Locum Consultant in Endoscopy

Job summary

Whipps Cross University Hospital

Division of Medicine

Locum Consultant Endoscopist - 12-Month Fixed Term

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 12-month Fixed Term Locum Consultant Endoscopist to join our established team of 14 Gastroenterology and Hepatology Consultants at Whipps Cross Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust. This role is well suited to candidates who have recently achieved CCT as well as more experienced clinicians seeking a focused endoscopy post. Informal enquiries are warmly welcomed.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, with a turnover of £1.1bn and approximately 15,000 staff. Our vision is to build a world-class organisation that works in partnership with our communities to tackle historic health inequalities across East London. We are looking for talented clinicians who want to contribute to this mission

Main duties of the job

Our Endoscopy Unit hosts BCSP lists, VCE, and has contributed to validation work for Colon Capsule, Cytosponge, and is currently trialing Hemopill. We also have a dedicated clinical trials facility.

About the Role

The post holder will take a lead role in delivering outpatient and inpatient endoscopy, contributing:

5 diagnostic upper and lower GI endoscopy sessions per week

1 outpatient clinic, with associated triage, Advice & Refer, and administrative duties

Participation in departmental meetings, MDTs, audit, and service improvement is expected and encouraged. Where possible, we will seek to accommodate individual areas of specialist interest to ensure a rewarding and professionally satisfying year at Whipps Cross.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

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.

Job responsibilities

Our Endoscopy Unit hosts BCSP lists, VCE, and has contributed to validation work for Colon Capsule, Cytosponge, and is currently trialing Hemopill. We also have a dedicated clinical trials facility.

About the Role

The post holder will take a lead role in delivering outpatient and inpatient endoscopy, contributing:

5 diagnostic upper and lower GI endoscopy sessions per week

1 outpatient clinic, with associated triage, Advice & Refer, and administrative duties

Participation in departmental meetings, MDTs, audit, and service improvement is expected and encouraged. Where possible, we will seek to accommodate individual areas of specialist interest to ensure a rewarding and professionally satisfying year at Whipps Cross.

This post does not require participation in:

• The Gastroenterologist of the Week ward rota
• The outofhours GI bleed rota
• The General Internal Medicine take
• However, candidates wishing to contribute to any of these rotas may do so by mutual agreement.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MRCP or Equivalent
• Full GMC Registration
• JAG accreditation for diagnostic OGD and colonoscopy
• JAG accreditation for diagnostic OGD and colonoscopy

Desirable

• JAG TTT Accreditation
• Higher Research Degree

Academic Achievements

Desirable

• Good track record of research in a related field
• Evidence of active research with evidence of winning grants or publishing peer reviewed articles
• Evidence of giving successful presentations

Experience

Essential

• Independent practice delivering safe, high volume endoscopy lists
• Experience managing complications (bleeding, perforation)
• Experience running outpatient gastroenterology clinics

Desirable

• Experience supervising trainees or non medical endoscopists
• Experience supporting JAG audit cycles

Knowledge

Essential

• Detailed knowledge of Gastroenterology and of the specialist skills required for this post
• Knowledge of multidisciplinary clinical audit and demonstrable commitment to improving quality of care to patients
• Understanding of modern medical curricula and commitment to life-long learning

Skills

Essential

• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team (clinical and management)
• Ability to teach medical students and junior medical and nursing staff

Desirable

• Ability to manage staff and resources effectively

Management and Audit

Essential

• Interest in Medical Audit

Desirable

• An understanding of techniques to improve efficiency and productivity of clinical processes