Endoscopy Clinical Fellow

Job overview

The Endoscopy department at University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust  currently have 3 endoscopy units across 3 of our sites:

• Royal Derby Hospital -  7 Rooms
• Queens Hospital Burton -  3 rooms
• Sir Robert Peel -  2 Rooms

And delivery over 30,000 procedures annually,  all sites are currently JAG accredited.

We have a dedicated Clinical Lead for endoscopy along with a Clinical training lead.

Endoscopy at RDH perform ERCP, EUS, capsule endoscopy and complex EMR procedures.  We have a dedicated ERCP procedure room, provide an emergency inpatient endoscopy list 365 days a year and have a dedicated endoscopy nurse on call rota.

Main duties of the job

These exciting newly appointed roles will include back filling cancelled endoscopy sessions (5 per week along with 2 training sessions) but we will also encourage specialised training for endoscopic procedures such as complicated EMRs and EUS.

The University Hospitals of Derby & Burton Gastroenterology department have:

• 17 Luminal Consultants
• 3 Hepatology Consultants
• Our surgical colleagues’ also support the unit:
• 10 Colorectal surgeons
• 9 Upper GI surgeons
• 10 Consultant surgeons at QHB

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This post will be based at the Royal Derby Hospital campus and is designed to support the activities of the endoscopy department across all 3 sites and acquire specialist advanced endoscopy training. The post-holder will work alongside a variety of Consultant Gastroenterologists and GI Surgeons and will be responsible to the clinical lead in Endoscopy.

This is a one-year post specifically intended for registrars (or equivalent) approaching their CCST or immediate post CCST (or equivalent), and wishing to expand their endoscopy / research experience and undertake further training in therapeutic and advanced colonoscopy, ERCP, EUS and as such is most suited to those reaching the end of their specialist training in gastroenterology. As the candidate will be conducting service endoscopy sessions independently they will need to have achieved competency in diagnostic upper and lower GI endoscopy. Experience in capsule endoscopy reporting and common therapeutic endoscopic procedures is also desirable but not essential. It would also be suitable however for anyone with sufficient endoscopic experience e.g. staff grades in gastroenterology.

The appointee will be expected to undertake 5 service endoscopy lists and 2 training lists in either ERCP, EUS, or advanced colonic polypectomy (EMR). Appointees will be expected to identify a training requirement at interview (i.e. undertake 12 months training in either ERCP, EUS, or advanced colonic polypectomy (EMR).

Start date 1st September 2025