Consultant in Gastroenterology
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated substantive Consultants 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.
Main duties of the job
You will join a team of 11 Consultants and a wider team of Clinical Endoscopists and Specialist 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 a Transnasal Endoscopy service and have been performing Cytosponge as well.
Consultant Gastroenterology Physicians must hold full GMC registration 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.
About us
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 are 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. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
Job responsibilities
Research: The University of Birmingham would like to support research by offering two protected research PAs to recently appointed (within 18 months) consultants. Sessions will be prioritised for those with a commitment to research and an interest in an area of research that maps to University of Birmingham strengths. Support will be assessed on a competitive basis. At the University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong.
Closing date: 12th March 2025
Interview date: 27th March 2025
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to equality of opportunity and is a no smoking organisation.
Person Specification
Qualifications:
Essential Desirable
Clinical Experience:
Essential Desirable
Clinical Effectiveness:
Essential Desirable
Teaching and Training experience:
Essential Desirable
Research, Innovation and Service Improvement Experience:
Essential Desirable
Other Requirements:
Essential
* Entry on the Specialist Register in Gastroenterology (or CCT expected within 6 months from the date of interview)
* MRCP (UK) or equivalent
* Higher Degree
* Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the care of patients
* Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the management of acute medical emergencies
* Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining CCT in Gastroenterology and General (internal medicine)
* Specialist interest in inflammatory bowel disease
* JAG accreditation for colonoscopy
* Special interest that complements the existing consultants
* Experience of conducting clinical audit
* Ability to teach clinical skills to medical and nursing staff and other disciplines.
* Formal training in teaching
* Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
* Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last five years.
* Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practise
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