Consultant in Gastroenterology with an interest in Nutrition
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We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated substantive Consultant in Gastroenterology to support and expand the high-quality services our Trust already offers. The successful candidates will complement the expertise of eleven other existing consultants in our large teaching trust, providing gastroenterology, hepatology and endoscopy to a culturally diverse population.
You will join a team of 11 Consultants and a wider team of Clinical endoscopists and Specialists Nurses for IBD, Liver and Upper GI Cancer. Our department has a reputation for being friendly and supportive with particularly good working relationships and there is capacity for a wide variety of sub-specialty interests to be accommodated and developed.
We have a 7-day GI bleed service including weekend ward rounds and you will be expected to join the on-call Rota. This post does not include on-call for general (internal) medicine. The Gastroenterology service is supported by comprehensive endoscopy, GI physiology, pathology, and imaging services. We perform diagnostic & therapeutic procedures including Gastroscopy, Colonoscopy, EMR for Complex polyps, ERCP, EUS, RFA, Duette EMR and Bowel Cancer screening. We have also started Trans nasal Endoscopy service and have been performing cytosponge as well.
Minimum Requirements: Consultant Gastroenterology Physicians must hold full GMC with a licence to practice and be on the Specialist Register or be within six months of obtaining your CCT award at the time of interview.
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens this year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH. If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continue your application with this understanding.
We Have Three Strategic Objectives:
* Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
* Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
* Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Imran Ghanghro Job title: Specialty Lead & Consultant in Gastroenterology Email address: imran.ghanghro1@nhs.net Telephone number: 0121 554 3801
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