ST3 + Doctor Gastroenterology

Wye Valley Nhs Trust; Hereford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust is seeking a Gastroenterology Specialist for a 12-month fixed term role. Responsibilities include inpatient care, outpatient services, and support for endoscopy procedures. The candidate will work in a supportive environment with opportunities to develop specialization and participate in multidisciplinary team meetings.

Qualifications

• Experience in management of acute general medicine patients.
• Completion of Internal Medicine Training Stage 1.
• Interest in teaching medical staff and allied health professionals.

Responsibilities

• Care for gastroenterology in-patients and provide advice.
• Deliver general gastroenterology and hepatology care.
• Attend MDT meetings and participate in education & audit meetings.

Skills

Clinical management

Gastroenterology care

Endoscopy procedures

Teaching

Education

MRCP or equivalent

12 months experience in NHS as paid doctor

Job description

A well-balanced team-working pattern has been developed to maximise the capacity of the in-patient and out-patient service and the Endoscopy department. The in-patient ward work is shared by the Consultant Team on a rotational basis 7 days per week (1:8). We are a progressive department and welcome innovative developments.

There are well established and collaborative links with Upper GI / HPB surgery (Gloucester / UHB-QE) and Colorectal surgery with both upper and lower GI multi-disciplinary team meetings occurring weekly. In addition, Departmental Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Hepatology MDTs are also well established.

Other specialty interests include diagnostic & therapeutic endoscopy, capsule endoscopy, bowel cancer screening (including Bowel Scope), viral hepatitis (with links to the West Midlands Viral Hepatitis MDT), inflammatory bowel disease, GI physiology (including state-of-the-art High Resolution Impedence Oesophageal Manometry and pH Impedance studies) and capsule endoscopy.

We operate out of modern spacious outpatient department and have expanded to run peripheral clinics out of Community Hospitals in the market towns of Ross-on-Wye and Leominster.

Please be aware that this is a fixed term post for 12 months only. The successful candidate will be expected to start on 6th August 2025 and remain in post until 03 February 2026.

This post may close early if we receive a high volume of interest.

Main duties of the job

1. Inpatients - Care of Gastroenterology In-patients & providing advice to inpatients in other areas with support of the Gastroenterology ward consultant, alongside Gastroenterology Speciality Registrars.

2. Outpatients - The successful candidate will deliver general Gastroenterology and Hepatology care with the opportunity to develop sub-specialist interest with the support of the Consultants with links to Tertiary centre experience.

3. The successful candidate will be supported to continue to develop Endoscopy & other speciality procedures.

4. Maintaining a portfolio & logbook of procedures. The applicant will be supported towards achieving JAG accreditation in Colonoscopy & other endoscopic procedures.

5. Attendance at MDT meetings.

6. Participation in Mortality & Morbidity & Education & Audit meetings & case reviews.

The post holder will be supervised / mentored by the consultant team. They will participate in annual appraisal & will be provided with support & guidance for revalidation.

Secretarial support for out-patient activity will be provided by one of the existing medical secretaries in the department. The post holder will have access to a desk & computer.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be working on the on-call rota on a 1:18 basis. Your average weekly hours will be 45:15 , doing a mixture of on-calls and night shifts.

1. Inpatients Care of Gastroenterology In-patients & providing advice to inpatients in other areas with support of the Gastroenterology ward consultant, alongside Gastroenterology Speciality Registrars.

2. Outpatients The successful candidate will deliver general Gastroenterology and Hepatology care with the opportunity to develop sub-specialist interest with the support of the Consultants with links to Tertiary centre experience.

3. The successful candidate will be supported to continue to develop Endoscopy & other speciality procedures.

4. Maintaining a portfolio & logbook of procedures. The applicant will be supported towards achieving JAG accreditation in Colonoscopy & other endoscopic procedures.

5. Attendance at MDT meetings.

6. Participation in Mortality & Morbidity & Education & Audit meetings & case reviews.

The post holder will be supervised / mentored by the consultant team. They will participate in annual appraisal & will be provided with support & guidance for revalidation.

Secretarial support for out-patient activity will be provided by one of the existing medical secretaries in the department. The post holder will have access to a desk & computer.

Person Specification

Qualifications and professional training

Essential

• MRCP or equivalent
• FYI, FY2 & CMT1& 2 years (or equivalent) completed.
• 12 Months experience of working in the NHS as a paid doctor

Desirable

• Research experience and/or higher qualifications

Knowledge base, skills and experience

Essential

• Current ALS certificate or equivalent [SS1]

Desirable

• Audit and teaching Experience relative to career stage

Clinical experience

Essential

• Clinical experience in management of acute general medicine patients from unselected emergency referrals.
• Equivalent to completion of Internal Medicine Training Stage 1 with Experience in General Medicine / Gastroenterology at ST + level

Desirable

• Experience of Lower GI Endoscopy
• JAG Accreditation

Teaching experience

Essential

• Must have an interest in teaching all grades of medical staff and other allied health professionals.

Desirable

• Teaching qualification/accreditation

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