Locum Consultant Gastroenterology

Job overview

Closing Date due to be 06/05/2025,  Shortlisting due week commencing 12/05/2025,  and Interviews due week commencing 19/05/2025.

The existing team consists of 11 Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists. We are looking for a locum Consultant Gastroenterologist to support our gastroenterology service for a fixed term.

The GI service has an outstanding reputation for providing high quality gastroenterology services, including access to research via an active R&D team, specialist Hepatology, nutrition and IBD teams with dedicated specialist nurse support, and full access to ERCP, EUS, Spyglass, capsule endoscopy and fibro scan.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be expected to hold (or be within 6 months of obtaining) a CCT in gastroenterology and to practice independently in endoscopy and outpatients. The post is designed to ensure a long-term stable Nutrition and IBD service. The Trust is committed to providing in-house training of these techniques if applicants have not attained independent practice prior to appointment.

The post includes responsibility for gastroenterology inpatients on a 1 week in 11 rota including weekend ward rounds. The post holder will contribute to a Category A on call.

Individuals will be actively encouraged (and supported) to pursue their own special interests in research, education and training, quality improvement or service development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post includes responsibility for gastroenterology inpatients on a 1 week in 10 rota including weekend ward rounds. Programmed clinics and endoscopy lists are cancelled when on the wards.

The post holder will participate in a 1 in 11 category A out of hours on call rota. An on-call availability supplement will be paid.

The post-holder is managerially accountable to the Clinical Service Unit Clinical Director and professionally accountable to the Chief Medical Officer.