219297 Locum Consultant in Gastroenterology

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Applicants must have full GMC Registration, a license to practise and be eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. Portfolio Pathway (formerly known as CESR - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive consultant post once it has been awarded. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.

Applications are welcome for the above Fixed Term, full time (40 hours per week) post based in Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. This post is initially for 12 months, with a view to a permanent, substantive appointment. It will help meet nationally-set waiting time targets for scheduled and unscheduled care. It will be based in the Luminal Gastroenterology Unit of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and involve both out-patient and in-patient activities.

The weekly timetable separates in-patient and out-patient duties. The standard week will include 1-2 outpatient clinics and up to 3-4 endoscopy/procedure lists. Endoscopic sessions will include both upper and lower procedures and the applicant should be fully trained in both. Every 8-week cycle will comprise: one week of in-patient duties including responsibility for acute gastroenterology patients in Ward 205 and elsewhere in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and urgent endoscopies; and one week of referrals triage, during which elective activities will be reduced. The post-holder will contribute to the out-of-hours acute bleeding service. The post will not include liver disease (which is looked after on site by the separate but linked Hepatology team) and there is no General Internal Medicine commitment.

There may be sessional commitments working at other sites in Lothian e.g. East Lothian Community Hospital (ELCH); or the Regional Endoscopy Unit at QMH, Dunfermline. The post will favour a subspecialist interest in endoscopy e.g. third-space endoscopy e.g. POEM, ESD or hepatobiliary endoscopy (ERCP/EUS), therefore some experience in this area is required, although protected time for ongoing training will be offered to the successful candidate, as required.

More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below. For an informal discussion please contact: Informal enquiries and visits are welcome and should initially be made to Dr Ian Penman, Clinical Director for GI Services, NHS Lothian.

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Interview Date: TBC