Gastroenterologist

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 Hepatologists working across both hospital sites.
To participate in the Gastroenterology on call rota.
To work independently caring for patients with Gastrointestinal complaints, caring 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 be a core member and participate in the Upper GI / Hepatobiliary Cancer MDT
To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
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. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.
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. It covers all aspects of a consultants professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as:
~Clinic templates are for 3.5 hours for additional clinic related admin (phone calls, time to admit from clinic) within the 1 PA allocated
~SPA time sufficient for quality assurance activities will be provided. 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. Weekend on call will require on site input on Saturday and Sunday mornings, as well as an on call from home to advise on other Gastroenterological cases emergencies at other

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

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) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)