Overview
We are inviting applications for our Endohepatology Training & Research Fellowship at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. This exciting opportunity in an evolving field is ideal for trainees before starting their StR training programme in gastroenterology following foundation or after or during IMT posts and is offered as a 12-month post initially with an option to extend to allow study for MD or PhD.
Responsibilities and training
The educational goal for the fellowship programme will be to examine the feasibility, effectiveness, and safety of a comprehensive endohepatological assessment of patients with suspected liver or biliary diseases. This would include:
* Assessing the EUS endoluminal views and grading of oesophageal, gastric or ectopic varices compared to standard upper GI endoscopy
* Shear wave measurement (SWM) using EUS compared to percutaneous transient elastography (e.g. Fibroscan)
* Tissue acquisition using FNB liver biopsy compared to percutaneous or transjugular parenchymal or targeted liver biopsy
* EUS-guided portal pressure gradient using 25G Echotip insight® measurement system
This fellowship in endohepatology would include dedicated training in research methods, clinical hepatology and observing EUS procedures that are delivered and supervised within our outstanding EUS/ERCP advanced training programme in Nottingham, UK.
Training in research methodology will be overseen and integrated within the prestigious National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), a partnership between the University of Nottingham (UoN) and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, which has an exemplar training programme that attracts national & international fellows regularly. Successful candidate will complete MD or PhD degree in hepatology or endoscopy.
About our Trust and environment
With more than 20,000 colleagues, we are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond. Our Trust spans over three sites including Queen's Medical Centre (QMC), Nottingham City Hospital and Ropewalk House.
We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services, and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes. We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.
As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands, including the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University.
This fellowship in endohepatology would include dedicated training in research methods, clinical hepatology and observing EUS procedures that are delivered and supervised within our outstanding EUS/ERCP advanced training programme in Nottingham, UK.
Training in research methodology will be overseen and integrated within the prestigious National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), a partnership between the University of Nottingham (UoN) and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, which has an exemplar training programme that attracts national & international fellows regularly. Successful candidate will complete MD or PhD degree in hepatology or endoscopy.
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