Locum Consultant Gastroenterologist

£109,725.00 to £145,478.00 per year

Contract Details

• Contract Type: Contract
• Hours: Full time
• Disability Confident: No
• Closing Date: 13/03/2026

About this job

This is an ideal time to join the most rapidly expanding team who have established a dedicated seven day GI bleed rota. This is an extremely exciting time to join a growing specialist hospital, co located with the serene rural setting to the south and the bustling urban vibe of Manchester to the north including excellent links via airport and rail. The area has excellent state and private schools. You are important to us, therefore as a Trust we have committed to investing in you. We have an excellent track record of developing our Consultants and supporting the development of specialist interests / service implementation.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage gastroenterology patients and participate in the GI Bleed and consultant of the week rotas.
• Participate in supervising, teaching and mentoring of junior medical staff, medical students and specialist nurses.
• Participate in regular departmental audit and help with / develop a research program.
• Responsibility for Policy and Service Development and Implementation: contribute to policy and service development within the gastroenterology directorate.
• Opportunities to apply for leadership roles within the gastroenterology directorate and organization.

Academic Development

The Trust has a positive attitude towards and encourages participation of its consultants in continuing professional development to which the Trust provides time and funding for this purpose. The appointee is expected to participate in CPD and fulfil college and re validation requirements.

Teaching

The hospital undertakes clinical teaching of medical undergraduates from Manchester. This has helped to establish and maintain close links with the medical school. The successful candidate will be expected to offer teaching to junior doctors, medical students and other health professionals within the Trust. From time to time the appointee may be asked to teach other professional groups. The integrated education centre has enhanced teaching facilities. Lunchtime meetings are held in the education centre and the appointee would be expected to take a full and active part.

Mentoring

The post holder will be offered the opportunity to access a mentor within the Trust where possible to support personal development.

Research

In response to recent national and regional changes of the NHS Research and Development funding, Stockport NHS Trust is currently developing an integrated R & D information and support infrastructure. It should be noted that a Research and Development fund exists within the Trust and that a Research and Development Co ordinator and Committee, chaired by a Consultant Epidemiologist exists to help this with a research interest. The successful candidate ideally should have an interest in research and be prepared to play a role in developing and contributing to R & D initiatives within the department. Experience in protocol development, applying for both non commercial and commercial R & D funding and disseminating the results of R & D are highly desirable as is an interest in undertaking collaborative R & D projects with other NHS providers. A willingness to take lead in implementing the findings of R & D in clinical practice is welcome and the successful candidate will be expected to actively contribute to debate within the department on methods for enhancing the effectiveness of the services delivered. The Trust supports the requirements for Continuing Medical Education as laid down by the Royal College of Physicians and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.

Quality and Audit

There is an active clinical audit department in the hospital with quarterly inter departmental meetings at which there is regular medical input. The department is also involved in its own internal audit and more extensive inter departmental audit is a regular ongoing exercise.

Safeguarding

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust's policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

DBS and Background Check

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary. In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.