The appointed candidate will be responsible for delivering a comprehensive gastroenterology service, including ward management, outpatient clinics, and endoscopy, in collaboration with the six existing consultants.
Preferred Qualifications
Dual accreditation in gastroenterology and general internal medicine (GIM) is preferred, though it is not mandatory.
Responsibilities
* Share the gastroenterology workload with consultant colleagues.
* Provide mutual out-of-hours cover and cover for annual, study and professional leave with the other consultants.
* Give a consultation and advisory service to medical colleagues in other specialties in the Trust.
* Liaise with medical staff in other specialties and participate in the regular clinical meetings and other post‑graduate activities of the hospital.
* Take part in the Royal College of Physicians continuing medical education programme. Study leave expenses in line with national terms and conditions of service will be provided.
* Play a full part in the teaching and audit activities of the department.
* Participate in clinical governance.
* Contribute to management of the service and, in due course, take on leadership roles within the department.
* Comply with the outline Consultant work programme (under provisions of Circular HC90/16) and the weekly timetable of fixed commitments (i.e. regular scheduled NHS activities in accordance with paragraph 30B of the TCS).
* Deploy unallocated, flexible professional time on liaison, emergency work, travel, continuing clinical responsibility, teaching, research, medical audit, inter‑disciplinary meetings and continuing professional development.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
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