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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional individual to join the dynamic gastroenterology team at ELHT. The successful candidate will join 15 other experienced substantive consultants. The applicant should be keen, hardworking and have willingness to work flexibly as a team member. Please note the job plan advertised is an example.
The post is based across our two main sites, the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital. It also involves clinics at peripheral sites in the East Lancashire region. The post holder will work in a ward in an on/off ward system. When on the wards there will be daily consultant ward rounds with reduced elective activity and increased elective sessions when off the ward. Annual leave and study leave should be taken during the off ward periods. There are 1.25 Programmed Activities (PA) commitments to a 1:12 weekend rota for acute upper GI bleeding. On-call duties include review of selected patients on gastroenterology wards in addition to some input to the Medical Assessment Unit. When off the wards the post holder will provide three clinics per week and two endoscopy sessions, attend MDTs and meetings; clinics and endoscopy sessions are expected to be provided across Blackburn and Burnley sites. The JD, PS and JP are subject to Royal College approval and may change.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Joe Collum | Job title: Consultant Gastroenterologist | Email: joseph.collum@elht.nhs.uk | Telephone: 01254 733425
Responsibilities
* Take a shared role in the development of the gastroenterology service in conjunction with the management team and consultant colleagues in gastroenterology.
* Provide ongoing care of patients on acute wards at RBH in partnership with consultant colleagues.
* Develop and promote services that minimise hospital stay and maximise opportunities for recovery and independent living.
* Undertake referral triage and timely responses to A&E.
* Participate in on-call duties for gastroenterology.
* Provide cover for consultant colleagues during leave.
* Provide professional supervision, direction and training to junior medical staff in due course.
* Participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and supervision in due course.
* Attend meetings of the Directorate of Digestive Diseases, Endo Users and other relevant management meetings (typically on Wednesday afternoons).
Qualifications & Requirements
* Entry on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months of placement on the Register.
* Keen, hardworking and flexible team member.
* Ability to work across multiple sites and participate in ward rounds, clinics and endoscopy sessions as described.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
Industries
* Hospitals and Health Care
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