Job requirements
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Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Clinical Skills & Ability
Provide a good standard of clinical care
- Clinical Skills & Ability
Maintain good medical practices
- Clinical Skills & Ability
Willingness to contribute to education of trainees and colleagues
- Professional Qualifications
MBBS or equivalent
- Professional Qualifications
MRCP
- Professional Qualifications
Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register, or within 6 months of completion of CCT at time of interview
- Professional Qualifications
Full GMC registration
- Clinical Experience and Knowledge
Broad experience in Gastroenterology and endoscopy
- Clinical Experience and Knowledge
JAG accredited in upper and lower endoscopist
- Clinical Experience and Knowledge
Able to endoscope acute GI bleeding patients
- Clinical Experience and Knowledge
Evidence of research and audit
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Professional Qualifications
An appropriate higher degree, e.g. an MD, PhD or equivalent
- Professional Qualifications
Completed UK training programme in GI/hepatology
- Professional Qualifications
Previous NHS experience
Job overview
The Trust is seeking to appoint one substantive 10 PA Consultant Gastroenterologist. This appointment will join the existing 16 Gastroenterologists. The post holder will be expected to work across the Trust’s 3 sites: Andover War Memorial Hospital, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, and the Royal Hampshire County Hospital.
The current consultants provide sub-specialty interests in upper and lower therapeutic endoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease, hepatology, nutrition, pancreatobiliary, and motility/functional disease. Existing services include bowel cancer screening, ERCP and SpyGlass, endoscopic ultrasound, advanced GI physiology, and capsule endoscopy.
The post holder will be involved with in-patient gastroenterology and GIM and participate in approximately 1:9 acute GI bleed on-call alongside a 7-day inpatient service in Basingstoke, reviewing new admissions that require Gastroenterology input over the weekend.
Main duties of the job
Location
The Consultant Gastroenterologist will be responsible for service delivery across the whole Trust, therefore cross site working over 3 sites is required. The service provides inpatient Gastroenterology in Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital and the Royal Hampshire County Hospital. There are fully equipped and JAG accredited Endoscopy suites at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Andover War Memorial Hospital and North Hampshire Hospital with bowel cancer screening, ERCP, EUS and a range of interventional procedures. Outpatient clinics are undertaken in all of the Trust’s 3 sites in addition to at Alton Community Hospital.
There is full secretarial support with an administration team consisting of a Speciality Co-ordinator (Gastroenterology) and support staff based in both Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital and the Royal Hampshire County Hospital sites. Each Consultant has dedicated office space and supporting IT.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job are included within the attached job description and person specification.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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This advert is for Consultant Gastroenterologist with Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Basingstoke, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Gastroenterology role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (FTC). The application deadline is 16 Sep 2026.
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