Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- 6 months (Fixed Term Locum)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- Job ref
- 343-LCON-223
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £113,565 - £150,569 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterology
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
This is a 6-month fixed-term locum consultant post providing short-term sick leave cover within the Paediatric Team at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. The post-holder will join an established paediatric gastroenterology service, working closely with the existing consultants and the wider multidisciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
The principal duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients.
1. To, at all times, comply with the GMC’s guidance on ‘Good Medical Practice’ as amended or substituted from time to time.
2. To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.
3. To undertake duties as defined within the attached job plan in so far as practicable and in agreement with your Clinical Director.
4. To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of Trust resources that you use and influence, and professionally accountable to the Medical Director.
5. On commencement to ensure personal attendance at the Trust’s corporate Induction (or arranged Consultant Induction).
6. To participate in the Trust’s Statutory & Mandatory training programme.
7. To be responsible for the clinical management of out-patients under your care.
8. The principal duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Specific Duties of this post
- Deliver dedicated specialist clinics per week for complex regional gastroenterology presentations as well as provide inpatient support and advise.
- Diagnose and manage common gastrointestinal conditions including Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), severe constipation, gastro-oesophageal reflux, food allergies, coeliac disease, and eosinophilic oesophagitis.
- Perform or supervise GI investigations (e.g., pH studies, and diagnostic upper/lower endoscopies depending on certified competencies).
- Establish shared-care networks with our tertiary centres at St George’s Hospital.
- Liaison and MDT working with the paediatric gastroenterology team at St George’s Hospital for complex tertiary referral.
Specifically, the role will deliver:
· 3 x paediatric gastroenterology clinics per week.
· 1 x endoscopy list per week depending on certified competencies
· 1 x local paediatric gastroenterology MDT per week
· 1 x MDT with St George’s Hospital per week
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC (General Medical Council) registration with a licence to practise.
- On or within 6 months of the GMC Specialist Register for General Paediatrics.
- Holder of a CCT/CESR in General Paediatrics.
- Membership of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child (MRCPCH)
- Level 3 child protection
- APLS / NLS
Desirable criteria
- MD or equivalent higher degree or evidence of relevant research
skills
Essential criteria
- Broad experience in acute paediatric emergencies and neonatology.
- Documented experience in managing secondary-care paediatric gastroenterology
- Ability to independently assess CYP with a wide range of gastrointestinal disorders including (but not exclusive) Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), severe constipation, gastro-oesophageal reflux, food allergies, coeliac disease, and eosinophilic oesophagitis.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to perform diagnostic upper/lower endoscopies
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Audit/Research
- Participation in Audit / QI projects and understanding of the Paediatric Peer Review Process and Best Practice Tariff
- Has attended a recognised management training event or will have such training on completion of CCT
- Supervision of post graduate trainees
- Personal time management skills
- Clinical Governance
- Ability to organise out-patient waiting lists
Desirable criteria
- Familiarity within issues of service organisation and development
- Participation in research
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate trainees
- Ability to teach clinical skills
- Ability to contribute to change management
- Ability to apply research findings to clinical problems
- Ability to critically review research
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates/post graduates
- Experience of supervising junior doctors
- Experience of teaching lay groups and other staff groups
- Publications in peer review journals
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mashhood Ayaz
- Job title
- Consultant and Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8296 3031
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