Consultant Gastroenterologist with special interest in Hepatology

Job overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join our expanding patient centred and supportive Gastroenterology department at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Our hard-working and forward-thinking team are keen to develop the Gastroenterology and Liver service and would welcome similar minded candidates to join our department. This is an exciting time to join us following investment of £4.0 million recurrent funding to support a blended workforce and £4.5 million capital investment to refurbish our Endoscopy unit. There will be opportunity to support outpatient transformation as part of a blended workforce as we develop our Luminal and Liver services and establish novel outpatient pathways.

Our Gastroenterology and Liver service is one of the busiest in the UK – we offer a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services for all gastroenterological conditions. Our recently refurbished JAG accredited, performance driven and patient centred Endoscopy unit delivers approximately 15,000 procedures per annum and is a spoke centre for the North-West Endoscopy training academy and is the admin hub for Bowel cancer screening within the Lancashire region.

The post holder is expected to have a broad experience of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, contributing to the core Gastroenterology elective and emergency service but with special emphasis on delivering Hepatology services.

Main duties of the job

There is shared care of inpatients under the Gastroenterology team on the Gastroenterology ward with a Consultant currently being ward based for 1 week out of every 6 weeks. The appointee will make an equal contribution to the care of Gastroenterology inpatients and the out-of-hours GI-Bleed endoscopy service which is 1:6 at present with plans to transition to a 1:8 model with further recruitment. All on-call weeks are followed by a post-on-call (POC) week where Gastroenterology triage, a post-on-call clinic and fast-track clinic are delivered. The POC week is followed by standard normal weeks until the next on-call cycle. Elective activity (outpatient clinics, endoscopy lists) is mainly concentrated in the 5-week period off the ward.

The job plan comprises 10 Programmed activities including allocation for the current on call commitment. Job plans will be formally reviewed within the first 6 months after appointment and agreed according to evidence from actual activity.

The job plan comprises 10 Programmed activities including allocation for the current on call commitment. Job plans will be formally reviewed within the first 6 months after appointment and agreed according to evidence from actual activity. Predictable emergency on call (Gastroenterology / GI Bleeding Service) is 1.5 DCC. Category A for unpredictable emergency work. This includes a daily ward round on the Gastroenterology ward at weekends when on-call.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details for the post of Consultant Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals.