Job overview

Our thriving and dynamic Gastroenterology department is based at Salford, Oldham, Fairfield and Rochdale, and is part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA).

This is a unique and exciting time to join an NHS service that is focused on delivering the best healthcare services to our local population, demonstrated by recent investment in an award winning Community Diagnostic Centre in Oldham (CDC), away from the acute site.

This post is explicitly aligned with our world-class, NIHR award-winning clinical research structure. It is designed for an ambitious specialist looking to advance clinical trials, academic papers, and advanced pathways in Inflammatory Bowel Disease under the direct support of Professor Jimmy Limdi.

The post holder will complement and develop existing services through the provision of specialist knowledge & expertise in Gastroenterology and General Internal Medicine. The post holder is therefore required to have full registration with the General Medical Council & a valid licence to practice and be on the specialist register (Gastroenterology and preferably also General Internal Medicine) or be within 6 months of CCT or equivalent at the time of interview.

Team members have the opportunity to influence the development of services.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide demonstrable expertise in Gastroenterology with a special interest in IBD, and ideally also General Internal Medicine, in order to deliver a high-quality independent service.

The appointment to this post has these main aims:

To join a team that provides comprehensive consultant-based patient-centred management of gastroenterology. 

To contribute to the continuing development of the department throughout a period of significant change for the directorate. 

You will be expected to share responsibility for the delivery of high-quality care to the patients presenting to the Department. 

 To carry out hot week and in reach services to ensure that all our patients have a timely senior review and management plan.

 To participate in an out of hours GI bleed rota and 7-day ward reviews.

Participate in a rota which triages urgent and routine referrals to maximise outpatient capacity. 

Participate in a rota to review the results of investigations for patients on the suspected upper GI cancer pathway, and to decide and arrange next steps, and where appropriate step down off the suspected cancer pathway.

You will participate in daytime hot week rotas 1:10 (will be increasing to 1:12) covering all gastroenterology patients on the Royal Oldham Site, and gastroenterology in-reach at the Fairfield General Hospital. 

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance as a Consultant  by visiting our Consultant careers landing page: Consultant careers :: Northern Care Alliance Careers