Consultant in Gastroenterology with an interest in Nutrition
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff.Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do.
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives.
We run services from Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Sandwell Health Campus, City Health Campus, Rowley Regis Community Hospital, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, The Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes.As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
Consultant in Gastroenterology
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated substantive Consultant 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 wider team of Clinical endoscopists and Specialists 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 Trans nasal Endoscopy service and have been performing cytosponge as well.
The
Consultant Gastroenterology Physicians must hold full GMC 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.
Working for our organisation
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 is 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.
We have three strategic objectives:
- Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives
Detailed job description and main 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.
For an informal discussion, please contact:
Service Lead: Imran Ghanghro Tel: 0121 507 2779 Email: [email protected]
Group Director: Chetan Varma Tel: 07870544820 Email: [email protected]
Clinical Director: ; Stavros Apositolakis Email: Stavros [email protected]
DGM: Shamas Rahim Email: [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications:
Essential criteria- • Entry on the Specialist Register in Gastroenterology (or CCT expected within 6 months from the date of interview)
- • MRCP (UK) or equivalent
- • Higher Degree
Clinical Experience:
Essential criteria- • Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining CCT in Gastroenterology and General (internal medicine)
- • Special interest that complements the existing consultants
- Specialist interest in Nutrition
- • JAG accreditation for colonoscopy
Clinical Effectiveness
Essential criteria- • Experience of conducting clinical audit
Teaching and Training experience:
Essential criteria- • Ability to teach clinical skills to medical and nursing staff and other disciplines.
- • Formal training in teaching
Research, Innovation and Service Improvement Experience:
Essential criteria- • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
- • Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last five years.
- • Evidence of having undertaken original research
Other Requirements:
Essential criteria- • Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practise
We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.