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Job summary

Main area
Gastroenterology
Grade
Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (additional PA's may be available)
Job ref
245-MEDCGAST-02-24
Employer
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Tameside Hospital
Town
Ashton-Under-Lyne
Salary
£93,666 - £126,281 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/05/2024 23:59

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Consultant - Gastroenterology

Consultant

Job overview

Consultant Gastroenterologist *£15,000 retention payment

10 PA's (Please note: additional PA's may be available)

Permanent vacancy

*A successful candidate could receive £15,000 additional payment, each year for three years as a part of Recruitment and Retention Premia (T’s & C’s apply)

*We offer relocation and associated expenses package of up to £8,000

Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care is entering an exciting period of clinical workforce expansion in all grades and roles.  This is a new post to join the existing  Gastroenterology Consultants with a specific remit to further transform and extend Gastroenterology services in the region. 

We are looking for a dynamic, creative and motivated Consultant to join our friendly progressive team. The successful candidate will be joining an established team of 4 consultants to work clinically in our JAG accredited Endoscopy unit outpatient clinics as well as having in-patients on our dedicated gastroenterology ward.

This post is to provide additional capacity for our expanding  service and it is expected that applicants will have undergone specialist training in Gastroenterology medicine.  Most importantly you must be driven and have a desire to provide an exemplary service with our patients at its heart.  As a forwarded thinking trust we are continually striving to deliver clinical excellence to our patients. 

Main duties of the job

A full time Consultant Gastroenterologist in Gastroenterology is required to meet the demand for Gastroenterology services at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust and will be based at the hospital site.

 

 

Working for our organisation

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

  • Safety
  • Care
  • Respect
  • Communication
  • Learning

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will provide a high quality diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower endoscopy service, a high quality outpatient service, including patient administration and manage gastroenterology and medical in-patients on the gastroenterology ward. 

The post holder will take part in an on call rota for GI bleeding.


The post holder will be supported by a GI secretarial Team, will have an office and will have access to a PC with internet. The fixed weekly expectation is likely to include: 
• 3 outpatient clinics a week 
• 3 endoscopy sessions 

 

Please see full JD attached including example job plan

Person specification

Qualifications/ Registration

Essential criteria
  • • Medical Degree, MRCP (UK)
  • • Will be required to maintain full registration with the General Medical Council
  • • Applicants must be on the Specialist Register or be within 6 months of CCT in Medicine and Gastroenterology
  • • Advanced Life Support (Adult & Paediatric) as well as Advanced Trauma Life Support Provider

Experience/Training

Essential criteria
  • • Substantial postgraduate experience, including higher medical training – including as a Specialist Registrar. Part of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training potential
  • • JAG accreditation
  • • Major incident management training
  • • Research and Audit

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Vinod Patel
Job title
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0161 922 5049
Additional information

Dr V Patel – Specialty Lead - Vinod.Patel@tgh,nhs.uk

Dominic Morris– Associate Divisional Director - [email protected]  

 

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