Specialty Doctor in Gastroenterology

Job summary

Applicants are invited to apply for a Specialty Doctor post in Gastroenterology at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Applicants are invited to apply for a Specialty Doctor post in Gastroenterology at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The Gastroenterology team is based at Kings Mill Hospital in Mansfield - where there is a 4 room endoscopy unit. Newark hospital has a single room endoscopy unit. Outpatients clinics are provided at both sites. The service currently sees 4000 new patients in clinic and over 5000 follow ups. The endoscopy unit performs 14,000 procedures per year. The unit is the JAG East Midlands Endoscopy Training Centre

As a Speciality Doctor here at King's Mill Hospital you will provide outpatient, inpatient and endoscopic Gastroenterology services.

Main duties of the job

The over-riding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

Provision of a service to Sherwood Forest Hospitals, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department

To contribute towards the teaching and training of medical students

To cover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absences

Carrying out teaching duties as required and contributing to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education activity

Participating in medical audit, the Trust's Clinical Governance processes and in CPD - CPD is provided in job plans and attendance at audit and other governance meetings is mandatory

Any other duties which may be required from time to time

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third-best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures well-being and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.

Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach is at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.