Job summary
Job summary
Health & Community Services is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic substantive Consultant in Gastroenterology. The successful applicant will join a team of two Consultant Gastroenterologists, two Staff Grades and a team of specialist nurses to provide a comprehensive service in Gastroenterology. The successful applicant will ideally have a specialist interest. 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.For an informal discussion please contact Dr Moses Duku on m.duku@health.gov.je
Main duties of the job
Clinical Duties
Jointly develop a
service of excellence for gastroenterology which ensures a seamless integration
betweenJersey and tertiary centres in England
Participate in
the development of the gastroenterology 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
To undertake
outpatient clinics for both gastroenterology
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.
About us
Jersey is separate to the NHS. For further information
about the services we provide, please click on the following link.
We believe that
working in Jersey can be both professionally
and personally rewarding. We pride ourselves in delivering high quality care
that is patient-centred, safe and effective. Our aim is to deliver excellent clinical
services and to make sure that our patients experience is of the highest
quality. This is your opportunity to
make a difference to the patients you are treating on the Island of Jersey.
We have a rotation of
Junior doctors from Health Education Wessex.
We are currently
developing the plans for our new hospital so the next few years will be an
exciting time for Health & Community Services, Jersey.
Jersey is a wonderful place to live and work, offering low
crime rates, excellent education, good sports and leisure facilities, unique
wildlife and breath-taking scenery.
We welcome all
applications irrespective of disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or
religion and encourage all prospective applicants to research Jersey to see
what it can offer you and your family as well as what our hospital can offer
you and your career.
If you believe you
fulfil our criteria and will be an asset to our organisation we look forward to
receiving your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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 programmeand support the Governance agenda.
Represent the service at Hospital meetings, as
agreed with colleagues.
Teaching
and Research
The
department is recognized 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.
The appointee will take part in the GI bleed on-call rota
alongside the other two consultant gastroenterologists which will be
reflected in the final job plan.
There are
currently two
Gastroenterology Consultants. Dr David Ng with special interest in bowel
cancer screening and IBD, and Dr Moses Duku with special interests in
advanced diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy and wireless capsule
enteroscopy. They are supported by a nurse endoscopist and IBD nurse
specialist, Consultant Radiologist with special interest diagnostic
gastroscopy and EUS, two middle grade doctors, three junior training
doctors, specialist nurses in alcohol and IBD, dieticians, a clinical
investigations unit which performs 24 hours pH, and C13 urea breath tests
and a fibroscan service. There is a close working relationship with the GI
surgery, radiology (diagnostic and interventional), pathology and oncology
departments and we run a weekly GI MDT.
Our
endoscopy unit has highly motivated staff and performs a wide range of
endoscopic procedures. The unit currently comprises of two endoscopy
suites, fully equipped with all the latest Olympus equipment. The overall
endoscopic workload is around 5,000 cases per annum, including gastroscopy,
colonoscopy, EMR, EUS, stenting, treatment of gastro-oesophageal varices,
insertion of feeding gastrostomy tubes, balloon dilatation, APC, wireless
capsule enteroscopy and a flexible sigmoidoscopy bowel cancer screening
service
The Gastroenterology
Department sits within the Medical Services Care Group which comprise the
following range of services, a full structure chart of the care group can be
found in the appendix:
Ambulatory Emergency Care
Cardiology
Dermatology
Diabetes
Emergency Admissions Unit
(EAU)
Emergency Department
Haematology
Medical Day Unit
Medical outpatients
Medical Wards - Bartlett,
Corbiere and Rozel Wards
Neurology
Oncology
Palliative Medicine
Pathology
Rehabilitation Ward
Plemont Ward (Interim Rehabilitation Unit)
Renal Medicine
Respiratory
Rheumatology
Sexual Health
Medical Services Care Group
Medicine in Jersey is fully age and specialty integrated. There
are 3 medical wards, Bartlett, Rozel and Corbiere. A 5-bedded Enhanced Care
Area is sited on AAU and there is a separate intensive care unit led by
intensivists. There is also an Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit led by the Acute
Medicine Department. There is a 25 bed Acute Assessment Unit.
SAS doctors are responsible for the day-to-day management of
their patients on the wards with the help of clinical fellows, FY1 or FY2
doctor whom they closely supervise.
On call, the SAS doctor is responsible for seeing patients
referred by the Emergency Department and reviewing patients admitted to the AAU
by GPs in conjunction with the Acute Medicine team. A core responsibility of the Medicine Care
Group is the provision of a safe acute medical service. The Care Group provides named Consultant
supervision for non-Consultants at all times and ensures that prompt review and
treatment is provided for acute medical emergencies referred by General
Practitioners or the Emergency Department.
Consultants are responsible for producing and updating
guidelines for the management of acute medical emergencies in their specialist
area
Care Group Statistics
There are 63 medical beds. 12-20 acute medical admissions on average during
each 24-hour period on call within a range of approximately 6-24.
There are approximately
4,500 medical admissions annually
Job description
Job responsibilities
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 programmeand support the Governance agenda.
Represent the service at Hospital meetings, as
agreed with colleagues.
Teaching
and Research
The
department is recognized 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.
The appointee will take part in the GI bleed on-call rota
alongside the other two consultant gastroenterologists which will be
reflected in the final job plan.
There are
currently two
Gastroenterology Consultants. Dr David Ng with special interest in bowel
cancer screening and IBD, and Dr Moses Duku with special interests in
advanced diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy and wireless capsule
enteroscopy. They are supported by a nurse endoscopist and IBD nurse
specialist, Consultant Radiologist with special interest diagnostic
gastroscopy and EUS, two middle grade doctors, three junior training
doctors, specialist nurses in alcohol and IBD, dieticians, a clinical
investigations unit which performs 24 hours pH, and C13 urea breath tests
and a fibroscan service. There is a close working relationship with the GI
surgery, radiology (diagnostic and interventional), pathology and oncology
departments and we run a weekly GI MDT.
Our
endoscopy unit has highly motivated staff and performs a wide range of
endoscopic procedures. The unit currently comprises of two endoscopy
suites, fully equipped with all the latest Olympus equipment. The overall
endoscopic workload is around 5,000 cases per annum, including gastroscopy,
colonoscopy, EMR, EUS, stenting, treatment of gastro-oesophageal varices,
insertion of feeding gastrostomy tubes, balloon dilatation, APC, wireless
capsule enteroscopy and a flexible sigmoidoscopy bowel cancer screening
service
The Gastroenterology
Department sits within the Medical Services Care Group which comprise the
following range of services, a full structure chart of the care group can be
found in the appendix:
Ambulatory Emergency Care
Cardiology
Dermatology
Diabetes
Emergency Admissions Unit
(EAU)
Emergency Department
Haematology
Medical Day Unit
Medical outpatients
Medical Wards - Bartlett,
Corbiere and Rozel Wards
Neurology
Oncology
Palliative Medicine
Pathology
Rehabilitation Ward
Plemont Ward (Interim Rehabilitation Unit)
Renal Medicine
Respiratory
Rheumatology
Sexual Health
Medical Services Care Group
Medicine in Jersey is fully age and specialty integrated. There
are 3 medical wards, Bartlett, Rozel and Corbiere. A 5-bedded Enhanced Care
Area is sited on AAU and there is a separate intensive care unit led by
intensivists. There is also an Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit led by the Acute
Medicine Department. There is a 25 bed Acute Assessment Unit.
SAS doctors are responsible for the day-to-day management of
their patients on the wards with the help of clinical fellows, FY1 or FY2
doctor whom they closely supervise.
On call, the SAS doctor is responsible for seeing patients
referred by the Emergency Department and reviewing patients admitted to the AAU
by GPs in conjunction with the Acute Medicine team. A core responsibility of the Medicine Care
Group is the provision of a safe acute medical service. The Care Group provides named Consultant
supervision for non-Consultants at all times and ensures that prompt review and
treatment is provided for acute medical emergencies referred by General
Practitioners or the Emergency Department.
Consultants are responsible for producing and updating
guidelines for the management of acute medical emergencies in their specialist
area
Care Group Statistics
There are 63 medical beds. 12-20 acute medical admissions on average during
each 24-hour period on call within a range of approximately 6-24.
There are approximately
4,500 medical admissions annually
Person Specification
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
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)
Experience
Essential
- Broad experience in Gastroenterology
- Enthusiastic Teacher
- General medicine on-call consultant experience
Desirable
- Broad experience in General Medicine
- Broad experience in Hepatology
- Previous Management Responsibility / Leadership Experience
Person Specification
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
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)
Experience
Essential
- Broad experience in Gastroenterology
- Enthusiastic Teacher
- General medicine on-call consultant experience
Desirable
- Broad experience in General Medicine
- Broad experience in Hepatology
- Previous Management Responsibility / Leadership Experience
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Health and Community Services
Address
Government Of Jersey
19-21 Broad Street
St. Helier
Jersey
Channel Islands
JE2 3RR
Employer's website
https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)