Consultant Gastroenterologist (General)

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is looking to appoint a Consultant Gastroenterologist to join our existing team. The Department of Gastroenterology provides a service to the county of Shropshire and Mid Wales and currently consists of 8 Consultant Gastroenterologists and 1 Consultant Hepatologist working across both hospital sites.

Main duties of the job

Clinical

• To be responsible and work independently for the continuing care of patients alongside consultant staff.
• To participate in the Gastroenterology on-call rota.
• To work independently caring for patients with gastrointestinal complaints, carrying out a mixture of emergency and elective care.
• To participate in the audit and governance and support the training of junior medical staff and other staffing groups that care for our patients.
• To carry out appropriate administrative duties in support of clinical commitments.
• To be a core member and participate in the Upper GI / Hepatobiliary Cancer MDT.
• To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
• To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.
• To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
• To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.

About us

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales. Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury, which are located 20 minutes' drive apart. Together they provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care, and critical care.

Job responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Director and consultant colleagues, on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year.

For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part-time post) as:

• 7.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity, and predictable and unpredictable emergency work.
• 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching, and research.
• Out of Hours Activity - There will be a requirement to take part in an on-call rota primarily for GI bleeds with a frequency of approximately 1 in 10.

Person Specification Qualifications

• MBBS, MB ChB or equivalent medical qualification.
• MRCP or equivalent medical qualification.
• PhD, MD or evidence of higher education qualification.

Entry Criteria

• Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC).
• Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: - Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR).

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust