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The closing date is 11 February 2026

This is a clinical post based in the Department of Gastroenterology at Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals. The hepatology unit at Guy's and St Thomas' is a IQILs level 2 accredited unit, that provides a tertiary service for the care of patients with advanced liver disease, its complications and complex hepatobiliary conditions. The post holder will undertake clinical sessions in the Department of Gastroenterology at Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals (as per proposed timetable). The post holder is mainly responsible for the inpatient and outpatient hepatology patients. This post addresses candidates who have completed or are completing their Training in Gastroenterology and wish to gain experience in Hepatology.

The post holder will contribute to the delivery of high quality inpatient and outpatient hepatology service. The post holder will have the opportunity to attend specialist clinics, multidisciplinary meetings and contribute to the team research portfolio. The post holder will participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training, including educational supervision of medical students.

Organisational Values:

Our values describe who we are as an organisation and help shape our Guy's and St Thomas' culture. They guide us in everything that we do and are central to how we deliver our strategy.

We are:

• Ambitious: we innovate and strive for excellence
• Inclusive: we respect each other and work collaboratively

We updated our values in September 2024 to express what we expect of ourselves and each other, both now and in the future. Almost 1,800 colleagues from across the Trust, helped develop these to summarise what matters to us as an organisation.

The post holder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of Hepatology services at the Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust to include:

• Attendance at 10 sessions per week across sites at Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust. The exact timetable may vary but would include daily IP care, 1 endoscopy session, 2-3 outpatient clinics / virtual clinic, participation in multidisciplinary meetings and liaison with other specialist teams. The post holder will mainly support inpatient hepatology service. There may be an opportunity to attend advanced endoscopy lists as well.
• The post holder will also be expected to participate in the Saturday endoscopy rota, which is currently 1:8 but may change according to service delivery needs. The post holder will participate in a GI bleeder rota.
• The exact split of oncall contribution and weekend endoscopy will vary according to the skills of the applicant.

• MRCP or equivalent qualification ALS Full Registration and a License to Practice with the General Medical Council
• Completed specialist training in Gastroenterology Higher Degree (MD or PhD) Presentations/ Publications

• Completion of at least 2 years clinical training as a gastroenterology StR or equivalent, including hepatology experience. Able to deal with general emergency admissions. Logbook indicating validated experience of appropriate range and number
• Experience in a tertiary liver centre. Specialty registrar experience or equivalent.

• Broad General Medical Knowledge Able to undertake practical procedures Excellent time management good organization. Understands principles of audit
• Experience of Supervising other staff Basic computer skills including Microsoft

• Good communication Ability to work as part of a team Ability to keep good medical records and communicate with other hospital departments and primary care. Ability to understand and communicate with patients and colleagues.
• Ability to undertake research projects and audit. Show interest in investigative, audit and research work outside immediate clinical responsibility.

• The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC's Good Medical Practice (2014).

• If the Primary Medical Qualification including clinical contact was not carried out using English, applicants must either: have an academic IELTS score of at least 7.5 in each domain and overall, or demonstrate equivalence by providing evidence of English language skills; or complete the Occupational English Test (OET) and achieve grade B in each of the four domains tested in the OET to meet the GMC's requirements.

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.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust