Consultant Gastroenterology HepatobiliaryEndoscopy
An excellent opportunity has arisen to join our expanding patient centred and supportive Gastroenterology department at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.Our team provides specialist Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy services across our 3 hospital sites (Dewsbury District Hospital, Pinderfields General Hospital and Pontefract General Infirmary).Our acute inpatient work is provided on the Pinderfields site with outpatient services and endoscopy provided across all 3 sites.Our consultants rotate to provide inpatient care on the specialist inpatient gastroenterology ward. We have a Gastroenterologist of the Week model providing expert advice to the rest of the hospital and helping to deliver urgent endoscopy services. Our gastroenterology team provide a 24/7 GI Bleed on call service.We provide specialist clinics for several conditions including Hepatology, IBD, Cancer and Specialist Nutrition.We currently provide a range of endoscopy services including ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography).
Main duties of the job
* Endoscopy lists including ERCP, and or EUS
* Key member of local and regional Upper GI (UGI) / Hepatobiliary (HPB) cancer MDT teams
* Outpatient clinics including HPB, UGI 2-week wait, and General Gastroenterology
* Provision of inpatient care to the dedicated specialty bed base on a 1:8 rota
* Contribution to the GI bleed out of hours on-call rota on a 1:8 basis
* Leadership roles within sub-specialty areas
* Supervision of junior doctors and nursing staff
* Urgent and Emergency Care duties including out-of-hours on-call; schedules will take due account of the provisions of working time regulations and safe working
* Support from the professional and experienced secretarial team
* Supporting Professional Activities in accordance with the Trust Framework, with at least a minimum of 1.5 SPAs included in the core 10 PA timetable - Additional SPA or DCC time may be commissioned in line with the skills of the successful candidate and changing requirements of the service - Examples may include formal teaching responsibilities or departmental leadership roles
Job responsibilities
* Endoscopy lists including ERCP, and or EUS
* Key member of local and regional Upper GI (UGI) / Hepatobiliary (HPB) cancer MDT teams
* Outpatient clinics including HPB, UGI 2-week wait, and General Gastroenterology
* Provision of inpatient care to the dedicated specialty bed base on a 1:8 rota
* Contribution to the GI bleed out of hours on-call rota on a 1:8 basis
* Leadership roles within sub-specialty areas
* Supervision of junior doctors and nursing staff
* Urgent and Emergency Care duties including out-of-hours on-call; schedules will take due account of the provisions of working time regulations and safe working
* Support from the professional and experienced secretarial team
* Supporting Professional Activities in accordance with the Trust Framework, with at least a minimum of 1.5 SPAs included in the core 10 PA timetable - Additional SPA or DCC time may be commissioned in line with the skills of the successful candidate and changing requirements of the service - Examples may include formal teaching responsibilities or departmental leadership roles
About us
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers,home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Person Specification
Contact information
Contact information
Please contact in the first instance Consultant Dr John Hutchinson telephone: (01924) 541000
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
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* Access to the NHS pension plan
* Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
* Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
* Extensive benefits and support, including:
* Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
* Cycle to work scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
* Car lease salary sacrifice scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
* Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
* Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
* Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
* Career progression, training and support
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Qualifications
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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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