Consultant Gastroenterologist

Job overview

Salary: In line with NHS Consultant Terms and Conditions

University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (ULHG) is pleased to invite applications for a Consultant Gastroenterologist to join our expanding team at Aintree University Hospital. This post is part of a strategic investment in our consultant and multidisciplinary workforce, supporting high-quality, patient-centred gastroenterology care.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative and forward-thinking department in a high-acuity teaching hospital known for clinical excellence. You’ll play a key role in delivering luminal gastroenterology services, with scope to develop a subspecialty interest in areas such as IBD, advanced endoscopy, nutrition, education, or cancer pathways.

The successful candidate will be based exclusively at Aintree and supported to grow their clinical and academic interests within a dynamic, and high-volume JAG-accredited endoscopy environment.

Applicants must hold full GMC registration with a licence to practise, MRCP(UK) (or equivalent), and be on the Specialist Register (or within 6 months of CCT at interview).

We welcome applications from both new consultants and experienced clinicians, including those seeking less-than-full-time work.

Informal enquiries and visits are encouraged.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

The successful applicant will join a supportive consultant team delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within the luminal gastroenterology service at Aintree University Hospital.

Core Duties Include:

• Specialist Gastroenterology Care: Deliver luminal services with the opportunity to develop a subspecialty interest such as IBD, advanced endoscopy, UGI disorders, nutrition, capsule endoscopy, education, or cancer pathways.
• Inpatient Care: Participate in a rotational “hot week” model, leading care on the gastroenterology ward supported by junior doctors and specialist nurses.
• Outpatient Clinics & Endoscopy: Conduct regular general and subspecialty clinics; contribute to diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, with opportunities for training supervision.
• GI Bleed & On-Call Rota: Join the 1:11 out-of-hours rota, covering emergency GI bleeds, inpatients, and acute referrals—job-planned in line with national T&Cs.
• MDT Involvement: Engage in MDTs including IBD, cancer, nutrition, and HPB, supporting integrated, pathway-based care.
• Teaching & Development: Support education for undergraduates and postgraduates, contribute to endoscopy training, and lead or participate in quality improvement and service innovation.

The role offers flexibility, leadership development, and the chance to shape subspecialty services in a dynamic unit.

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.

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.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is a full-time, substantive Consultant post in Luminal Gastroenterology at Aintree University Hospital, part of University Hospitals Liverpool Group (UHLG). The post holder will join a dynamic and cohesive team of consultants committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care and driving continuous improvement across gastroenterology services.

• Provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care in luminal gastroenterology, including participation in the endoscopy and general gastroenterology outpatient service.
• Participate in the 2-week rotating 'hot week' inpatient model, assuming responsibility for consultant-led ward rounds and multidisciplinary team coordination.
• Participate in a 1:11 out-of-hours rota, providing emergency gastroenterology cover and out-of-hours endoscopy for gastrointestinal bleeding. On-call work is supported by robust junior doctor and nursing structures and is recognised within the job plan and on-call supplement.
• Deliver regular endoscopy lists, contributing to diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, and actively support the Trust’s commitment to JAG standards and service quality.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary meetings including IBD, UGI cancer, colorectal cancer, liver and HPB, nutrition, pelvic floor, and early rectal cancer MDTs.

• Engage in the teaching and supervision of undergraduate medical students, junior medical staff, and other healthcare professionals.
• Actively contribute to endoscopic training, including mentoring of medical trainees and nurse endoscopists. A Train the Trainer qualification will be required (or willingness to obtain it).
• Participation in departmental educational programmes, including journal clubs, case-based discussions, and clinical governance activities is expected and encouraged.
• Opportunities are available to pursue additional training responsibilities, including formal education roles and PGCE support.

• Participate in departmental audit, clinical effectiveness, and governance programmes.
• Undertake or support clinical audit projects aligned with service priorities. Applicants with a record of completing audits with published or presented outcomes will be supported to continue this work.
• Engage with and support clinical research activity, with opportunities to develop or contribute to ongoing projects, including IBD and UGI trials.
• Contribute to service improvement and transformation initiatives that promote safety, efficiency, and innovation.

• Actively contribute to shaping service models in response to local and national priorities, including improvements in access, efficiency, and patient outcomes.
• Engage with Trust-wide strategy and participate in clinical leadership discussions relating to gastroenterology and endoscopy services.
• Applicants with experience in change leadership, strategic thinking, or mentoring will be encouraged to take on further responsibilities aligned to their interests and strengths.

• The post is offered as a 10 PA job plan, consisting of 8.5 Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and 1.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPA). Additional SPA time may be available for specific roles, including educational or research activity, and is subject to discussion during job plan negotiation.
• An office with IT facilities and appropriate administrative support will be provided. Shared PA support is available, with overflow typing support from the wider secretarial team as required.
• Participation in annual appraisal and revalidation is expected. The department and Trust provide support for continued professional development in line with Royal College and GMC expectations.

Person specification

Qualifications

• MB ChB / MB BS (or equivalent)
• MRCP (UK)

• Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians
• Higher degree (MD or PhD) or submitted pending viva

Registration

• Full GMC registration and licence to practise (or eligible for)

• On GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of achieving CCT at time of interview

Clinical Experience

• Broad experience in luminal gastroenterology
• Evidence of continued medical education

• Subspecialty interest

Teaching & Training

• Experience of teaching medical, nursing, and allied health professionals

• PGCE or evidence of education delivery
• Train the Trainer qualification
• Experience of UG & PG teaching

Knowledge

• High clinical standard for independent Consultant practice
• Endoscopic skills in GI bleeding

• Understanding of GMC's Good Medical Practice guidelines

Audit & Research Experience

• Understanding of clinical audit principles
• Understanding of research principles
• Demonstrates enthusiasm for clinical research

• Proven audit experience with publication of results
• Research involvement with publications

Managing Self

• Able to take responsibility, make decisions, and apply authority appropriately

• Commitment to high standards in care
• Positive approach to lessons learned
• Alignment with Trust values

Working with Others

• Strong communication and teamworking across clinical settings

• Empathic, challenges negativity, improves patient experience

Managing Others

• Awareness of NHS Trust management structures and issues
• Ability to manage conflict

• Support and development of trainee medical staff

Leading People

• Demonstrated leadership in clinical teams and service change

• Strategic thinking, risk management, innovation, mentoring and leading multi-disciplinary change

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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.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18^th birthday.

Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

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. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

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This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.