Consultant Endoscopist

Job overview

This is an opportunity for a substantive appointment as a consultant in Endoscopy, either with a background in Medicine or General Surgery. This is a new replacement post. The service seeks a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic colleague, committed to the highest standards of practice, practising evidence based medicine and ensuring highest quality of care.

All teams carry out independent diagnostic and or therapeutic endoscopy, and several contribute to the out of hours GI bleed rota, specialist therapeutic procedures such as dilatation, haemostasis, oesophageal stent, ERCP, feeding tube placements and advanced polypectomy and the Bowel cancer Screening programme.

You will work within the Medical Division within Endoscopy and will be accountable to the Divisional Director, and the Executive Medical Director of the Trust.

• Work closely with the Lead Endoscopy Nurse and Lead UGI & Colorectal Specialist Practitioner in the development of new services/initiatives.
• Act as a role model, employ professional behaviour that encourages and coaches others to their current competencies, whilst seeking opportunities to enhance their roles.
• Ensure processes are in place to facilitate effective communication being established with all disciplines, patients and relatives, that meets individual needs.
• Provide highly skilled endoscopy ensuring interventions are undertaken in line with best practice guidance.
• Ensuring your own and others clinical practice is patient centred and evidence based in accordance with the GMC Code of Practice & other professional codes and standards.
• Monitoring and maintaining high standards of documentation and record keeping in line with the GMC Standard for Record Keeping, having systems and processes in place for daily checking and challenging any inaccuracies or omissions.
• At all times adhering to and ensuring adherence to Trust policies and procedures.

Working for our organisation

DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities to grow their career, it’s our pledge to help you Develop, Belong and Thrive, Here.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through ext

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read both documents carefully. Please note, if your application is successful, you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.

Person specification

Qualifications

• You must be on the specialist register for general surgery or general medicine or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK. In accordance with the regulations, all other categories of Doctors must be eligible to be on the GMC specialist register (evidence required prior to commencement) to be considered for a consultant appointment by the Advisory Appointments Committee
• Applicants must continue to hold a Licence to Practise

• Relevant higher degree

Experience

• JAG accreditation in diagnostic colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy and Upper GI Endoscopy
• Understanding current issues within endoscopy and the future direction of the specialty
• Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
• Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions

• Experience in therapeutic endoscopy
• Attendance at a recognised management course

Teaching and training

• Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.

• Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications
• Certified Endoscopy trainer
• Formal qualification in teaching/education

Audit and Research

• Critical Appraisal Skills
• Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects and the implementation of outcomes

• Evidence of knowledge of research methodology

• Please note that all correspondence will be sent you to via email. If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.
• We reserve the right to close down this advert early should there be a high number of applicants.
• The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.
• All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken. The Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event that they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Please note that this check will be charged for in two instalments when you commence employment with Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.