Job summary
- Main area
- Gastroenterology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 249-6458184
- Employer
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Western Hospitals
- Town
- Swindon
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Gastroenterology Consultant
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Job overview
There 2 new Consultant roles within the department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the appointed candidate(s) will join an existing team of 8 senior medical staff including Consultants & SAS doctors. There are 4 endoscopy rooms in the GWH site ,screening (ERCP/stenting) is done in Radiology department.
There are plans for a 2 room Community Diagnostic Centre in West Swindon the successful candidate will cover both the GWH and the CDC site , likely to be operational Jan 2025. The job plan will include covering this site. We use the latest Olympus scopes and stacks for both sites On joining the department, you will become part of a well-established, friendly team and will help us continue to drive forward improvements in the service we provide to our patients.
As a senior member of the team, you will become a key part in the delivery of training and supervision of our junior colleagues. As a Trust, we place high importance on staff wellbeing, you will be offered a wide variety of support to help you maintain your wellbeing and to help colleagues maintain theirs. The Trusts Health and Wellbeing team has won a National Award during 2020 for the work they have done locally.
Main duties of the job
GWH offers ERCP EUS BCSP Small Bowel Capsule endoscopy Oesophageal dilatation and 1 GA list/month with plans to commence Oesophageal stenting is currently done in radiology with plans to incorporate this in gastroenterology screening lists in the future. We have 4 Clinical endoscopists 3WTE IBD and 2 WTE Hepatology nurses .IBD MDT is held fortnightly and benign gastroenterology MDT weekly. There are plans to introduce Oesophageal Physiological studies, Breath tests and trans nasal endoscopy .Interest in Nutrition /IBD/Hepatology will be encouraged. The successful appointee would be encouraged to develop and lead a subspecialty interest. Upper GI and HPB cancer is managed collaboratively with John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford .The successful candidate will be offered an secretary and office space. Our MDT’s are well supported by pathology radiology and surgeons .We work closely with our surgical and radiology colleagues.
An ERCP/EUS co-ordinator is being recruited with the intention of starting a clinically led Jaundice clinic .We are located in the main Hospital building, which has excellent travel links (including good onsite parking), with many cities within easy range.
The Trust is located on the edge of Swindon with access to a variety of outstanding areas to live which include both urban or village areas with short commutes to the site.
Working for our organisation
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation:
Service We will put our patients first
Teamwork We will work together
Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service
Respect We will act with integrity
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Duties outlined below are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.
Core Clinical Duties:
- Multidisciplinary team working is key component of the working within the Trust and involves regular MDT discussions with colleagues
- Providing evidence-based care for patients in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care (with secretarial support)
- Development of sub specialty interests that fit in with Division needs and the strategic direction of the Trust.
- Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties are required, and for contributing to undergraduate and post-graduate and continuing medical education activity.
- Provision of cover for Consultant colleagues’ periods of leave in accordance with arrangements agreed within Trust policy.
- Participation in clinical audit, Morbidity and Mortality meetings Clinical Governance and in continuing medical education.
- Conducting suitable duties in cases of emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
- The post holder will participate in an out of hours GI bleed rota, detailed within the job plan section currently 1:7 (1:9 following appointments )
Please find attached a full job description and person specification
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Fully registered with the GMC
- CCT (or equivalent for non-UK applicants of equivalent status), or be accredited (or equivalent), and be on the GMC Specialist Register in the specialty appropriate for this consultant post at the time of taking up the consultant appointment. Alternatively, candidates can hold or be within 6 months of their CCT at interview.
- MRCP (UK)/MRCP (Gastroenterology) or equivalent
- CESR (Gastroenterology)
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical training/experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT
- Expertise in full range of Gastrointestinal conditions
- Ability to lead a multi-professional team and take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Sub-speciality interests will be supported
Management Admin
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to manage priorities
- Demonstrable multi-disciplinary team leadership skills
- Experience of audit and management
- Flexible approach to work organisation Ability to lead project teams
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
- Dr Manish Hegde
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Gastroenterology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Further contact details: Claire Milne, AGM Gastroenterology. [email protected]
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