Consultant Gastroenterologist

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust The successful candidate will be a permanent full-time appointment in Gastroenterology. The main requirement of this post is to support the Gastroenterology & Hepatology service, particularly sustainability for out of hours working (currently 1:8 which is at times supported by an Advanced Endoscopy Practitioner), with plans for a 1:10, including development of a 7-day in-patient service as well as facilitation of the 18-week referral to treatment target for outpatients.
The candidate will be expected to integrate within the team of Gastroenterology Consultants to provide a comprehensive service. We would be willing to support the development of new services within Gastroenterology.
Main duties of the job The appointee will support the existing Consultants in providing a comprehensive Gastroenterology service. The inpatient work is provided by the Gastroenterologist of the week (GOW) with support from the post GOW consultant.
The appointee will be offered a 10 PA contract. As the GOW and post GOW weeks are busier, adjustments are made in the subsequent elective care weeks to reclaim extra PAs worked.
Clinics and endoscopy are cancelled during the GOW week.
About us The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population. The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000.
Job responsibilities See Job Description for further details.
Person Specification Qualifications MB ChB or equivalent MRCP or UK equivalent On Specialist Register of the General Medical Council (GMC) or within six months of anticipated CCT in Gastroenterology date on the date of interview Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) Experience Wide clinical experience in General (Internal) medicine Experience /Interest teaching Able to demonstrate the use of clinical audits within the service Teaching Skill Courses Relevant experience in undertaking and organisation of Audits Research and publications relevant to post 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.
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