Job Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the existing two intestinal failure consultants and to contribute to our growing clinical nutrition and intestinal failure service at the largest teaching hospital in the North of East Anglia. We are an HPN centre and look after approximately 85 Home Parenteral Nutrition Patients with Type 3 Intestinal Failure, in addition to providing an inpatient Type 1 intestinal failure service. The surgical Intestinal Failure service is commissioned to Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, and we also provide a comprehensive Radiologically inserted gastrostomy service for over 500 patients. Our team supports the NAT‑one tertiary Motor‑Neurone Disease service when required. We are looking to recruit a 3rd consultant to strengthen this growing service, with involvement in outpatient and endoscopy services and a rotational role in gastroenterology inpatient care.
Responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to be proficient in emergency endoscopy, including management of varices. Out‑of‑hours "on call" commitments will include emergency gastroenterology and hepatology referrals and emergency endoscopy cover as part of a formal upper‑GI bleeding rota that offers 24/7 service in accordance with NICE guidelines. The current rota is 1:16. The candidate will take an active role in the delivery of the clinical gastroenterology service, including inpatient ward work, outpatient clinics, endoscopy sessions and emergency out‑of‑hours cover. During the week, patients admitted and triaged to gastroenterology are reviewed by one of three teams; the IBD/luminal team will receive the new consultant. Clinic appointments will involve seeing 4 new patients and 8 follow‑up patients per clinic, while ward referral numbers are variable and usually seen by SpRs initially with consultant review afterwards.
Benefits
* Flexible working hours
* Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
* Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
* Discounted gym memberships
* Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
* Wagestream – access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
* Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
* Free 24‑hours confidential counselling support
* On‑site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
* On‑site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
* Support in career development
* Flexible staff bank
* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
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