Consultant Gastroenterology

We aim to provide a high-quality patient experience and an excellent place to work for all staff. We believe that the key to improved patient and staff experience is a high quality, efficient and patient-centred pathway, in which the patient sees the ‘right doctor, first time’.

The Gastroenterology department is primarily based at St Peter’s with outpatient clinics at the St Peter’s and Ashford sites.

Inpatient care is provided on a 22 bedded ward (Cedar Ward). The team provides in-reach support to the acute medical unit, surgical assessment unit, along with other medical and surgical wards. In common with other Trusts, we have a consultant-delivered service in line with the Keogh recommendations. The goal to implement consultant of the week ward cover is a key driver for the new posts. The department has provided consultant led seven-day care for a number of years.

St Peter’s has a fully equipped, JAG-accredited endoscopy unit with three rooms within the endoscopy suite and state-of-the-art Pentax video endoscopy equipment (including Scope-pilot for colonoscopies). We are able to perform a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopies, including ERCP, EUS and colonic, gastric, and duodenal EMR, stenting, push enteroscopy, single balloon enteroscopy and bariatric endoscopy.

We have an established small bowel capsule service; and also provide capsule colonoscopy. are a bowel cancer screening site with dedicated lists to accommodate this.

Deliver Clinical, Educational, Managerial Services of the highest professional standard at Consultant Level to the Department

Work with existing consultants and the multi-disciplinary team to provide a high quality well-led service for patients of Ashford & St Peter’s, including the diagnosis, investigations, treatment and management of patients, in accordance with Trust policies and practices.

Deliver Direct Clinical Care to patients, through all parts of the Department assisting clinical decision-making and sharing equally in the workload

To deliver quality care for Gastroenterology patients within the Gastroenterology department in a team with the other Gastroenterology Consultants

To provide excellent care for patients undergoing endoscopy

To take part in teaching and supervision of junior doctors and medical students.

To participate in the Gastroenterology/Endoscopy seven day on-call service

To support service development, audit and other clinical governance activity; to ensure compliance with JAG quality measure

Participate in the professional training of the staff in the department, both medical and non-medical, and contribute as required to teaching sessions for other hospital staff as well as undergraduate and postgraduate staff, including supervision of junior medical staff. Teaching and training will require verification of teaching certification

Support recruitment, appraisal, development and mentoring activities to a multi-disciplinary, multi-professional team.

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment.

We hope to use this centre to create an environment of learning and to facilitate training of the next generation of our skilled NHS workforce. Our plans are ambitious - why not, come and be a part of our journey.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE POST

Deliver Clinical, Educational, Managerial Services of the highest professional standard at Consultant Level to the Department

Work with existing consultants and the multi-disciplinary team to provide a high quality well-led service for patients of Ashford & St Peter’s, including the diagnosis, investigations, treatment and management of patients, in accordance with Trust policies and practices.

Deliver Direct Clinical Care to patients, through all parts of the Department assisting clinical decision-making and sharing equally in the workload.

The Consultant team will provide comprehens