Consultant Gastroenterologist | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

st georges nhs trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Greater London is seeking a Consultant Gastroenterologist with a specialist interest in Complex Nutrition. This substantive post includes various responsibilities, such as managing outpatient clinics, endoscopy procedures, inpatient care, and participating in on-call rotas. Candidates will work in a supportive environment within a large team, offering opportunities for clinical supervision and research. It's a chance to contribute significantly to patient care and development in a leading healthcare institution.

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified Consultant Gastroenterologist with expertise in complex nutrition.
• Must have experience in upper GI procedures, including PEG insertion.
• Demonstrated ability to teach and supervise junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Perform diagnostic and therapeutic GI endoscopies.
• Provide outpatient care, focusing on complex nutrition.
• Manage inpatient gastroenterology and medical cases.

Skills

Complex nutrition

Gastroenterology

Upper GI endoscopy

Teaching and supervision

Team collaboration

Education

Consultant level training in Gastroenterology

Medical degree

Job description

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Gastroenterologist with a specialist interest in Complex Nutrition. This substantive post offers 10 PAs, combining outpatient clinics—including a dedicated home parenteral nutrition clinic—endoscopy lists with PEG procedures, inpatient care for luminal gastroenterology and complex nutrition, and participation in the upper GI bleed on-call rota. There is scope to develop or continue a secondary subspecialty interest, such as inflammatory bowel disease, general gastroenterology, or research. The successful candidate will work within a large, multidisciplinary gastroenterology team, providing high-quality patient care, clinical supervision, and opportunities for teaching and research.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

This advert closes on Monday 26 Jan 2026