Gastroenterology Consultant

We are looking to appoint two enthusiastic and dynamic colleagues to join the gastroenterology service at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidates will be afforded the opportunity to collaborate with and develop the service.

One post requires an emphasis on education, and the other, a more general approach to the service, but any particular special clinical interest could be accommodated (and encouraged) where possible. The trust has an expanding cohort of Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients, therefore, interest in this area would be welcomed, however, as long as this interest fits in with the service needs of the department and complements the interests and expertise of the existing consultants.

There is an expectation that the post holders will provide emergency cover and weekend working. Out-of-hours endoscopy is shared equally by the gastroenterologists - becoming 1:8 with these two further appointments currently being advertised . Weekend cover will entail cover of existing in-patients and assistance in the management of acutely unwell patients with gastrointestinal problems.

The successful candidates will be expected to support undergraduate education providing clinical teaching and supervision of medical students from Warwick and Buckingham Medical Schools.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

The Gastroenterology team are keen to continually develop the clinical service. The successful applicant will find a range of exciting clinical and professional opportunities including:

Endoscopy - therapeutic endoscopy; small bowel imaging and/or bowel cancer screening

Physiology - both oesophageal and/or pelvic floor physiology

Clinical - any clinical interest can be accommodated including nutrition (to link with the Central England Rehabilitation Unit), obesity (to link with existing hepatology service and to develop a potential future bariatric service), acute gastroenterology (to link with Acute Medicine and Emergency Medicine departments)

Teaching - requirement to support clinical teaching for Students from both Warwick Medical School and Buckingham Medical School. The department presently provides relatively little direct teaching to medical students, and sufficient time would be allocated in the timetable to both provide and organise teaching sessions for undergraduate students. We would support the post-holder with academic interests and research related to Medical Education and would encourage close links with both medical schools and their academic departments.

Academic/research - huge potential to support clinical research and link with biological sciences at Warwick University

Management - the Trust is widely recognised for its organisational success over recent years

Please see attached job descriptions for each position for full and further details

• Expressed interest in undergraduate and postgraduate education

• MRCP or equivalent
• Entered on the specialist register in gastroenterology and general medicine with either CCT or CESR or be within 6 months of CCT
• Higher degree in a field allied to gastrointestinal disease

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.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

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