Job summary
- Main area
- Gastroenterology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (This is a fixed-term 12 month contract)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (on call duties)
- Job ref
- 337-MS-2016-OK
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £113,565 - £150,569 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Gastroenterology special interest in Nutrition
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
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Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
The Department of Gastroenterology is seeking a full-time (10 PA) Locum Consultant Gastroenterologist with a special interest in Nutrition for a one year fixed-term contract, who will help us to meet the challenges of our expanding clinical, academic and training portfolio and to keep the service in the forefront of clinical and academic excellence
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job require :
Participating in out-patient and in-patient gastroenterology/Nutrition and
endoscopy service activity.
To play a significant role in the continuous improvement of the service and offer
excellent care to the growing number of parenteral nutrition patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful appointee will be responsible for:
1. Part of the team responsible for the delivery of acute luminal gastroenterology
services together with 1 registrar, 1 CMT and 2 FY doctors.
2. Outpatient services for patients with gastroenterological/Nutrition disorders,
based on clinic template in line with the Royal College guidelines (4 new and 8
follow-ups)
3. Separate independent rota of inpatient services for Nutrition patients based at
Northwick Park Hospital (mix of Type 1-3 Intestinal Failure patients and set up of
Home Parenteral Nutrition) as part of a team of three consultants, supported by a
full Nutrition Support Team (advisory team, without dedicated inpatients) working
in tandem with the Intestinal Rehabilitation Unit at Central Middlesex Hospital.
4. Inpatient management of some allocated general medical patients while on the
luminal gastroenterology ward
5. Participate in the delivery of the endoscopy service
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful appointee will be responsible for:
1. Part of the team responsible for the delivery of acute gastroenterology services together with 1 registrar, 1 CMT and 2 FY doctors.
2. Outpatient services for patients with gastroenterological disorders, based on clinic template in line with the Royal College guidelines (4 new and 8 follow-ups)
3. Inpatient services for patients with gastroenterological disorders, with special requirement to cover for inpatient nutrition for other services
4. Inpatient management of some allocated general medical patients if on the gastroenterology ward
5. Participate in the delivery of the endoscopy service
Person specification
Registration
Essential criteria
- GMC registered with a licence to practice
Desirable criteria
- On GMC registered Medical Practitioner GMC specialist registration or within 6 months of CCT
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential criteria
- Broad based training in Gastroenterology and its subspecialties
- Broad based general professional training in general medicine
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience within the last 3 years
- Skilled in endoscopy
Management and Audit
Essential criteria
- Understanding the principles of clinical governance and its implications
- Leadership skills
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification or current study towards management qualification.
- Evidence of service audit, design or change management
Personal skills
Essential criteria
- Energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure.
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development.
Desirable criteria
- • Finance;
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nik Kamperidis
- Job title
- Chair of Medicine, St Mark's Hospital
- Email address
- [email protected]
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