Job overview

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking to appoint a substantive Consultant Gastroenterologist with a specialist interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) to join our dedicated team at The Royal London Hospital. This is a 10 PA role offering an opportunity to focus on IBD within a leading London teaching hospital.

This post has a strong focus on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) with inpatient and outpatient gastroenterology services delivered at The Royal London Hospital. The successful candidate will work within a well-established and supportive multidisciplinary team.

The IBD service at The Royal London Hospital has a strong and active research team, offering excellent opportunities for the successful candidate to become involved in clinical trials and other research activities, should they have an interest. The department is also actively utilizing and developing intestinal ultrasound as a key diagnostic and monitoring tool in the management of IBD.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be required as a minimum to fulfil the following

criteria within this role:

·         To have and maintain full registration with the General Medical Council.  Medical Staff are advised to continue membership of one of the medical defence organisations.

·         Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care.

·         Leadership, development and organisation of the services in their charge in line with the Trust’s business plans. Liaison, communication and co-operation with the Lead Clinicians, General Managers and the relevant Clinical Directors for General and Specialist Medicine within the trust.

·         Corporate and individual responsibility for the professional management of junior doctors who may be allocated to support the gastroenterology service. 

Working for our organisation

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

Barts Health supports The Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage