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Job requirements
Essential
9 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Evidence of leadership and management experience
- Experience
Experience of service development and quality improvement initiatives
- Experience
Experience in providing high-quality training and education to undergraduates and postgraduates
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to support and motivate staff during periods of pressure Understanding of clinical governance
- Skills and aptitudes
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and an ability to relate to staff and patients
- Skills and aptitudes
Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
- Education and professional qualifications
MRCP or equivalent
- Education and professional qualifications
Full GMC registration with license to practice
- Education and professional qualifications
Experience of work in Hepatology/Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
This post offers an exciting opportunity for the successful applicant to join a busy, happy, and committed team of consultants in this well-developed and expanding service, with close working relationship with Radiology, Histopathology, Hepatology, Hepato pancreatico biliary, and Colorectal surgery services. Applicants will be expected to be experts in the assessment of patients with hepatology and gastroenterology conditions and to deliver upper GI endoscopic interventions.
There is a high burden of hepatology conditions, including viral hepatitis, in the populations the trust serves and we have excellent links with our tertiary partners at the Royal Free with regular viral hepatology MDTS and ready access to other specialist meetings (including autoimmune and cirrhosis MDTS as well as good links with the transplant team). We are all committed to working together to improve liver care in the region. We would be delighted to support a subspecialist interest.
Applicants for the post should have a CCT and GMC Specialist Registration with a license. A full accreditation in diagnostic Gastroscopy is mandatory for this post and independent expertise in upper GI bleeding list is also necessary. Experience in colonoscopy is desirable, but not essential.
Main duties of the job
Gastroscopy is mandatory for this post and independent expertise in upper GI bleeding list is also necessary. Experience in colonoscopy is desirable, but not essential. Appointees will cover inpatient care, emergency endoscopy lists and participate in the Gastroenterology on-call Rota for wards and GI bleeding (~1 in 7 ). Outpatient clinics will be for hepatology conditions and there is no requirement to contribute to the GIM on call rota.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Regular inpatient ward round as per Rota with leading the team and supporting juniors when necessary, as per Rota.
Performing regular hepatology outpatient clinics and supervising specialist registrars and trainees for clinical experience in clinics.
Regularly take part in departmental X-Ray meetings and regional multi-disciplinary MDTs and or support Specialist nurses and junior medical staff to prepare for MDTs.
Performing Virtual Clinics on weekly basis as per Rota to plan with continuing patient care.
Performing regular independent endoscopy lists delivering high quality procedure as per JAG requirements.
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 Hepatology Consultant with Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Gastroenterology role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 Per Annum + £2,162 London weighting. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 30 Oct 2026.
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