Consultant Gastroenterology

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

The closing date is 16 May 2025

Job summary

Applications are invited for the post of Consultant Gastroenterologist within the Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology based at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. This is a new post to support increased demand for our secondary and tertiary care services, and forthcoming expansion of our endoscopy department. Applicants with sub-specialty interests are very much encouraged to apply and there are opportunities to support and enhance services across the breadth of Gastroenterology.

You will join an enthusiastic and cohesive team of 14 Consultant Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists working in one of the largest acute hospitals in the country, serving a catchment population of approximately 675,000 people.

Interview Date: 5th June 2025

Main duties of the job

The role will comprise a mixture of outpatient clinical work, endoscopy and in-patient gastroenterology, with supporting professional activity time. The successful candidate will join a team of 14 consultants with a wide range of specialist interests including advanced endoscopy, IBD, clinical nutrition, hepatology, ERCP/EUS and upper GI therapeutics. They are supported by 7 registrars and teams of clinical nurse specialists in IBD, Hepatology, Nutrition and Endoscopy. Candidates with a wide-range of sub-specialty interests will be considered for this post as there are opportunities to support and develop services across the breadth of Gastroenterology. Provision of ERCP and / or EUS is not a requirement, but it may be possible for this to be included for those with a pancreatobiliary sub-specialty interest.

This post will include a commitment to in-patient care of specialty patients on an approximate 1:5 basis (currently 3 week blocks). Accreditation in General Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology is essential, although the commitment to general medicine is limited to management of small numbers of out-lying general medical patients on the Gastroenterology wards. This post will include a commitment to the Gastroenterology / out of hours endoscopy rota (currently 1:8), which delivers a 7-day emergency out-of-hours

About us

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Date posted

26 April 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

REF707O

Job locations

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Portsmouth

PO6 3LY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Grade: Consultant Gastroenterologist

Department: Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Please see attached documents

Job description

Job responsibilities

Grade: Consultant Gastroenterologist

Department: Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Please see attached documents

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC registration with a license to practice
MRCP or equivalent

Desirable

Higher Degree (e.g. MD/PhD) in an IBD related field

Experience

Essential

Entry on the GMC specialist register via CCT in Gastroenterology (proposed date must be within 6 months), CESR or European Community Rights
Wide experience of gastroenterology and general internal medicine
JAG certified training in upper and lower GI endoscopy

Desirable

Experience of service development

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC registration with a license to practice
MRCP or equivalent

Desirable

Higher Degree (e.g. MD/PhD) in an IBD related field

Experience

Essential

Entry on the GMC specialist register via CCT in Gastroenterology (proposed date must be within 6 months), CESR or European Community Rights
Wide experience of gastroenterology and general internal medicine
JAG certified training in upper and lower GI endoscopy

Desirable

Experience of service development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).