Consultant Gastroenterologist Flexible Hours + Relocation

East And North Hertfordshire Teaching Nhs Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa and flight reimbursement up to £5

Relocation up to £8k

Total relocation support up to £13k

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust seeks a Consultant Gastroenterologist to join an established team delivering gastroenterology services across the Lister, QEII and Hertford County sites. The post includes 10 PAs and participation in a 1 in 12 GI bleed and emergency endoscopy on-call rota.

The successful applicant will work with a team of gastroenterologists and hepatologists to provide comprehensive gastroenterology and liver services, with opportunities for leadership in

Qualifications

• GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT at interview
• MRCP or equivalent level
• Postgraduate degree desirable

Responsibilities

• Maintain high-quality, patient-centered care
• Share responsibility for daily service management and strategic planning
• Teach and train within the multidisciplinary service
• Participate in MDT meetings and clinical governance
• Pursue ongoing Continuing Medical Education

Skills

Clinical governance

Appraisal & revalidation

Patient safety leadership

Independent diagnostic opinion

Education

MRCP or equivalent

GMC Specialist Register eligibility

Job description

Job summary
Please note that, subject to approval, financial incentives may be available, including reimbursement of visa and flight expenses up to £5,000, together with the Trust's standard relocation package of up to £8,000. This provides a potential total support package of up to £13,000. Demand for Gastroenterology outpatient and Endoscopy services continues to grow across East and North Hertfordshire NHS Teaching Trust. We are seeking an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Consultant Gastroenterologist to join our established team and help deliver high-quality care across the Trust.

This substantive post is based at Lister Hospital, Stevenage, comprising 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) and participation in the 1 in 12 GI bleeding and emergency endoscopy on-call rota. The successful applicant will join a team of 12 Gastroenterologists and 4 Hepatologists, providing comprehensive Gastroenterology services across Lister Hospital, New QEII Hospital, and Hertford County Hospital.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues and community partners to provide outstanding patient care and contribute to the ongoing development of Gastroenterology services across the Trust.

We are proud of both our reputation for delivering high standards of care and our friendly, supportive working environment.

It is expected that the applicant will complement an existing department offering gastroenterology and liver services, please see job plan. Across the Trust the care of GI and liver inpatients is centralised at the Lister site with consultants involved in a 1 in 12 GI bleeding rota which incorporates a 24/7 bleed service and some routine endoscopy at weekends whilst on-call. The post does not include a commitment to the general medical on call rota.

About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job responsibilities

• Maintenance of high-quality patient centered care
• Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service and participation in strategic planning
• Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service
• Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity
• Active participation in continuing medical education

Qualifications/Training
Essential

• Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
• MRCP or qualification of an equivalent level

Desirable

• Postgraduate degree (or equivalent)

Previous Experience
Essential

• Broad range of experience in Gastroenterology oDiagnostic and Therapeutic Gastroscopy oDiagnostic and Therapeutic Colonoscopy
• Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
• Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
• Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience in a Locum Consultant role

Skills
Essential

• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
• Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation

Knowledge
Essential

• Demonstrate understanding of basic principles of audit, evidence-based practice, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
• Comprehensive knowledge and insight regarding all the domains within the GMC standards of Good Medical Practice

Other requirements
Essential

• Demonstrates an interest and commitment to the specialty
• Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity, and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities. Understands the impact on equality, diversity, and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
• Role model our Trust values every day
• Understands and can demonstrate the values of the NHS constitution
• Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs

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.

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

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.