Specialty Doctor - Gastroenterology and Endoscopy

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you looking for a keen, interactive and innovative Specialty Doctor role where you have the opportunity to be supported by a team of consultants who are experts in their field and who offer a personalised supportive induction programme to all newly appointed candidates? Then we are looking for you.

Our MSE Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Department are currently recruiting a talented team of Specialist Doctors to support our busy yet thriving department that provides a wide range of GI investigations and procedures including upper and lower GI endoscopy, therapeutic ERCP, oesophageal metal stenting, biliary lithotripsy and argon beam therapy.

You will be working alongside the Endoscopy Units seven Consultants which has state of the art JAG accreditation and includes three endoscopy rooms, one with screening facilities, a urea breath testing area, biochemical GI tests and ERCP.

You will be given the opportunity to gain experience in managing GI disorders such as GI bleeds, liver disease and paracentesis, as well as training sessions in the endoscopy unit.

You will be involved with our coeliac disease and inflammatory bowel disease clinics organised by nurse specialists, our weekly multidisciplinary meetings held to review all cases of GI cancer and our regular chronic liver disease and viral hepatitis clinics.

Main duties of the job

You will become a key component of our multi-disciplinary team, with continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, undertaking ward duties under the direction of senior colleagues including all administrative duties associated with patient care and involved Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) discussion with other colleagues.

You will be expected to provide necessary educational and clinical supervision for junior doctors working in your team and participate in the departmental and trust wide teaching programmes for the relevant junior medical staff and members of the multidisciplinary teams.

You will be expected to be committed to the concept of lifelong learning and produce and maintain a Personal Development Plan in agreement with your Educational Supervisor.

About us

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

Date posted

01 December 2023

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

£52,530 a year Per Annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-MR-LCS-BA-1683

Job locations

Basildon

Nethermayne

Basildon

SS16 5NL

Job description

Job responsibilities

The duties outlined above are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.

Please see the attached JD for further details.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The duties outlined above are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.

Please see the attached JD for further details.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Skills

Essential

Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current license to practise from, the GMC at the time of application.
Demonstrates awareness of basics of managing patients with gastroenterology / hepatic disease.
Competence at core completion level in the management of medical emergencies, in patients and out patients.

Desirable

Evidence of some competencies in Gastroenterology.

Additional Qualifications

Essential

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
MRCP (UK) Part 2 or EEA eligibility at time of application.

Desirable

Higher degrees including MSc, PhD, MC (where the research thesis is not part of first medical degree)

Person Specification

Qualifications and Skills

Essential

Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current license to practise from, the GMC at the time of application.
Demonstrates awareness of basics of managing patients with gastroenterology / hepatic disease.
Competence at core completion level in the management of medical emergencies, in patients and out patients.

Desirable

Evidence of some competencies in Gastroenterology.

Additional Qualifications

Essential

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
MRCP (UK) Part 2 or EEA eligibility at time of application.

Desirable

Higher degrees including MSc, PhD, MC (where the research thesis is not part of first medical degree)

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

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).