Consultant in Gastroenterology with interest in Hepatology

Job responsibilities

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JOB TITLE: Consultant in Gastroenterology with interest in Hepatology

EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Substantive

PROFESSIONALLY ACCOUNTABLE TO: Group Medical Director

MANAGERIALLY ACCOUNTABLE TO: Associate Medical Director

SALARY SCALE: Consultant £87,624 - £159,455

(Dependent on experience)

BASIC PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES: 10

LIEU PAs: 0

TOTAL PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES: 10

ON-CALL COMMITMENT: On-Call for GI bleeds

Health & Community Services is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic substantive Consultant in Gastroenterology with interest in Hepatology. The successful applicant will join a team of two Consultant Gastroenterologists to provide a comprehensive service in Gastroenterology and develop the hepatology service.

The successful candidate will have broad experience of inpatient and outpatient gastroenterology and hepatology, fully competent in diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy, including management of GI bleeding.

The applicant will undertake inpatient specialist reviews where requested and take part in GI-Bleed on-call rota

Medical/Secretaries/Offices

There are dedicated medical secretaries (2 FTE) supporting the consultants and their team based within the Endoscopy Unit

The consultants have a shared office space with IT facilities.

Clinical Duties

· Build & develop a service of excellence for hepatology which ensures a seamless integration between Jersey and tertiary hepatology centres in England

· Participate in the development of the gastroenterology & hepatology strategy for the island of Jersey including endoscopy services

· To work in close partnership and liaison with Primary Care and other specialist services.

· To undertake inpatient specialist reviews for gastroenterology/hepatology

· To undertake outpatient clinics for both gastroenterology & hepatology

· Provide diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopy

· To provide clinical advice & support to primary care colleagues and other consultants within Health & Community Services medical model

· To deliver personalised, evidence informed medical care plans to all patients that are appropriately documented and regularly evaluated.

· To provide advice and timely medical reviews and interventions as part of the interdisciplinary model of care.

· To participate and attend relevant services MDTs

· To liaise with tertiary referral centres as appropriate to provide patient centred care & service improvements

· Maintain good quality up to date medical records including timely discharge letters and summaries.

· To ensure appropriate documentation and coding is used to provide consistent audit and monitoring of the service.

· To adhere to local prescribing guidelines.

· The post holder should be adaptable, flexible and innovative in order to meet the ongoing challenges within the service. The responsibilities of the role may change from time to time

· To comply with infection prevention & control requirements including the latest COVID-19 guidance and policies.

Leadership & Management

· Take part in management and audit activities to support the Care Group Leadership team & Public Health in planning for services and ensuring the service meets key performance indications including excellent patient care.

· The post holder will be expected to take part in management and audit activities and represent the service at Hospital meetings, as agreed with colleagues.

· The post holder will be expected to be fully involved in a ‘Risk Management” programme and support the Governance agenda.

· Represent the service at Hospital meetings, as agreed with colleagues.

Teaching and Research

The department is recognised for junior doctors from the Wessex deanery and medical students from Southampton and active teaching is encouraged in this role. It is expected that the post holder is participating in the training of Medical staff and that the candidate will ensure that the training and learning needs are identified and facilitated. This includes educational support for the clinical fellows recruited directly to Health & Community Services.

The post holder should deliver training to a range of professionals across the multi disciplinary team in stroke medicine to create a service of excellence for Jersey.

Opportunities for participating in research are supported when appropriate. The Health & Community Services has a policy for professional leave and is supportive of external duties for the good of the wider profession.

Qualifications

Essential

• Primary Medical Degree
• Higher Specialty qualification: MRCP or equivalent
• Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a Licence to practise (for overseas candidates it is mandatory that a licence is obtained prior to appointment).
• Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register/Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent in Gastroenterology (or be within 6 months of obtaining this at the date of the interview - documentary evidence of this must be provided to support your application)
• ALS trained
• Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register/Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent in Hepatology (or be within 6 months of obtaining this at the date of the interview - documentary evidence of this must be provided to support your application)

Desirable

• Clinical Experience in similar NHS environment or equivalent
• MS or MD
• Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register/Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent in Hepatology (or be within 6 months of obtaining this at the date of the interview - documentary evidence of this must be provided to support your application)
• Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register/Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent in General Medicine (or be within 6 months of obtaining this at the date of the interview - documentary evidence of this must be provided to support your application)

Leadership & Management Skills

Essential

• Evidence of Clinical Leadership
• Ability to Work Flexibly with Colleagues to provide services
• Ability to Work Effectively with a Multi-Disciplinary Team, motivating and influencing others through their enthusiasm.
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, management and other agencies.
• Highly motivated
• Able to work within a team
• Experience of Teaching,Training & Supervision of Junior Medical Staff and undergraduate students
• An understanding of and ability to demonstrate your ability to:
• Empower others
• Lead through change
• Influence strategically
• Collaborative working
• Drive for Improvement
• Integrity

Experience

Essential

• Broad experience in Gastroenterology
• Enthusiastic Teacher
• General medicine on-call consultant experience
• Diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopy
• Ability to perform emergency endoscopy for GI bleed
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of general medical patients

Desirable

• Broad experience in General Medicine
• Broad experience in Hepatology
• Previous Management Responsibility / Leadership Experience
• Recognised period of work in a liver unit
• JAG accredited Endoscopist

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).

UK Registration

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