Locum Consultant in Luminal Gastroenterology

Job overview

The Gastroenterology service at Imperial College NHS Trust is advertising for one locum full-time post for a Consultant in Luminal Gastroenterology for 12 months, with an anticipated start date of April 2026.

The Gastroenterology Department aims to provide a comprehensive service for patients with gastroenterological problems whilst being fully committed to developing, teaching, training and research at all levels.  Services are provided for patients from diverse social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and from a wide geographical area.

The Gastroenterology service has close links to the upper gastrointestinal HPB surgery, which are based at the Hammersmith and the lower gastrointestinal surgery department at Charing Cross. It is extremely well supported by the Histopathology and Radiology departments. There are also close links with the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics and the Bariatric service and hepatology (St Mary’s).

The endoscopy units at ICHT provide extensive diagnostic and therapeutic interventional services.

The Gastroenterology Department provides a comprehensive range of both inpatient and outpatient services.

The applicant will be likely to participate in an on-call rota, most probably GI bleed service (to be negotiated) and include ward cover on a rotational basis. There will be a core SPA for revalidation.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will undertake 3 endoscopy lists and 2.5 outpatient clinics per week.

There will be no acute general medicine commitment or inpatient ward rounds.

There will likely be a commitment to the out-of-hours endoscopy service.

More details are available on attached JD.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Outpatient gastroenterology

All general clinics are booked to a 5 New and 8 F/U template.

Endoscopy

The appointed locum will be expected to perform independent upper and lower GI endoscopy and be confident and competent in the treatment of GI bleeds.

In-patient Gastroenterology

Inpatients on all three sites are looked after by the consultant on the wards. There is also an acute medicine inpatient service at both Charing Cross and St Mary’s Hospitals.