Specialist Gastroenterologist

Isle of Wight NHS Trust; Newport; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is seeking a Specialist in Gastroenterology to provide high-quality patient care and contribute to the Trust's mission of compassionate service. The role requires extensive experience in gastroenterology, effective communication skills, and a commitment to professional development.

Benefits

Onsite day nursery

Cycle-to-work scheme

Discounts at local businesses and gyms

Opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years post qualification experience with 6 years in gastroenterology.
• Evidence of continuing medical education in the field.
• Knowledge of current trends in specialty.

Responsibilities

• Manage clinical work, teaching, research, education, and managerial responsibilities.
• Participate in clinical audits relevant to specialty.
• Develop high-quality cost-effective services to Gastroenterology.

Skills

Communication

Caring attitude

Energy and enthusiasm

Critical thinking

Education

MBChB or equivalent

Membership with the relevant Royal College

Full GMC registration

Job description

We are recruiting for a Specialist in Gastroenterology who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards “great people, great place”.

Main duties of the job

Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.

We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.

Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.

Working for our organisation

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.

Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job plan will be based on the provisional timetables shown below. The job plan is a prospective agreement that sets out the clinician’s duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of the clinician’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external. In addition, it will include personal objectives including details of their link to wider service objectives and details of the support required by the clinician to fulfil the job plan and the objectives.

Person specification

Qualifications

• MBChB or equivalent.
• Membership with the relevant Royal College for this speciality.
• Full GMC registration and licence to practice.

Experience & Skills

• Experience requisite to meeting all aspects of the job plan, with supervision.
• Minimum 12 years post qualification experience with 6 years full-time or equivalent part-time working in gastroenterology at an SAS grade.
• Evidence of continuing medical education in the field
• Evidence of inpatient and outpatient gastroenterology
• Knowledge of current trends in speciality.

Audit & Research

• Evidence of participation in clinical audit relevant to speciality

Motivation

• Commitment to the development of a high-quality cost-effective service to Gastroenterology

Management

• Knowledge and understanding of current NHS issues
• Ability to develop services

Personal Skills

• Energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure
• An enquiring and critical approach to work
• Caring attitude to patients
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other staff and agencies
• Commitment to continuing medical education and professional development

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.