Locum Consultant Gastroenterologist

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Romford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Locum Consultant Gastroenterologist to join the Digestive Diseases Centre across Queen's Hospital and King George Hospital in Romford.

The role involves inpatient/outpatient gastroenterology, endoscopy, emergency gastroenterology, and participation in on-call rota with cross-site working. The post requires GMC registration and eligibility for appointment as a Locum Consultant Gastroenterologist.

Qualifications

• MRCP or FRCS recognised by GMC.
• CCT or equivalent by interview date or within six months of award.
• Full GMC registration or eligible for registration within six months of interview.

Responsibilities

• Inpatient and outpatient Gastroenterology care across two hospital sites.
• Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy delivery.
• Participation in on-call Gastroenterology rota and cross-site working.
• Teaching, clinical supervision, governance, audit and service development responsibilities.
• Support safe patient flow, rapid access to investigations, and cancer pathways improvement.

Education

MRCP or FRCS

CCT or equivalent

GMC registration

Job description

Main duties of the job

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant Gastroenterologist to join the Digestive Diseases Centre (DDC), working across Queen's Hospital and King George Hospital.

The successful candidate will contribute to comprehensive Gastroenterology services including inpatient care, outpatient clinics, diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, emergency Gastroenterology and multidisciplinary working. The post includes participation in the Gastroenterology on‑call rota and cross‑site working according to service requirements.

The successful candidate will have broad experience in Gastroenterology and appropriate competence in upper and lower GI endoscopy. They will work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team and contribute to teaching, clinical supervision, governance, audit, quality improvement and service development.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated consultant who will contribute to safe, efficient and sustainable Gastroenterology services and support continued improvement in patient access, diagnostic and elective recovery, cancer pathways and patient flow.

Applicants must have full GMC registration with a licence to practise and meet the requirements for appointment as a Locum Consultant Gastroenterologist.

The Consultant Gastroenterologist will participate in the Trust's Emergency Gastroenterology Service, delivering consultant‑led assessment, diagnosis and management of patients presenting with acute gastrointestinal disease.

Emergency Gastroenterology services are delivered across Queen's Hospital and King George Hospital in collaboration with Acute Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, General Surgery, Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Interventional Radiology and Anaesthetics.

The consultant will provide timely senior clinical decision‑making to support safe admission avoidance where appropriate, facilitate early discharge and ensure prompt access to specialist investigation and intervention.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A& E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Person Specification

Essential Professional Qualifications

Essential

• Higher professional qualification MRCP or FRCS
• Holder of Certificate of completion of training (CCT) or within six months of award of CCT or equivalent by date of interview.
• Full and specialist registration with the General Medical Council (GMC), or eligible for registration within six months of interview.

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