Locum Consultant Gastroenterologist

Applications are invited for the post of a 9 PA Locum Consultant in Gastroenterology and General Medicine at Whittington Health.This locum post has been developed to cover for a member of staff on long term leave as well as address the growing demand in gastroenterology services.

We are a thriving and expanding department with increasing outpatients and endoscopy referrals. We aim to provide a first-class gastroenterology service in North London and to meet the challenge of government targets. We conduct regular audits to ensure our department provides a high-quality service.

We are afour room unit was opened in the Day Treatment Centre in 2007. At present, there are 40 lists running per week with dedicated upper GI and colonoscopy lists. We have had recent approval to utilise the fourth endoscopy room to accommodate the expanding demand for endoscopy and by working closely with neighbouring organisations. We are also a JAG accredited Site.

The Department is a core service within the Medical Division, treating approximately 4000 new outpatients per year, some 500 specialist inpatients and performs over 8500 endoscopies per year.

Main duties of the job

Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role.

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be an enthusiastic doctor, fully accredited in general medicine and Gastroenterology. We are looking to appoint a locum consultant colleague who will complement the existing skills/interests of the department. A commitment to providing the best possible care to gastroenterology patients, and to working with colleagues to develop improved systems for their management is essential. Furthermore, expertise and experience in teaching and re-engineering of outpatient clinics would also be an advantage. A proven ability to work effectively with existing colleagues and management is of the utmost importance. ERCP skills are not required for this post. We expect the new appointee to be fully involved in the teaching commitment, audit activities and management aspects of the department.

The timetable will be made up of 10 programmed activities. There is no General Internal Medicine (GIM) on call or acute medicine commitment. There will be a rotating month as the consultant for the ward when three times weekly ward rounds will be performed and other DCC cancelled accordingly. A sample timetable for a non-ward month is attached.

The appointee will be provided with an administrative space, Information Management and Technology facilities and appropriate secretarial support. The timetable below is intended to be indicative of the job plan for this post but may be subject to change and this will be discussed with the successful candidate.

See the attached job description for full and further details.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration
• Membership of the Royal College of Physicians, or equivalent.
• Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following -Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) date must be within 6 months of the interview) -Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) -European Community Rights
• Experience in transformation projects and department changes.
• An appropriate higher degree (eg. MD or PhD equivalent)

Teaching

• Experience of and commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching.
• Skills to support Trainee Doctors and Specialist Nurses.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Flexible thinking

• Able to work in a multi-disciplinary team with consultants, trainees, nursing staff and allied health professionals.
• Ability to establish and maintain excellent collaborative relationships with staff of all grades.

Quality improvement and Clinical Audit

• A commitment to quality improvement and clinical audit

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearper annum pro rata (for part-time)