Please refer to the supporting job description and person specification which will outline the duties of the role including an indicative job plan. The Gastroenterology and Hepatology Directorate is led by Dr Barbara Hoeroldt (Clinical Director) and has extensive facilities for outpatient, inpatient and endoscopic activity on both RHH and NGH sites. It is one of the largest in the UK with 23 Luminal Gastroenterologists and 7 Hepatologists. The Academic Unit of Gastroenterology has 6 Professors (honorary academic staff), 2 Senior Lecturers and a Wellcome Fellow. There have been 15 sequential fellows all of whom have had MDs or PhDs successfully awarded at the University of Sheffield (each individual published between 10 to 20 peer reviewed publications). The publication and funding track record of the department is over £8 million pounds worth of funding over the 10 year period (a third of which was portfolio) and over 450 publications over a ten year period of which more than 50% are original research papers with novel data. The department has been recognised both nationally and internationally. Researchers and clinicians within the department have received the European Rising Star Award in GI research (2010), the UK Nutrition Society Cuthbertson Medal (2011), Julie Wallace Memorial Award (2016), Silver Medal (2017) & Bengt Ihre Award (Swedish GI Medal 2017) the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) Hopkins Endoscopy Prize (2012, 2017, 2019). The clinical services are integrated with research programmes and have been equally recognised with the Coeliac UK Healthcare Award (2010) and the inaugural BSG National GI Care awards (2011 & 2014) for the Sheffield Small Bowel Endoscopy Service, GI Bleed service & Primary Care outreach. In 2012 the PEG team won both Health Service Journal primary care and integrated clinical care awards. In 2013 the Coeliac Service has been awarded the inaugural Complete Nutrition Coeliac Health Care Award (2010 & 2016) & Clinical Nutrition Professional of the Year 2017. The luminal and IBD services were recognised in BMJ and SAGE awards in 2014 and currently hold a prestigious Health Foundation award to redesign services as part of their Common Ambition programme. The areas of clinical research interest are inflammatory bowel disease, small bowel endoscopy, coeliac disease, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding, irritable bowel syndrome and gastrointestinal bleeding; liver research interest include autoimmune liver disease, cirrhosis and alcohol related liver disease. Although the units strengths have been in clinical research there have been continued and sustained links with basic science collaborators. Non-UK/EEA applicants should ensure they are aware of the recent changes to the Immigration rules. For further information on how this may affect your application visit the UK Government website. Applications from those unable, for personal reasons, to work on a whole time basis or a job share basis will be considered. The successful candidate must be registered with the GMC with a valid licence to practice. For further information please visit the GMC website and click on the Registration and Licensing link. You will also have completed Specialist Training (or equivalent) and be entered on the Specialist Register of the GMC, or have a CCT date within six months of the date of interview.