Senior Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology (Endoscopy)

NHS; Oxford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust offers a full-time Senior Clinical Fellow position in Gastroenterology, focusing on advanced endoscopy training. The role includes clinical responsibilities and opportunities for research, with a commitment to patient care and education.

Qualifications

• Trained in clinical gastroenterology, diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy (>500).
• 3 years as Registrar in Gastroenterology.

Responsibilities

• Clinical activity under supervision of senior staff.
• Provide first class service delivery while supporting clinical research.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organisational Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Education

MRCP or equivalent

Completion of General Professional Training

Job description

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Senior Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology (Endoscopy)

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Job summary

We have 1 Endoscopy full-time fully-funded Fellowship available at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. They are designed to complement the existing gastroenterology serviceand offer advanced training in endoscopy. The posts, available from September 2025will involve 12 months as an advanced endoscopy Fellow (4-5 endoscopy sessions and 1-2 clinics/week). The OUH endoscopic fellowships are designed to complement each other, such that our Fellows develop advanced skills with appropriate support. Typically the endoscopic SCF will spend 6 months fulfilling endoscopic SCF1 role, and 6 months as endoscopic SCF2 role. As with all our SCF posts, the principle is thatthere are 6 clinical and 4 academic sessions/week, the academic sessions being allocated 1 each to clinical trials, a personal project, teaching and administration. As with all 6 Senior Clinical Fellows in Oxford, one ofthe endoscopy sessions is flexible and may need to be worked on a Saturday. The John Radcliffe provides an integrated service with Horton General Hospital.

Main duties of the job

Clinical activity will be under the supervision of Dr Oliver Brain (Fellowship Programme Director) , Professor James East (Director of Endoscopy ) and Dr Rebecca Palmer(Advanced Endoscopist). Interventional endoscopy is a particular strength of the Unit, and the service offers advanced endoscopic techniques including EMR and ESD in the upper and lower GI tracts. We are a designated bowel cancer screening centre, with 6 accredited bowel cancer screening endoscopists. We have a broad and productive endoscopic research programme, with subspecialist interest in polyp development and detection, Barrett's surveillance,IBD surveillance, and the pathogenesis of GI malignancy. This is fully integrated with the TGU basic science research programmes, such as those led by Prof Simon Leedham into molecular carcinogenesis. Morebroadly we have a GI biobank research and ethical framework that facilitates all research projects that require endoscopically-derived tissue samples.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more herewww.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

Job responsibilities

There are six SCFs in total, and these are experienced trainees, often attracted from abroad to complete advanced GI and Endoscopy Training pending a consultant appointment. The other fellowships are focussedon endoscopy, nutrition, and small bowel transplant, advanced IBD, hepatology, and hepatobiliary intervention. Together the SCFs provide first class service delivery whilst allowing time to support the clinicalresearch of the department. Inpatient luminal and hepatology sides have three CMT (Core Medical Trainee) posts and a FY (Foundation Year) 1 post, which often attract academic trainees. At the Horton General Hospital (HGH), there are two Gastroenterology StRs.Great emphasis is placed on multidisciplinary care, with close cooperation with colorectal and upper gastrointestinal surgeons, hepatobiliary surgeons, intestinal transplant surgeons, gastrointestinal histopathology, and radiology. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease or intestinal failure are jointly managed between surgical and medical teams. Five IBD specialist nurses, two Gastroenterology Dietitians and a Consultant Gastroenterology Pharmacist are attached to the team. There is close liaison with Paediatric Gastroenterology, especially for adolescent IBD. The Nutrition and Intestinal failure teams that include separate specialist nurses (vascular access, parenteral and enteral nutrition), dietitians, pharmacists are closely integrated with the unit.

Person Specification

GMC

• Full registration with GMC

Qualifications/Training

• MRCP or equivalent
• Completion of General Professional Training and 3 years (or equivalent) as Registrar in Gastroenterology

Experience

• Trained in clinical gastroenterology, diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy (>500) and colonoscopy (>200)
• 3 years as Registrar in Gastroenterology
• Research experience
• Able to make independent management decisions, supported by consultant staff
• Recent publications in the field of endoscopy or gastroenterology.
• Good Clinical Practice certificate for clinical trials

Skills and Knowledge

• Sufficient leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills to undertake effectively the role of a senior clinical fellow (Senior Registrar equivalent) in a large teaching hospital.
• Good personal and interpersonal skills. Excellent spoken and written English. Communication skills should be highly developed.
• Experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
• Experience of clinical audit
• Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the Government's agenda for modernisation.
• Willingness to commit to at least 12 months' in the post
• Management training and experience

Other Requirements

• First author publications and presentation at international meetings (DDW, UEGW or equivalent)

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.

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