Job requirements
Essential
32 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Teaching
Experience of teaching juniors, medical students and other health care professionals
- Teamwork
Proven ability to build and maintain effective teams
- Teamwork
Ability to work in a team with professional colleagues both medical and from other disciplines
- Teamwork
Experience of supervision of junior staff
- Experience
Wide experience in Gastroenterology and General Internal Medicine
- Experience
Meets BSG / JAG standards
- Experience
Completion of professional training in Gastroenterology / General (acute medicine)
- Experience
Comprehensive clinical experience of gastroenterology and hepatology
- Experience
Must be able to demonstrate that they have achieved the BSG and JAG endoscopy quality standards relating to diagnostic and therapeutic Upper GI Endoscopy and Colonoscopy. E.g., JAG accreditation or equivalent for these procedures
- Experience
Satisfactory completion of previous posts providing professional training in Gastroenterology and General (Acute) Medicine
- Experience
Attendance at appropriate professional meetings and courses
- Experience
Good understanding of Clinical Governance
- Leadership
Evidence of good organisational and leadership skills
- Leadership
Ability to lead the development of services and provoke best practice amongst the colleagues
- Management
Evidence of development and management of change
- Management
Ability to manage risk and end of line decisions
- Management
Ability to cope with change
- Management
An understanding of management in the context of the Health Service including clinical governance and risk management
- Management
Attendance at management meetings
- Communication
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Communication
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with difficult situations
- Communication
Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients, their parents and other relatives and with colleagues and staff in all disciplines.
- Audit & Research
Evidence of audit work and where this has brought about change
- Audit & Research
Evidence of participation in research
- Audit & Research
Awareness of basic research methods
- Audit & Research
Familiarity with evidence based practice
- Qualifications & Conditions
Full registration with the General Medical Council
- Qualifications & Conditions
A valid Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council
- Qualifications & Conditions
MRCPCH or MRCP or show evidence of equivalent training and experience
- Qualifications & Conditions
Registration on the GMC Specialist Register for Gastroenterology/Hepatology (or within 6 months of obtaining CCT).
- Qualifications & Conditions
Entry onto the Specialist Register or a Specialist Registrar within 6 months of the award of their CCT in Gastroenterology (or recognised equivalent if outside the UK) of the date of interview
- Qualifications & Conditions
To be formally recognised as Clinical Supervisor as defined by the GMC Trainer Standards
Desirable
16 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Teaching
Proven teaching abilities
- Teaching
Attendance at teaching course
- Experience
Specialist experience in one or more areas of practice to take a lead role in that area
- Experience
Ability to develop an area of specialist / subspecialism in Gastroenterology / Endoscopy
- Experience
Publication of research articles, demonstrating understanding of research methodology and commitments
- Experience
Development of specialist/ sub specialist areas within gastroenterology and endoscopy: candidates will be supported to develop an interest in one or more of the following and therefore will potentially have advanced skills in one of the following: ERCP/ EUS, Liver Disease, Nutrition, Bowel Cancer Screening, Advanced Lower GI polypectomy
- Leadership
Evidence of development of leadership within the work environment
- Management
Able to manage and lead change internally and within multi-agency setting
- Management
Attendance at management course
- Management
Previous participation in a management role
- Management
Experience in appraisal and mentoring
- Communication
Attendance at e.g. Death/Bereavement or Breaking News workshops and Counselling courses
- Audit & Research
Evidence of work submitted for Peer review
- Qualifications & Conditions
Post Graduate Degree e.g. MD, PhD, MSc
- Qualifications & Conditions
To be formally recognised as Educational Supervisor as defined by the GMC Trainer Standards
- Qualifications & Conditions
Entry into the specialist register (or within 6 months of CCT date) for General Internal Medicine
Job overview
Our thriving and dynamic Gastroenterology department is based at Oldham, Fairfield and Rochdale, and is part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA).
This is a unique and exciting time to join an NHS service that is focused on delivering the best healthcare services to our local population, demonstrated by recent investment in an award winning Community Diagnostic Centre in Oldham (CDC), away from the acute site.
This state of the art modular build has PET-CT (to be upgraded to one of the first digital PET CT scanners in the country), MR, CT, Ultrasound and physiological testing. It has been the focus of national attention, visited by the Prime Minister, Professor Sir Mike Richards & the National Clinical Director for Elective care. It recently won two HSJ Partnership awards and has featured in National news articles about diagnostics.
In Autumn 2024 the CDC will be enhanced further by a co-located 3 room endoscopy unit with clinical rooms and on-site decontamination. Our ambition at the CDC is to transform the way that we traditionally deliver healthcare and to explore new and innovative delivery models that reflect the needs of both our staff and our patients. There cannot be a better time to join our team.
We have an award winning Tertiary Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre, led by Professor J.K.Limdi, recognised nationally and internationally for clinical services and research.
Team members have the opportunity to influence the development of services.
Main duties of the job
This subspecialty post is focused on expanding our dedicated Hepatology service line. The post holder will lead clinical governance for advanced liver diseases, drive the institutional expansion of non-invasive liver fibrosis screening, and manage specialized Liver MDTs and rapid hot clinic models.
The post holder will complement and develop existing services through the provision of specialist knowledge & expertise in Hepatology and General Internal Medicine. The post holder is therefore required to have full registration with the General Medical Council & a valid licence to practice and be on the specialist register (Gastroenterology and preferably also General Internal Medicine) or be within 6 months of CCT or equivalent at the time of interview.
Alongside the CDC, there are 3 endoscopy units across Oldham, Fairfield & Rochdale sites, making this one of the largest endoscopy services in the country. The Endoscopy service offers NHS Bowel Cancer screening colonoscopy, ERCP, HPB, EUS, advanced Lower GI EMR/ ESD.
The non-elective inpatient services are centralised on The Royal Oldham Hospital site, the gastroenterology team provide gastroenterology in-reach and outpatients at the 3 sites. There is an excellent, long established GI physiology department.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Consultant Hepatologist with Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust in Oldham, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Gastroenterology role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Nov 2026.
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