are at 12 points with training lists at 10.

   Provide consultant-led inpatient care on a rotating ward-week model (1:8)

    Run specialist Hepatology and General Gastroenterology outpatient clinics (minimum two per week).

    Participate in and support the development of hepatology pathways for viral hepatitis, MASLD, autoimmune liver disease, and alcohol-related liver disease.

    Contribute to emergency endoscopy services (1:14 GI bleed rota).

    Support junior medical staff through supervision, mentorship, and teaching.

    Participate in multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings including benign liver disease and upper GI cancer.

    Engage in service development and improvement initiatives within the Gastroenterology and Hepatology departments.

   Provide specialist assessment, investigation, treatment and follow-up for patients with chronic liver disease, cirrhosis and its complications, including appropriate escalation and referral to regional specialist liver services.

   Work collaboratively with the Hepatology Clinical Lead and specialist nursing team to support coordinated inpatient and outpatient liver disease management.

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. 

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission. 

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care. 

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance. 

We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.  

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.