Consultant in Gastroenterology

Job responsibilities

The Trust serves a population of over 500,000. The Trust is a key partner along with the local Clinical Commissioning Group, PCTs and local authorities in the Right Care Right Here programme which seeks to deliver an ambitious redevelopment of local health services. Following a very successful public consultation, implementation of the programme is underway with a wide range of secondary care services now being provided via new models of care in community locations.

As part of this programme, we are building our eagerly awaited Midland Metropolitan Hospital which will put us firmly on the map as one of the nations leading provider of integrated care. It will bring all of our acute services onto one site, promoting better patient safety and patient experience. Our 2020 Vision plans for admitting specialty consultants to work across the 7 days by redistributing our 5 day work. Teams are supporting cross-site work over the two existing acute sites as we prepare teams for our future models of care. This also provides excellent training and team development opportunities.

Applicants must possess recognised training and broad experience in Gastroenterology and General (Internal) Medicine and full registration with the GMC. Applicants must be on the GMCs Specialist Register for Gastroenterology or be within 6 months of achieving CCT in Gastroenterology.

The Gastroenterology service is supported by comprehensive endoscopy, GI physiology, pathology and imaging services. Bowel Cancer Screening lists are carried out at both sites.

The successful appointees will be expected to participate in the on-call rota for gastroenterology and endoscopy. This post does not include on-call for general (internal) medicine.

The Trust has a very good reputation for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching with strong links to the University of Birmingham, Aston University and Health Education West Midlands. Many of the department are actively involved in clinical trials and a research interest would be strongly supported for a suitably qualified applicant.

For an informal discussion please contact Dr Edward Fogden, consultant gastroenterologist and clinical lead for gastroenterology.

To apply for this job please go to https://www.jobs.nhs.uk reference number

CLOSING DATE: Thursday 7th July 2022

INTERVIEW DATE: Monday 18th July 2022

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to equality of opportunity and is a no smoking organisation

Qualifications:

Essential

• oEntry on the Specialist Register in Gastroenterology (or entry expected within 6 months from the date of interview)
• oMRCP(UK) or equivalent

Desirable

• oHigher Degree

Clinical Experience:

Essential

• oClinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining CCT in Gastroenterology and General (Internal) Medicine
• oAbility to take full and independent responsibility for the management of acute medical emergencies
• oAbility to take full and independent responsibility for the care of patients
• oJAG accreditation for upper GI endoscopy
• oAbility to participate independently in the out of hours endoscopy rota

Desirable

• oSpecial interest in IBD, nutrition or endoscopy
• oSpecial interest that complements the existing consultants
• oJAG accreditation for colonoscopy

Professional and Multi-disciplinary team working:

Essential

• oAbility to work well with colleagues and within a team

Experience Management and Administrative:

Essential

• oAbility to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• oAbility to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures.
• oAbility to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives.

Clinical Effectiveness

Essential

• oExperience of conducting clinical audit
• oAbility to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making

Teaching and Training experience:

Essential

• oAbility to teach clinical skills to medical and nursing staff and other disciplines.
• oThe ability to appraise junior doctors and other staff.

Desirable

• oFormal training in teaching

Research, Innovation and Service Improvement Experience:

Essential

• oAbility to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• oAn awareness of current specialty developments, initiatives and issues.

Desirable

• oKnowledge and experience of the application of information technology to Gastroenterology
• oPublications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last five years.
• oEvidence of having undertaken original research

Personal Attributes

Essential

• oEnergy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure
• oAn enquiring and critical approach to work
• oCaring attitude to patients
• oAbility to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, other staff and agencies.
• oCommitment to Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development

Other Requirements:

Essential

• oFull GMC Registration
• oAppropriate Immigration Status (where appropriate)
• oAn understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues.

Personal Circumstances

Essential

• oResidence within a reasonable distance of City and Sandwell Hospitals
• oAbility to undertake clinical commitments at any of the Trust's sites.

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

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).