Consultant Endoscopist Sub-Speciality BCSP

Job responsibilities

We are looking for individuals who would be interested to complement our existing strengths in providing a high quality Endoscopy Service together with education, research and training. It is envisaged that it will be increasingly difficult to accommodate all future advances in specialist treatments and interventions at each of our main hospital sites in an NHS dominated by new regimes including integrated care systems. Taking this into account it is proposed that whilst a successful candidate will spend most of their programmed activities at a base acute hospital it is expected that the role could involve programmed activities at other hospitals within the Trust. Every effort will be made to take into account subspecialty interests of the appointee and if support of the appointees service requires sessions in neighbouring tertiary centre, MDTs / clinics this could be accommodated.

As a senior employee of the Trust, you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trusts patients. Integral to these responsibilities is the following: -

The provision of a first-class clinical service

Sustaining and developing teaching and research

Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trusts procedures and operating policies

Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trusts service plans

Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Division or the Trust

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. The post holder will provide lower and upper diagnostic endoscopy procedures. The responsibilities include accurate reporting on procedures and ensuring rapid request of next steps when necessary. This role will require exceptional patient care.

2. Contribute to departmental research interests in accordance with the Trusts R&D framework.

3. Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, clinical governance programs and learning from Deaths.

4. Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).

5. Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.

6. Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.

General responsibilities:

1. You have a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance responsibilities associated with this post.

2. You are required to observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of CDDFT together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations, including complying with statutory and Trust core training

3. You are required to observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff

4. You are required to be responsible, with management support, for your own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.

5. The post-holder has an important responsibility for, and contribution to make to, infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role. These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures, which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards must be strictly complied with at all times.

6. All employees must hold an 'nhs.net' email account, which will be the Trust's formal route for email communication. You are therefore required to check this regularly and to deal with such communication promptly.

7. This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post-holder.

Experience

Essential

• Experience in Gastroenterology and Endoscopy
• Must be proficient in Gastoscopy and Colonoscopy
• Evidence of research experience and clinical effectiveness work
• Experience oand familiarity with UK hospital systems and practices or equivalent is essential.
• Experience of supervising, training and teaching trainees
• Able to provide exicence of career planning through appraisal process.

Desirable

• Experience of close liaison with community services.
• EUS/ERCP/BCSP experience
• Experience of service developement

Qualifications

Essential

• MB ChB or equivalent
• MRCP / MRCP (I) or equivalent
• CCST in Gastroenterology or equivalent

Desirable

• Research degree, Master's degree or Teaching Qualification
• Certificate of Medical Education or other formal trainig programme
• MD/PhD

Statutory Registration

Essential

• Full and specialist registration with GMC (and Licence to Practice).
• Holder of Certification of Completion of Training (CCT) or be within 6 months of attaining CCT in Specialty at time of interview.
• Applications wishing to apply for CESR are welcome to apply.

Desirable

• Training in sub-specialty complementary to that of the existing Consultants

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Good clinical skills including management of acute medical admissions.
• To be able to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems wihtin the service.
• Understands factors affecting patient safety
• Experience and understanding of audit and conducting clinical audit
• Demostrates awareness of developing situations in clinical environment
• Demostrates ability to solve problems and make timely decisions, even when under pressure
• Able to use IT to enhance patient care.

Desirable

• Ability to use the evidence base and clinical to support decision making

Special Requirements

Essential

• Previous management experience
• previous active involvement in audit
• Awareness of managerial role of a consultant in the NHS
• Able to demonstrate evidence of NHS Managament skills i.e. ability to organise and proiritise own work.
• Ability to delegate appropriately to trainee/non-consultant
• Demonstrates ability to work effecively on strategic or long term issues with colleagues wihtin the NHS and with staff from other agencies
• Decomonstrates ability to lead team and to operate as effective team member
• Decomonstrates succcessful discharge of managerial responsibilities (if previous consultant experience)
• Demonstrates skills in planning, management and organisation
• Evidence of active teaching of undersraduates, junior doctors and nurses.
• A strong commitment to undergraduate education
• An interest in teaching all grades of hospital and professional staff.
• Williness and ability participate equally in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Able to cope with stress
• Good discipline and motivation
• Flexible team worker
• Excellent communication/interpersonal skills
• Demonstrates empathy when communicating with patients and relatives/carers, including the response to complaints.
• Commitment to CME and CPD
• Willingness to undertake additional professional duties
• Demonstrates honest, integrity and awareness of confidentiality and thical issues relevant to emergency medicine.
• Demonstrates interest and reliastic insight into future role (s) of emergency medicine and external factors wthat may affect it.
• Demonostrates punctuality, being able to organise self, and flexibility
• Demonstrates non-prejudicial or non-judgmental attitude to others
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ability to respond constructively to feedback.

Desirable

• Formal management training
• Demonstrates successful discharge of managerial responsibilities (if registrar)
• Demonstrates understanding of relvant legislation relatint to emploment and of good practice in this area
• Has received training in teamwork and leadership
• Has received formal management training
• Demonstrarates the ability to inspire and motivate others to deliver care effectively and efficiently.
• Willinesss to become involved in departmental research probjects and to lead some research of academic developments.
• Extra curricular activities or achievements in local area
• Decomstrates awareness of health, social and exonomic challenges facting the community served by the relevant departments.

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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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).