Consultant in Gastroenterology

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The purpose of the posts is to provide additional Consultant input to the Trust's gastroenterology and endoscopy services. As a senior employee of the Trust, the post-holder will work in close co-operation with, and support, other clinical, medical and managerial colleagues providing high quality healthcare to the Trust's patients.   

Integral to the responsibilities of the posts are the following requirements; to ensure the provision of a first class clinical service, to provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty, to sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate. 

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The appointee will be expected to share responsibility for the delivery of high quality care to the patients presenting to the Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Service. This will include participation in the on call rota, Gastroenterology of the Day cover including referral management and advice and guidance, as well as an inpatient list and rotational ward consultant work. What are we looking for?
We would welcome applications from candidates with any subspecialty interest but are particularly keen to increase our hepatology, nutrition and EUS services. We are keen to recruit a colleague with a subspecialty interest that complements and enhances one or more of these services. 
We have 4.5WTE consultant hepatologists and are a level two hepatology centre for training purposes. We have close links with the tertiary unit at Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, Birmingham. We are keen to expand further.

We have a rapdily expanding nutrition service with increasing numbers of patients on parenteral nutrition. Currently this service is led by one WTE consultant with support from a specialist dietetic/ pharmacy nutrition team along with a consultant clinical biochemist. We would welcome a second colleague with a specialist interest in nutrition to join us to support this service. 

The EUS service is delivered by colleagues in upper GI surgery. An appropriately qualified and experienced appointee will embrace the opportunity to develop and drive this service forwar

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest providers of secondary care services in the UK. We provide a full range of acute, subacute and chronic disease management services. We are closely integrated with our colleagues throughout Gloucestershire and in primary care.

The gastroenterology service for Gloucestershire is organised on a countywide basis. The Consultant Gastroenterologists are: Dr John Anderson, Dr Alex Di Mambro, Dr Richard Makins, Dr Trevor Brooklyn, Dr Hashir Kriel, Dr Ashish Sinha, Dr Roland Valori, Dr Ian Shaw, Dr Paul Dunckley, Dr Coral Hollywood, Dr Simon Hellier, Dr Duncan Napier, Dr Luke Materacki and Prof Jonathan Brown. The  Gastroenterology Clinical Lead is Dr Richard Makins, Specialty Director for the service line is Dr Preetham Boddana.