Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/03/2025 23:59
Consultant
Job overview
Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust wishes to appoint a Consultant Gastroenterologist with a Special Interest in HPB.
The Trust provides general acute health care residents in Liverpool, North Merseyside and surrounding areas. It also provides tertiary care for digestive diseases for Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales, the Isle of Man and beyond.
The successful candidate will be based at the RLH Hospital and will be a member of the Gastroenterology Department.
Main duties of the job
The majority of work will be HPB Endoscopy incorporating the appointee’s desired subspecialty interest.
Ward cover is provided on a rotational basis when the Consultants take part in for 2 weeks at a time. The majority (>90%) of our ward patients have primary GI disorders.
The successful candidate will also cover Endoscopy and Out-patient sessions. The expectation is to provide a 1:8 on call commitment and out of hours cover (on call sessions are recognised within our job plans in addition to the on call supplement). Weekend on call work currently includes time spent seeing patients within the acute areas as well as a review of gastro in-patients in our bed base and being available for out of hours endoscopy for patients with GI haemorrhage.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Appointee, together with his or her colleagues will have a commitment to the provision of Gastroenterology. The majority of work will be Luminal Gastroenterology incorporating the appointee’s desired subspecialty interest.
The expectation is to provide a 1:8 on call commitment and out of hours cover (on call sessions are recognised within our job plans in addition to the on call supplement). Weekend on call work currently includes time spent seeing patients within the acute areas as well as a review of gastro in-patients in our bed base and being available for out of hours endoscopy for patients with GI haemorrhage.
Subspecialty interests which can be developed and supported at Aintree include IBD, Nutrition, Advanced Endoscopy, BCSP, Capsule Endoscopy and Education.
An office with appropriate IT support will be provided. The appointee will share a PA, with excess typing devolved to other members of the secretarial team if necessary.
In compliance with the Consultant contract the job plan is split into 10 PAs, normally 8.5 DCC and 1.5 core SPA with further SPA time available for specific roles.
Teaching is strongly encouraged both within the Trust and the Gastroenterology Directorate. The Gastroenterology Department deals with an unparalleled selection of complex benign and malignant gastroenterology diseases that provide a rich learning environment for medical students, junior doctors and allied professionals. There is a weekly IBD MDT, radiology meeting, nutrition MDT and monthly Pelvic Floor MDT. Cancer MDT’s include UGI (joint LUHT), CRC and advanced regional MDTs including NET, Primary liver, Advanced Colorectal Liver, HPB, early rectal cancer and Sarcoma.
We have a dynamic and enthusiastic departmental training lead who ensures high quality training for medical students, trainees and nurse endoscopists. The post holder will be expected to actively participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and provide endoscopic training – Train the Trainers will be required.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Full registration with General Medical Council and licence to practise (or eligible for)
* MB BS or MB ChB
* MRCP
* On GMC specialist register/hold CCT (or proposed CCT date within 6 months of interview).
* Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians
* Higher degree such as MD or PhD
Clinical Experience
* Evidence of continuing medical education
* Subspecialty interest within IBD or nutrition
Audit Experience
* Understand principles of clinical audit
* Proven track record in significant audit
* Publication of audit results
Teaching & Training Experience
* Experience of teaching skills to medical and nursing staff and other disciplines
* Training or education course
* Evidence of delivering training & education (PGCE)
* Train the Trainer qualification and experience
* Evidence of delivery of education to both undergraduate and postgraduate
Knowledge
* High standard to support independent practice as a Consultant Gastroenterologist
* Endoscopic skills for acute GI bleeding
* To have a good understanding of ‘Good Medical Practice’ from the GMC
Research Experience
* Understands principles of Research
* Evidence of enthusiasm
* Involvement in research
* Publication of research
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community.
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