Senior Clinical Fellow (Post CCT) - Gastroenterology

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS is offering an exciting 12-month Senior Clinical Fellow position in Gastroenterology, focusing on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The role involves endoscopy training, service delivery, and opportunities for research leading to publication, within a renowned IBD team at the Royal Liverpool Hospital.

Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC and licence to practise or eligible for.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience in teaching, multiprofessional/undergraduate.

Responsibilities

• Endoscopy training and surveillance.
• Managing and discussing complex IBD cases in MDT.
• Participating in clinical research related to IBD.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

MB ChB

Foundation programme completion

Job description

Go back Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow (Post CCT) - Gastroenterology

The closing date is 04 July 2025

This is an exciting post for 12 months aimed at a Gastroenterology trainee wishing to garner further specialist experience in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) delivery in a large teaching hospital Gastrointestinal (GI) unit. The post also comes with the opportunity to do some clinical research (hopefully leading to abstract and paper publication and experience in clinical trials), with time set aside within the job plan to enable this to occur.

The new Royal Liverpool Hospital is home to a IBD Team which historically is known as a centre of excellence for IBD both nationally and internationally.

The successful applicant will spend 12 months within the IBD Team exclusively at the Royal Liverpool Hospital site. The work will focus on service development and delivery with IBD patients. There will be the opportunity for the candidate to register for a higher degree with the University of Liverpool (or another university) subject to progress and/or time built into the job for research, quality improvement and teaching. It is expected that the successful candidate will be able to author or co-author a number of papers or abstract, learn basic research methods and skills and hopefully attend major IBD conferences such as ECCO, DDW and the BSG. There may be an opportunity to be either principal investigator (PI) or co-PI on one or more research studies.

Main duties of the job

Endoscopy training and surveillance

Depending on the endoscopy experience of the applicant, it is planned to offer at least 2 endoscopy lists per week at the Royal Liverpool or Broadgreen sites. If the applicant is not achieved full JAG colonoscopy accreditation to do independent endoscopy lists, supervised training lists will be provided for the successful applicant with the aim of achieving full accreditation during the fellowship. Additionally, training in dye spray surveillance and advanced polypectomy can be provided once full accreditation has been achieved.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.

Job responsibilities

There are a variety of different facets to the IBD service

General IBD clinics

This is an essential part of IBD service as the main IBD clinics run on a Tuesday and Friday and occur either virtually (telephone) or face to face. A successful applicant will be expected to work in both clinics and see unselected patients and discuss and escalate any concerns to the IBD consultant and/or nurses within the Team.

Clinics are extremely busy typically but patients from these clinics can be discussed in IBD MDT on a Friday, Radiology (APEX) MDT on a Monday or Histology MDT (once a month) on a Monday afternoon.

IBD MDT and radiology (APEX)/histology MDTs

These MDT are essential to the learning and development of a successful applicant. IBD MDT occurs every Friday morning and is an important opportunity to discuss complex and challenging cases but also learn about the latest advances and uncertainties in IBD patients. Attendance is mandatory and presentation of cases and implementation of MDT plans is essential.

Similarly, Radiology (APEX) MDT is a mandatory part of the applicants duties so to present and learn from the multiple cases that are presented related to IBD (plus general luminal gastroenterology and hepatology) at this meeting by IBD physicians, nurses, colorectal surgeons and radiologists.

Finally, Histology MDT is a highly recommended opportunity to discuss and learn about histological uncertainties related to IBD. Attendance is mandatory if presenting cases.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MB ChB (or equivalent)
• Foundation programme completion or equivalent period of training
• Registration Full registration with the GMC and licence to practise (or eligible for)

Clinical Experience

• Foundation competency achievement or equivalent at time of starting the post
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience in teaching - multiprofessional/undergraduate
• Knowledge To have a good understanding of 'Good Medical Practice' from the GMC

Audit Experience

• Experience/participation in audit
• Research Experience and Awareness of research

Managing Self

• Ability to take responsibility, make decision, exert appropriate authority
• A commitment to the highest standards in clinical care and service and personal development
• Must be able to demonstrate and model the key Trust Common Purpose 'Getting it right for every patient every time' and the Trust values
• Working with others
• Excellent communication and knowledge sharing, both within the multidisciplinary team and externally, and with patients, carers and healthcare professionals as appropriate
• Committed to improving the patient healthcare experience and improving Trust performance.
• Empathic and sensitive approach to patient needs.

Managing Others

• Demonstrates a basic understanding of management and the specific management issues within a NHS Foundation Trust.
• Demonstrates ability to work in a multi -disciplinary team with the ability to lead and manage conflict.
• Committed to the delivery of operational targets.
• Experience of and ability to work in multi -disciplinary teams
• Evidence of leadership skills within multi -disciplinary teams
• Ability to organise own workload and prioritise clinical needs
• Understanding of NHS, Clinical Governance and risk management
• Demonstrates an approach based on critical enquiry, evidence based practice and the development of practice based evidence.
• Strong but collaborative leadership abilities, within the multidisciplinary team, across the Trust and in an interagency context

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.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£61,825 to £70,425 a yearper annum plus on call payments