The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is looking to appoint a Consultant Gastroenterologist to join our existing team. The Department of Gastroenterology provides a service to the county of Shropshire and Mid Wales and currently consists of 8 Consultant Gastroenterologists and 1 Consultant Hepatologist working across both hospital sites.
Main duties of the job
1. To be responsible and work independently for the continuing care of patients alongside consultant staff.
2. To participate in the Gastroenterology on-call rota.
3. To work independently caring for patients with gastrointestinal complaints, carrying out a mixture of emergency and elective care.
4. To participate in the audit and governance and support the training of junior medical staff and other staffing groups that care for our patients.
5. To carry out appropriate administrative duties in support of clinical commitments.
6. To be a core member and participate in the Upper GI / Hepatobiliary Cancer MDT.
7. To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
8. To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.
9. To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
10. To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.
Working for your organisation
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales. Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes’ drive apart.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Director and consultant colleagues, on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year.
For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part-time post) as:
1. 7.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work.
2. 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research.
Out of Hours Activity - There will be a requirement to take part in an on-call rota primarily for GI bleeds with a frequency of approximately 1 in 10.
The well-being of our staff is of the utmost importance to us. If you are offered a role at our Trust, and fall into the increased and higher risk categories as set out by Public Health England (PHE) and NHSI/E, your line manager will complete a risk assessment with you.
By submitting your application to Trac, you are giving your consent for parts of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems.
If successful, by completing the NHS Jobs application form you authorise the Trust to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national ESR.
We are committed to offering an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible.
Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.
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