Job summary
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, and motivated consultant to add to our established team. This will be a substantive appointment to join our 13 substantive and 1 locum consultants. The successful applicant will be fully capable in general gastroenterology, as well as having a subspecialty interest in hepatology.
This large trust provides primary gastroenterological services for a local population of 600,000 as well as tertiary services for over 1 million in 2 sites across the city and a nearby community hospital. Inpatient care is provided on our 27-bedded inpatient ward at Hull Royal Infirmary. Endoscopic provision is at both Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital, and will move predominantly to a large state of the art Digestive Diseases Centre at CHH later this year. The trust is a Level 2 Hepatology centre, and has a severe intestinal failure service with outpatient TPN provision. There is a strong research pedigree particularly in Hepatology and IBD, and the Yorkshire School of Endoscopy is one of the busiest and longest-established nationally.
Main duties of the job
The main responsibilities of the job will include management of general gastroenterology and hepatology outpatients, as well as contribution to the outpatient endoscopy service and attendance at Hepatology and Histopathology MDTs. There will be a commitment to the "consultant of the week" rota for inpatient cover, as well as a 1:12 out of hours commitment to include provision of the acute GI bleed service. A lieu day off will be given at the end of the week following a weekend on-call. With the trust's closer collaborative working with North Lincolnshire and Goole (NLAG) NHS Foundation Trust there will be an expectation to provide periodic in-person support to Grimsby and Scunthorpe Hospitals, though the specifics of this will be arranged after appointment. Secretarial support will be made available, as well as an adequately equipped office including information technology (IT) facilities.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details regarding this vacancy, please see attached full job description and personal specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details regarding this vacancy, please see attached full job description and personal specification.
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
- oFull Registration with the GMC
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oCCT Gastroenterology (Hepatology) or within 6-months of CCT date at the time of interview
- oMRCP(UK) or equivalent qualification
- oValid ALS certificate
Desirable
- oPostgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
- oPostgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Clinical Experience
Essential
- oAbility to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
- oAbility to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- oAbility to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- oAbility to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
- oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- oExperience of supervising junior medical staff
- oCommitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- oEvidence of participation in audit
- oAbility to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- oExperience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
- oOriginal peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
Essential
- oAbility to work flexibly in a changing health service
- oExcellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
- oAbility to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
- oFull Registration with the GMC
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oCCT Gastroenterology (Hepatology) or within 6-months of CCT date at the time of interview
- oMRCP(UK) or equivalent qualification
- oValid ALS certificate
Desirable
- oPostgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
- oPostgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Clinical Experience
Essential
- oAbility to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
- oAbility to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- oAbility to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- oAbility to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
- oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- oExperience of supervising junior medical staff
- oCommitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- oEvidence of participation in audit
- oAbility to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- oExperience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
- oOriginal peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
Essential
- oAbility to work flexibly in a changing health service
- oExcellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
- oAbility to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
