Locum Consultant Gastroenterologist | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	10 April 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£105,504 - £139,882 per annum inclusive of HCAs
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	10 May 2025
Location:	Edmonton London, N18 1QX
Company:	Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	7110542/391-NMUH-7110542

Summary

We are pleased to offer the appointment of a Locum Consultant Gastroenterologist post at the North Middlesex University Hospital Trust.

This post offers an exciting opportunity for the successful applicant to join a committed team of Consultants in this well- developed and expanding service, with close working relationship with the Radiology, Histopathology, Hepatology, Hepato-pancreatico biliary, and Colorectal surgery services. Applicants will be expected to be experts in the assessment of patients with gastroenterology conditions and to deliver endoscopic interventions across OGD, Flexi Sig and Colonoscopy. Experience in more complex, therapeutic endoscopy is desirable and appointees will cover inpatient care, emergency endoscopy lists and participate in the Gastroenterology on-call rota for ward and GI bleeding (1 in 7 ).

Applicants for the post should have a CCT and GMC Specialist Registration with a license.



Full competency in Upper and lower GI endoscopy is essential

The post is for 10 Programmed Activities;


• Provide senior clinician services to the department as per job plan or as agreed within the Trust, and as required when on call.
• Provide senior clinical support for specialty in reach to the Acute Medical Unit (AMU)
• Provide training for doctors, nursing and AHP colleagues.
• Maintain Joint Advisory Group in GI Endoscopy (JAG) and British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) standards in endoscopic practice.
• Participate in the out of hours GI bleeding rota.
• Work with consultant colleagues and nursing staff to ensure efficient use of Trust’s resources and contribute actively to clinical governance in the department and to development of quality enhancement projects in the unit.
• Provide senior clinician services to area of special interest as per the job plan or as agreed within the Trust. For a consultant Gastroenterologist, this will include providing endoscopic services, inpatient workload and outpatient services and working with colleagues to ensure the most efficient use of NHS resources.
• Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks within allocated DCC sessions at the request of the clinical manager, as the need arises.
• Actively participate in the Unit’s Teaching Programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multi-professional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies.
• Actively participate in clinical guidelines development, audit and CPD.

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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The following is not an exhaustive or exclusive list of the duties of a consultant within the gastroenterology department.
• Provide senior clinician services to the department as per job plan or as agreed within the Trust, and as required when on call.
• Provide senior clinical support for specialty in reach to the Acute Medical Unit (AMU)
• Provide training for doctors, nursing and AHP colleagues.
• Maintain Joint Advisory Group in GI Endoscopy (JAG) and British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) standards in endoscopic practice.
• Participate in the out of hours GI bleeding rota.
• Work with consultant colleagues and nursing staff to ensure efficient use of Trust’s resources and contribute actively to clinical governance in the department and to development of quality enhancement projects in the unit.
• Provide senior clinician services to area of special interest as per the job plan or as agreed within the Trust. For a consultant Gastroenterologist, this will include providing endoscopic services, inpatient workload and outpatient services and working with colleagues to ensure the most efficient use of NHS resources.
• Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks within allocated DCC sessions at the request of the clinical manager, as the need arises.
• Actively participate in the Unit’s Teaching Programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multi-professional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies.
• Actively participate in clinical guidelines development, audit and CPD.


This advert closes on Thursday 17 Apr 2025