# Consultant in Gastroenterology

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Keighley
- **Region:** North East and Yorkshire
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Gastroenterology
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent: 8PA
- **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 8 sessions per week (Mon-Fri on ward weeks)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-08T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-22T14:57:11.058Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/Keighley/Airedale_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Gastroenterology/Gastroenterology-v8111957
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8111957?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.airedale-trust.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

For the Consultant Gastroenterologist role a £5,000 recruitment premium is payable to successful candidates upon arrival. We are also able to offer removal and relocation expenses (as per trust policy). Please note relocation expenses and the recruitment premium will be paid in line with relevant HMRC guidance.

We are looking to appoint a permanent consultant. An applicant with experience in Liver Disease would be particularly desirable to help further develop services. However, applicants with other interests would also add value to the team. Applicants will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and proven teaching ability. Experience in developing services and in working with teams will be an advantage. A higher degree is preferred but not a prerequisite.”

### Main duties of the job

For the Consultant Gastroenterologist role a £5,000 recruitment premium is payable to successful candidates upon arrival. We are also able to offer removal and relocation expenses (as per trust policy). Please note relocation expenses and the recruitment premium will be paid in line with relevant HMRC guidance.

We are looking to appoint a permanent consultant. An applicant with experience in Liver Disease would be particularly desirable to help further develop services. However, applicants with other interests would also add value to the team. Applicants will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and proven teaching ability. Experience in developing services and in working with teams will be an advantage. A higher degree is preferred but not a prerequisite.”

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information and for full details of the role please see the attached job description below.

## Person Specification

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- MBChB or equivalent
- MRCP, FRCP or equivalent
- CCST / CCT in GIM CCST / CCT in gastroenterology
- GMC registration

**Desirable**

- Higher degree (PhD; MD) or MPhil
- Resuscitation Council Advanced Life Support Qualification (training will be available)

### Teaching Skills

**Essential**

- Small group teaching
- One-to-one supervision

### Communication Skills

**Essential**

- Express complex ideas easily and simply in reports, paper and letters.
- Communicate comprehensibly with the health and educational community; users and carers

### Organisation & Planning

**Essential**

- Highly self-motivated, flexible, and able to organise time and workload in demanding NHS and academic environments
- Imaginative, creative and inquisitive
- Willingness to work across gastroenterology outpatients, gastroenterology inpatients and endoscopy

### Quality Improvement & Research

**Desirable**

- An acknowledged expert for research in a particular aspect of healthcare education / clinical practice
- Post-MD / PhD research experience
- Experience within a research team
- A significant contribution to research publication

## Documents

- [links (pdf, 207.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1669)
- [privacy notice (pdf, 70.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1621)
- [gastro cons jd (pdf, 469.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10407109)
- [probation policy (pdf, 323.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2588)
- [applying for a job (pdf, 286.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3022)
- [values & behaviours (pdf, 681.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1615)
- [airedale welcome brochure (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2741)
- [information for applicants (pdf, 285.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2587)
- [airedale recruitment process guide (pdf, 142.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1885)

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