# Senior Clinical Fellow Gastroenterology

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Gastroenterology
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £63,696 - £102,689 pro rata per Annum
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term)
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 10 sessions per week (Flexible Pattern no on  call commitments)
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16T12:06:11.088Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Cramlington_Northumberland/Northumbria_Healthcare_NHCT_Northumbria_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Endoscopy_clinical_Fellow/Endoscopy_clinical_Fellow-v8326393
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8326393?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team as a Senior Clinical Fellow in Endoscopy. The Gastroenterology Team have a pedigree of leading and delivering high quality gastroenterology services and endoscopy practice across a broad range of subspecialties.

The Endoscopy Department at Northumbria Healthcare is delivered over multiple hospital sites with the acute endoscopy workload including GI Bleed and ERCP cases carried out at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital. We are looking for an experienced endoscopist who wishes to consolidate their skills through practice as well as develop advanced therapeutic endoscopy skills through additional supervised training in ERCP.

The candidate will already be performing diagnostic endoscopy and colonoscopy work certified as independent by JAG. They will show an interest and aptitude for training, audit and research and to join activities taking place in Gastroenterology and wider Endoscopy Service. They will be expected to support clinical work attached to the specialty, although this will primarily be endoscopy activity and some outpatient commitment – the job plan for this post will be negotiated with the successful candidate to meet both individual training and service needs.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

### Main duties of the job

This role aimed at candidates who are JAG accredited in upper and lower GI endoscopy and wish to develop and consolidate their skills, alongside developing their own training and experience in ERCP cases. As well as exposure to upper and lower GI luminal therapeutics there is also the opportunity to develop skills in Emergency GI Bleed and Upper GI Therapeutic Endoscopy as part of Acute Rota at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington with Consultant Gastroenterologist mentoring and support.

Outpatient clinic work is an expected part of the post, this will be assisting with the faster diagnosis cancer pathway and also developing skills in assessing patients prior to advanced endoscopy. There is job planned time for administration and CPD, alongside opportunities to participate in teaching and research based on the interests of the postholder.

There are no on-call out of hours commitments associated with this post.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This post is for a period of 12 months.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and the specialty, please contact: Dr Tom Lee, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Clinical Lead for Endoscopy on tom.lee@nhct.nhs.uk

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC registration at time of application.

**Desirable**

- JAG Train the Trainer qualification.
- Postgraduate degree qualification.

### Experience and Knowledge

**Essential**

- Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors.
- Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments.
- Confirmed JAG competency for independent practice in Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy.
- Evidence of KPIs exceeding JAG minimum standards for practice.

**Desirable**

- Experience of audit projects.
- Evidence of involvement in research.
- Evidence of leadership skills.

## Documents

- [trust compact (pdf, 515.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3037)
- [ps endoscopy fellow (pdf, 56.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10648688)
- [guidance for applicants (pdf, 1.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2867)
- [northumbria privacy policy (pdf, 520.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1899)
- [jd clinical fellow endoscopy (pdf, 88.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10648687)

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