Consultant Hepatologist

NHS; Truro; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Truro is seeking a qualified individual for a position requiring GMC registration and experience in gastroenterology. The role involves conducting colonoscopy, teaching medical staff, and participating in clinical governance. Candidates must hold a higher degree and demonstrate commitment to quality care within a supportive environment. Excellent opportunities in a region offering quality of life are included.

Benefits

Extensive educational links

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• GMC Specialist Register or within six months of obtaining CCT at time of interview is needed.
• Experience of working within Gastroenterology is required.
• Completion of a Management Course is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct therapeutic and diagnostic colonoscopy.
• Teach medical students and peers.
• Ensure quality of care through clinical governance.

Skills

Teaching (Medical students, peers, MDT)

Clinical Audit experience

Delivery in therapeutic and diagnostic colonoscopy

Education

GMC Registration with a license to Practice

Higher Degree (MD or PhD)

Job description

Main duties of the job

Over the last few years £3.4m has been spent on fully refurbishing and expanding the endoscopy unit. The department boasts 6 rooms on the Royal Cornwall site and one room at the West Cornwall site. In addition, a new mobile trans-nasal endoscopy service has been approved and will be operational in the next few months. The department has won awards for innovations in green endoscopy including being the first in the UK to utilise Entonox scrubbing equipment. The endoscopy workforce has also been dramatically expanded and includes new consultant and non-consultant endoscopists.

Bowel cancer screening has been well established since 2009. We are currently fully age extended from 56-75 and will shortly be extending invitations to 54 year olds.

We have always performed well at QA visits and meet key KPIs. We currently have seven accredited screening colonoscopists performing lists across two sites and a fully staffed admin and SSP nursing team. We are active in national research studies including SEAFOOD and COLO-PREVENT.

About us

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is the biggest provider of healthcare services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Our three main sites are Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro, St Michael's Hospital Hayle and West Cornwall Hospital Penzance, our staff and services are available across the region.

The Trust employs 5,000+ staff, has a budget of £380 million and 750 beds. We work with health and social care organisations -including NHS Kernow and NHS England- to ensure local healthcare needs are met. We provide acute medical, surgical and specialist services to around 500,000- which can increase significantly during busy holiday periods.

The Trust has teaching hospitals status as part of the University of Exeter Medical School. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we continually develop clinical services and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care offered locally.

We can offer you a rewarding career in a supportive working environment. We have extensive educational links to help you realise your full potential and develop skills to provide outstanding healthcare to the local community.

Enjoy an outstanding quality of life in a place that offers surfing beaches and fishing harbours to beautiful countryside and historic towns. With clean air, plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities and excellent schools, colleges and universities (including adult education) it is the ideal place for families and for you to develop your own career.

Job responsibilities

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• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Work health assessments
• Criminal record check standards
• Right to work checks

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• GMC Registration with a license to Practice
• GMC Specialist Register or within six months of obtaining CCT (or equivalent) at time of interview
• MRCP or equivalent
• Higher Degree e.g. MD or PhD. or equivalent

Experience

• Teaching (Medical students, peers, MDT)
• Experience of working within Gastroenterology
• Experienced in Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance and the benefits of how this improves the quality of care provided to patients and ensuring this is embedded in clinical practice
• Delivery in therapeutic and diagnostic colonoscopy
• Train the Trainers Course
• Management Course

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.