Locum Consultant in Gastroenterology

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic NHS Locum Consultant to join our team. This s a fixed term post for 6 months.

The post will deliver a contribution to the endoscopy service (elective and emergency), gastroenterology outpatient services and in patient gastroenterology. In patient Gastroenterology involves managing patients on the gastroenterology ward, respective outlier ward, seeing referrals on other wards and providing an in reach service to the Acute Medical Unit.

The post-holder will be expected to develop a sub-specialty interest in line with the needs of the department and to develop the management of this service.

The post holder will be responsible for running the GI ward on a 1 in 11 rota basis, providing daily ward rounds for 7 days. For the other 10 weeks of the cycle the post holder will deliver 5 clinical, face to face sessions (e.g 3 clinics and 2 endoscopy sessions) as well as attending MDT's and seeing referrals. Throughout the 11 week cycle the post holder will contribute to a 1: 14 on call rota for out of hours emergency endoscopy.

The morning endoscopy list has an average of 12 points and an afternoon list has an average of 10 points.

Outpatient clinics have an average of 8 new patients or 14 review patients.

The department will consider time off in lieu for planned weekend working.

Main duties of the job

General

1. In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to provide a service in Gastroenterology.
2. To play a full part in the out-of-hours On-Call service for the department. This includes being on-call for telephone advice and major incidents.
3. To provide cover for Consultant and Senior colleagues in respect of periods of leave.
4. To take part in medical audit and research as appropriate.
5. To ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met.
6. To ensure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of your patients to be able to contact you when necessary.

A full and comprehensive list of roles and responsibilities can be found in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

About us

The last few years have seen the Trust reinforce its position as a leading healthcare provider. We have continued to drive forward change with clinicians and managers working in partnership to deliver the patient safety and quality agenda, push the boundaries of efficiency and productivity and embed cultural change to proactively manage issues such as mortality and Never Events.

Our recent achievements include:

• Rated 'Good' in June 2018 by the CQC following an inspectionIn 2018, a new 2.4 million Stroke Unit opened at New Cross - now all suspected stroke cases from Wolverhampton and Walsall are treated in this specialist unit
• Setting the UK record for days without a healthcare acquired MRSA bacteraemia (1142); more than 60% reduction in MSSA bacteraemia Seeing a continued reduction in the number of cases of C.difficile
• Universal surgical site infection surveillance, including post-discharge surveillance
• Enhanced our position as a tertiary provider by becoming the first Trust in the West Midlands to perform robotic surgery
• Achieved NHSLA level 3 standards for General Services and level 2 for our Maternity Services
• Opened a Midwifery Led Unit to increase the choice for mothers
• Implemented 7 day consultant working across the majority of specialties
• Achieved a reduction of more than 70% in avoidable hospital acquired pressure ulcers; more than 70% of our wards had zero avoidable pressure ulcers and we are using telemedicine to improve community reporting