[ref. e87704304] Consultant Gastroenterologist with an interest in IBD
Job overview
Applications are invited for the post of Consultant Gastroenterologist with an interest in IBD, based within Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. The successful candidate will join a large and dynamic team of Consultant Gastroenterologists & Hepatologists within the Health Board.
The department provides a comprehensive service for patients with gastrointestinal and liver disorders from Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, both at district level and as a tertiary centre. The Cardiff Crohn’s and Colitis clinic offers a regional IBD service.The appointee will join four other Consultants with an IBD interest, supported by IBD specialist and infusion nurses, specialist GI dietician, and with links to the Intestinal Failure team. There are regular IBD radiology MDT’s, biologics reviews and business meetings, and combined adolescent IBD clinics with the Paediatric Gastroenterologists.
There are strong links with Cardiff University’s School of Medicine.
Although this post is full-time, consideration will be given to applicants who require flexible working arrangements.
Applicants should either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within six months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT / CESR(CP) at the time of interview.
You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for Wales. The basic salary range for this post is £106,000 per annum to £154,760 per annum.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work in a dedicated multidisciplinary IBD team across the UHB. There will be participation in a rota for weekend GI retrieval and ward reviews and a 1 in 16 emergency endoscopy rota. The post holder will not participate in the general medical on-call rota but the team review all new GI and liver admissions daily.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is recognised as a teaching centre of excellence in a wide range of clinical services including endoscopy. There is an ongoing programme of IBD-related research.
Applicants must ensure they provide names and contact details of referees covering at least the last 3 years of their employment/training history in full. In addition, applicants who are currently or have most recently been employed as a substantive Consultant or as a Locum Consultant in post for more than 12 months must also provide the name of their Medical Director as an additional referee.
Working for our organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer.Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together” and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing.We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline.Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- On GMC Specialist Register for specialty / Specialty Registrar with CCT/CESR(CP) due within 6 months of interview date
- MRCP or equivalent
Management
Essential criteria- Evidence of effective leadership skills
Teaching
Essential criteria- Evidence of teaching medical students and resident doctors
Research
Essential criteria- Active research interests with evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication
Skills
Essential criteria- Evidence of effective team and multi-disciplinary working
- Effective and demonstrable communication skills
Experience
Essential criteria- Broad training and experience in Gastroenterology
- JAG accreditation or equivalent in diagnostic upper and lower GI endoscopy
- Dye spray colonoscopy
Clinical Governance
Essential criteria- Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
- Evidence of proactive engagement with appraisal and revalidation (or equivalent)
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where diversity is celebrated.We aim to create a working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential no matter their disability, sex, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity or marriage and civil partnership status.
We are keen to break down barriers in the UHB, and encourage applications from under-represented groups.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK.If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.