Job summary
- Main area
- Endoscopy
- Grade
- MN37
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Adam Humphries - [email protected])
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-MS-1688-SM
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Marks Hospital Cross site
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £41,750 - £64,288 Dependent on experience
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/02/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 07/02/2025
Employer heading
Endoscopy Specialist (Clinical) Fellow
MN37
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
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Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
This post would be ideal for an experienced gastroenterology trainee towards the end of their specialist training who wishes to increase their experience in routine and emergency endoscopy, as well as develop more advanced endoscopic techniques. The successful applicant would have scheduled training and service endoscopy lists and form part of the team providing emergency endoscopy.
There are weekly educational meetings, Grand Rounds and a polyp meeting, that the post-holder would be expected to attend. In addition, the successful applicant would be expected to take part in the departmental audits and any small clinical projects that are running in endoscopy.
Main duties of the job
Post holders will be expected to be able to perform diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy and OGD independently and hold JAG accreditation (where applicable). The post holder would also become exposed to a wide range of advanced endoscopic techniques that are performed at St Marks, including surveillance of patients with inflammatory bowel disease, polyposis and hereditary cancers, advanced polypectomy, combined laparoscopic-endoscopic therapies, double balloon enteroscopy and video capsule endoscopy.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Post holders will be expected to be able to perform diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy and OGD independently and hold JAG accreditation (where applicable). The post holder would also become exposed to a wide range of advanced endoscopic techniques that are performed at St Marks, including surveillance of patients with inflammatory bowel disease, polyposis and hereditary cancers, advanced polypectomy, combined laparoscopic-endoscopic therapies, double balloon enteroscopy and video capsule endoscopy.
There are weekly educational meetings, Grand Rounds and a polyp meeting, that the post-holder would be expected to attend. In addition, the successful applicant would be expected to take part in the departmental audits and any small clinical projects that are running in endoscopy.
The post-holder may be called on to provide clinical assistance to an area outside endoscopy and cover NHS and private in-patients who have been admitted for endoscopic procedures. Participation in the on-call Gastroenterology/GI bleed rota is required. Applicants will be expected to work flexibly to help with the cover and back-filling of endoscopy lists, and there will be cross-site work performing endoscopy lists at Central Middlesex, Northwick Park and Ealing Hospitals.
Person specification
Job spec
Essential criteria
- MRCP or equivalent MB BS or equivalent, Full GMC registration
- Training in general Gastroenterology Wide experience of endoscopy Competent at diagnostic and basic therapeutic OGD and colonoscopy Knowledge of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Up to date in acute medical and gastroenterology including: -Resuscitation -Management of GI Bleeds/ emergency endoscopy Acute gastroenterology Computer skills Evidence of active participation up to date training methodology Evidence of supporting gastroenterology and medical audit
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
- Understanding the principles of clinical governance and its implications Leadership skills Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively. Ability to organise research and work within research governance procedures Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures. Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives. Understanding and experience of audit
Desirable criteria
- MD, PhD or equivalent
- MD or PhD Evidence of ongoing interest and achievement in research
- Evidence of understanding in Endoscopy GRS Some evidence of Research/Publications academic achievements Broad based presentations
- Evidence of service audit, design or change management.
Personal skills
Essential criteria
- Energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure. An enquiring and critical approach to work. Caring attitude to patients. Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other staff and agencies. Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development. Finance; Knowledge of finance and budgets Patient Care: Commitment to deliver a high quality service with patient welfare at forefront of practice. Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team Good organisational and interpersonal skills Insight into own limitations Flexibility Evidence of support as a team worker Evidence of willingness to cross-cover colleagues
Desirable criteria
- Training in research methodology. Publications in peer review journals Presentations to learned societies.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shelley Siyahla
- Job title
- Endoscopy Business Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07387230701
- Additional information
Adam Humphries - Consultant Gastroenterologist
Endoscopy & Bowel Cancer Screening Clinical Lead
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