Consultant Gastroenterologist

St George's University Hospitals; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in London is seeking a gastroenterologist to undertake high-quality diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including upper and lower GI endoscopies. The role involves providing specialist outpatient care with a focus on complex nutrition and managing inpatients while ensuring clinical supervision for junior doctors. The ideal candidate will engage in multidisciplinary team meetings and contribute to clinical research activities, making a significant impact on patient care within a large hospital network.

Qualifications

• Experience in high-quality diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy procedures.
• Ability to manage complex nutrition cases.
• Experience in teaching and supervising junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Conduct upper and lower GI endoscopy and PEG insertions.
• Provide specialist outpatient care for complex nutrition.
• Manage inpatients and engage in multidisciplinary team meetings.

Job description

• Undertake high-quality diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopy, including PEG insertion and removals.
• Provide specialist outpatient care, with a focus on complex nutrition and the opportunity to develop a secondary subspecialty interest.
• Manage gastroenterology and general medical inpatients on a rotational basis.
• Deliver an advisory inpatient service for patients with complex nutritional requirements.
• Participate in the upper GI bleed on-call rota and weekend ward rounds.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings (MDMs) for complex nutrition and other subspecialty areas.
• Provide clinical supervision and teaching for junior doctors, clinical nurse specialists, and allied health professionals.
• Engage in medical audit, quality improvement, and clinical research activities.
• Participate in the Trust's consultant appraisal and continuing professional development processes.

With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

As well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.