Clinical and Leadership Fellow in Gastroenterology

Job summary

IBD FELLOW SPR- GASTROENTROLOGY

This innovative post is designed for doctors who have completed Core Medical Training (CMT) as a developmental opportunity prior to taking up a higher specialty physician training post.

The Fellowship will be for a period of 12 months from September 2021.

Our gastroenterology department is an internationally renowned centre of clinical excellence. The department has clinics at the Trust's three hospitals - St Mark's, Central Middlesex and Northwick Park - and provides an extensive range of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic services.

We see both local and nationally referred patients.

Main duties of the job

St Marks Hospital - IBD Fellow Job Description

1. Attend two IBD clinic sessions per week
2. Attend Prof Hart weekly endoscopy list
3. Participate and co-chairing IBD MDT meeting
4. Admin work including
   1. Outpatient medication/prescription
   2. Request investigations including imaging and endoscopy procedure
   3. Request funding for controlled drug (IBD biologics treatment)
5. Participate in Joint Surgical Clinic and Paediatric IBD Transition Clinic
6. Working with the IBD team and biologic infusion unit
   1. Authorising biologic medication and prescription
   2. Provide support and advice to IBD nursing team
   3. Review patient in infusion unit
7. Gastroenterology On-call/out of hours work:
   1. Weekday (Monday) 5pm - 9am - Gastroenterology ward cover/GI bleed - 1 day in 3 weeks
   2. Weekend (Saturday, Sunday) 9am-9am - GI bleed on call - 1 in 12 weekends.
   3. Weekend (Saturday, Sunday) 9am - 5pm - Gastroenterology ward cover - 1 in 12 weekends.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.