Consultant in Paediatric Gastroenterology | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	03 December 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£109,725 - £145,478 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	02 January 2026
Location:	Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
Company:	The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7632013/317-CON-25-274

Summary

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a consultant in paediatric gastroenterology. We are at a key point in developing what is one of the core departments of the Great North Children’s Hospital (GNCH) and are looking to enhance our team with a highly motivated, ambitious individual. GNCH has an ambition to become one of the best children’s hospitals in the world and a strong gastroenterology department is central to this. We welcome applications from individuals with grid or equivalent training in paediatric gastroenterology.

You must possess MRCPCH or equivalent, and will be a registered medical practitioner on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register for Paediatrics within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee. CCT in paediatric gastroenterology or evidence of equivalent training / experience is essential.

In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.

Please read attached Person Specification and Job Description.

You will join consultant colleagues in Paediatric Gastroenterology and consultant General Paediatricians with specialist interests in gastroenterology as well as 2 middle grades in paediatric gastroenterology. The post does not currently include out-of-hours paediatric work, but as the department grows, we hope that this can be incorporated.

The department is supported by an excellent multidisciplinary team that includes 2 Nurse Specialists in IBD, 2 Nurse Specialists in complex feeding disorders, home and inpatient TPN, and a number of excellent dieticians. Three pharmacy specialists, support the team. There is excellent radiology support with regular radiology discussion meetings supporting MDT’s and twice monthly MDTs with histopathology colleagues.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact:
Dr Jason Gane on (jgane@nhs.net or at nuth.PAtoClinicalDirectorsGNCH@nhs.net).

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further information.



Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Clinical:
• To provide expert opinions on patients with a wide range of acute and longstanding paediatric gastroenterology problems, taking independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to them
• Contribute to the service delivering capsule endoscopy and wireless PH studies.
• Leadership and development of in hospital complex nutrition team (enteral and parenteral).
• Work closely with nursing, and other staff to create / further develop systems of care dedicated to the management of children with specific disorders, in keeping with the general philosophy of the department.
• Lead dedicated paediatric gastroenterology outpatient clinics.
• Lead paediatric gastroenterology endoscopy lists including unscheduled work (within hours)
• Participate in all aspects of Clinical Governance
• Undergo Continued Medical Education (CME) in accordance with guidelines stipulated by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).
• Undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review. It is expected that objectives within job plan reviews will be based on Trust objectives such as fulfilment of fixed contractual commitments on the basis of a 42 week working year with due allowance for statutory holidays.
• Teaching of medical students and post graduate students or fellows/observers.
Managerial:
• Manage dedicated paediatric gastroenterology outpatient clinics.
• Manage paediatric gastroenterology endoscopy lists to ensure maximum theatre efficiency.
• Participate in all aspects of Clinical Governance, making a significant contribution to multidisciplinary quality improvement, audit and risk management activities in the care of children and their families. The aims of audit will include:
- Ensuring compliance with national guidelines relating to the care of children;
- Helping to create an environment of continuously seeking to improve the quality of that care.
• These activities will all be carried out in close partnership with the successful candidates’ consultant colleagues, nursing staff (including Nurse Practitioners), and care providers from related specialties.
• Assist the Directorate Manager and Clinical Director in the timely investigation of complaints – working to provide reports within the timeframe set out by Trust policy.
• Contribute to the general organisation and running of paediatric services within the Trust, working in collaboration with colleagues.
• Prompt handling of SUI’s including convening and leading M+M meetings.

Administrative:
• Undertake administrative duties in relation to the care of his/her patients and in relation to the running of the Children’s Services Directorate in co-operation with the Heads of Department, Directorate Manager and Clinical Director. The appointee is entitled to become a member of the Medical Staff Committee of the hospital.
• To undertake general administrative duties within a context of compliance with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives.
• Become involved with the financial management of the paediatric departmental budget - at all times looking to ensure the delivery of high quality care to agreed standards, but at the same time reviewing working practices to provide the most efficient use of resources.

Research:
• Research has a high priority within GNCH. The Trust welcomes and encourages research as a high profile activity that compliments the service provided. The emphasis being on studies that fall within the National Institute of Health Research Portfolio. The successful applicant will have an opportunity to take part in our thriving clinical trials department. In addition, the department has close links with Newcastle University which has strong research interests in immune dysregulation and the gut microbiome and opportunities for research within these and other areas would be supported.

Teaching:
• Participate in the teaching of undergraduate medical students from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in all parts of the course but specifically in stage 3 and 5 during the attachments in Child Health.
• Participate in the teaching and training of any other health care professionals within the Directorate.
• Consider the option to develop teaching skills to join the trusts outstanding teaching and training leadership group
• Active involvement in the clinical supervision of all postgraduate trainees in the department with specific responsibility for a small number of individuals as educational supervisor under the direction of the college tutor.
• The incumbent will be expected to contribute to the teaching of all levels of paediatric postgraduate trainees.
• Participate in the teaching and training of any other health care professionals within the Directorate – an on-going and active contribution to the education of nurse practitioners on the admissions wards is an essential component of this job.


This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Dec 2025

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