Consultant in Gastroenterology

Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust is looking for 2 Gastroenterology Consultants.
- The Gastroenterology team manage approximately 8000 new referrals to the service annually.
- We provide 12,500 endoscopic procedures annually.
- We provide a full range of Gastroenterology services including Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Nutrition, Hepatology, Hepatobiliary endoscopy, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Functional Bowel disease.
- We provide 7-day consultant led care (including gastrointestinal bleed cover)

We have a talented team of dedicated consultants working in a friendly, flexible, and cohesive group. We are enthusiastic, welcoming, and proactive in supporting special interests. We wish to recruit 2 new consultants to join our team, bringing the number of consultants up to 9. We are supported by a strong team of SpRs, IMT/GPSTs and FY1s along with a Medical Support worker. In addition, we have specialist nursing support for the Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Hepatology services and Nurse endoscopists.

We can offer a fantastic development and coaching programme for new consultants, and support with professional development. There are excellent opportunities to develop individual professional portfolios.

We aim to provide a high-quality patient experience and an excellent place to work for 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’.
- 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 comprehensive senior clinical cover to the Department.
- To deliver quality care for Gastroenterology patients within the Gastroenterology department in a team with the other Gastroenterology Consultants.
- To triage referrals to the Gastroenterology Department
- 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 measures.
- Any changes will be by negotiation and will be reflected in the job plans of the team.
- Have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, ensuring safe handover as appropriate.

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, 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 Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

The Job Plan has 8.5 PAs of Direct Clinical Care (DCC) (including 0.5 PA for out of hours GI bleed cover) and 2 Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) which will be organised on a 6-week rota. The rota allows for consultants to alternate working on busy and less busy days in order to equalise workloads.

A specific job plan will be agreed with the appointed consultant and to meet the needs of the service. The Job Plan will be reviewed annually

Ward week.

Sat 1.66 PAs 8am - 1pm & out of hours on call for GI bleeds.

Sun 1.66 PAs 8am - 1pm & out of hours on call for GI bleeds.

Mon to Friday 2.25 PAs each day - Ward round of the Gastroenterology ward, in reach into Clinical Assessment Unit and for in hours GI bleed on-call.

Weeks 2 to 6.

2 clinics & 1-2 endoscopy sessions a week.

Following the ward week and weekend on call, provision will be made for rest in week 2 and also for lost SPA sessions from the ward week in weeks 2-6. Midweek out of hours GI bleed on-calls will be scheduled to allow for rest if needed the following day.

During weeks 2 to 6 there will be the expectation to cover two clinics and one to two endoscopy sess