Clinical Fellow in Endoscopy
Employer Location Frimley Salary Depending on experience Per annum Closing date 14 Feb 2024
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An opportunity has arisen for a senior clinical fellow post in endoscopy at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. The trust has 3 endoscopy units across 3 sites including the new Heatherwood Hospital which opened in March 2022 and was recently awarded accreditation by NHS England's Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme.
Frimley Health is a dynamic high performing foundation trust with reputational excellence in endoscopy, gastroenterology, hepatology, GI surgery and IBD diagnostics. The endoscopy units at the 3 main sites are JAG accredited and perform BCSP and advanced endoscopy, in addition to an established small bowel capsule service and GI physiology (oesophageal manometry, pH monitoring, BRAVO capsule studies and hydrogen breath tests). We are the first trust in the region to introduce capsule sponge studies for Barrett's Oesophagus surveillance.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking to appoint an Advanced Endoscopy Fellow on a fixed-term contract for 12 months. This fellowship would be suitable for a Gastroenterologist who is reaching the end of their specialist training and wishes to develop a specialist interest in Endoscopy. The post holder will be part of the wider endoscopy team at Frimley Health NHS Foundation trust consisting of 16 gastroenterologists and 3 clinical endoscopists working across 3 sites and 11 procedure rooms. Opportunities will be available for training in advanced endoscopic techniques. These include, oesophageal RFA (HALO), upper GI EMR, single balloon enteroscopy, capsule endoscopy, colonic EMR and dilatations. Opportunities to learn full thickness resection is also available. The post holder will be a member of the endoscopy training team and opportunities will be available in endoscopy education.
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to provide 4 service lists per week, as part of endoscopy backfill. 1 of these lists will be an in-patient list. Backfilled lists are allocated in a flexible manner. The post holder will have 2, dedicated training lists in advanced endoscopy, tailored to the needs to the post holder. 2 sessions of Endoscopy referral triage, gastroenterology referral triage. 1 audit/teaching session. 1 admin session.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. JAG accreditation in OGD
Desirable
2. JAG accreditation in Colonoscopy
Experience
Essential
3. UK experience
4. Demonstration of experience in Gastroenterology and Endoscopy
5. Ability to offer clinical opinion on a range of problems in Gastroenterology/Endoscopy
6. Ability to take responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable
7. Experience of MDT working
8. Competent at diagnostic and basic therapeutic colonoscopy
9. Experience of independent endoscopy working
Knowledge
Essential
10. Evidence of good written and verbal communication skills
11. Understanding of endoscopy pathway and guidelines
Desirable
12. Personal participation in audit
13. Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Special Requirements
Essential
14. Interest in audit and research
15. Leadership qualities