Consultant Gastroenterologist

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Digestive Diseases Health Group is supported by a Chief of Service, Director of Operations and Director of Nursing.

The group provides both medical and surgical services at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital Grimsby, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole District General Hospital.

We are seeking to appoint two substantive Consultants in Gastroenterology (following an upcoming retirement) to join a team of four existing Consultants to run the department of Gastroenterology across all sites. Two Consultants already in place have a special interest in Inflammatory Bowel, haemochromatosis, hepatobiliary and pancreatic disorders and there is also an expectation of consolidation of the hepatobiliary and Upper GI bleed services across sites.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to be appointed as Honorary Senior Lecturer at Hull York Medical School (HYMS). This honorary appointment is in recognition of contribution to teaching and research and holders of honorary titles may request access to HYMS and University premises and facilities, systems, and library services.

Job Description approved by the Royal College.

AAC date: TBC

Main duties of the job

Both appointments will be based from Diana Princess of Wales Hospital; however, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work across the whole Group including the HUTH hospitals as part of the joint approach to care.

The successful candidates will work in a rotation on a consultant of the week model.

One of the posts will include clinical practice to undertake bowel cancer screening accreditation (BCSA England).

The appointee will be expected to share responsibility for the delivery of high-quality care to the patients presenting to the Department.

The current on-call commitment is 1:6 for GI Bleeds.

As agreed with the clinical lead, there will be an opportunity to mentor, train and teach junior colleagues in the service, including outpatient services, endoscopy services, inpatient work, creating our consultants of the future.

Weekly teaching takes place for both junior and specialist registrars.

The successful candidates will be involved in audit, used to promote evidence-based practice.

The successful candidates will take part in all work in accordance with the Humber Health Partnership procedures and operating policies. The successful candidates will participate in the Trust's appraisal process/revalidation.

The successful candidates will participate in senior staff meetings and departmental consultant staff meetings and ensure all work undertaken aligns with the team's operational strategies.

About us

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital, and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

The service is hoping to apply for IQUILS accreditation at the point of being fully established.

This post attracts 10 programmed activities per week to be agreed once in post. Additional PA's may be available at the point of appointment to the post.

In addition to the above mentioned services, the Trust is working closely with the Regional Transplant Centre to provide joint clinics to patients who have undergone a liver transplant or are awaiting a transplant, providing care closer to home.

Job responsibilities

The Health Groups and their associated specialties for Digestive Diseases are as follows:

• Lower GI Surgery
• Bowel Screening

Chief of Service: Dr George Abouda

Director of Operations: Peter Grant

Director of Nursing: Sarah Mableton

Clinical Lead Gastroenterology: Shahzad Sarwar

Senior General Manager: Simone Woods

A detailed job description and person specification can be found in the attached documents. Further information can be found by contacting the relevant staff members listed.

As a Trust, we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees; this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career; if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers, we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.

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Person Specification Minimum Requirements

• Registerable Medical Degree, eg MBBS.
• Evidence of Medical Degree.
• Advanced therapeutic endoscopic procedures including bowel screening.
• Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.
• Undertaken a programme of training acceptable to the Royal College of Gastroenterologists for appointment to Consultant Status.
• Entry on the Specialist Register via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within six months of interview), CESR or European Community Rights.
• Evidence of specific training in Gastroenterology and Endoscopy.
• Able to take responsibility for delivering the service without direct supervision.

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.

Salary: £105,504 to £139,882 a year, dependent on experience.

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