At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our GI team to provide high-quality endoscopy and gastroenterology care.
- Company: North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, committed to excellence in healthcare.
- Benefits: 27 days holiday, flexible working, NHS discounts, and excellent development opportunities.
- Other info: Exciting new state-of-the-art Endoscopy Suite and a supportive, inclusive work environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in patient care while teaching the next generation of healthcare professionals.
- Qualifications: Full GMC Registration and experience in gastroenterology required.
The predicted salary is between 113565 - 150569 £ per year.
Are you considering your next career opportunity? The Department of Gastroenterology in North Cumbria Hospitals is looking for an enthusiastic new colleague to join us on our journey to provide high quality endoscopy and gastroenterology for the future in an organisation committed to clinical leadership and medical education.
Bowel Cancer Screening has been provided at NCIC since 2008 as part of the Cumbria and Morecambe Bay Screening Service. We look to continue our quality service by recruiting an additional colonoscopist. You will join us at an exciting time following the opening of our new 15M, 5 room, State of the Art, JAG accredited Endoscopy Suite. A full range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including ERCP, are available.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for committed Doctors to become an integral part of the GI team. The post holder will provide dedicated colonoscopic screening lists and together with their gastroenterology colleagues will contribute to inpatient and outpatient care. The gastroenterology consultant team share the responsibility of "Consultant of the Week" on a rotational basis to cover the GI inpatient work and contribute to the GI bleed rota. The team is supported by deanery trainees, Trust doctors and specialist nurses.
The post holder may be expected to fulfil some of their clinical commitments on other sites in the Trust. We are passionate about teaching, and you will be able to play your part in teaching the next generation of doctors, nurses and other allied health professionals. You will have the opportunity to provide endoscopy training locally and to contribute to NETA - The Northern Endoscopy Training Academy. You will be involved in the recruitment of junior staff and to supervise their education, appraisal, and study leave. We will support you in keeping up to date on educational developments. If you are a new consultant, you will be asked to enrol on an educational supervisor accredited course by our medical education department.
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Details
Date posted: 21 July 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 262-A-25-7710702-D
Job locations: Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, CA2 7HY, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION: Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
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Disclosure and Barring Service: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.
NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:
- 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
- Flexible working Scheme
- NHS Discounts
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Excellent opportunities for development
- Competitive NHS Pension scheme
- Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
Important Information
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information. If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered. Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
- Essential: Full GMC Registration
- Essential: CCST Specialist Registration (or will obtain within 6 months of interview date)
- Essential: Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)
- Essential: Bowel cancer Screening Accreditation
- Essential: To hold the MRCP (UK)
- Desirable: Postgraduate qualification in gastroenterology (European Specialty Examination in Gastroenterology & Hepatology, MD, PhD or equivalent)
Skills and Experience
- Essential: Clinical experience and competence in gastroenterology.
- Essential: Ability to provide therapeutic endoscopy for GI bleeding.
- Essential: Screening Colonoscopy Level 2 Polypectomy
- Essential: Excellent communication skills with patients, colleagues, managers and other staff
- Essential: Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Desirable: Screening Colonoscopy Level 3 Polypectomy
- Desirable: Subspecialty expertise in gastroenterology or endoscopy
Clinical Governance
- Essential: Evidence of experience in Clinical Governance
- Essential: Experience of Audit
Personal and Professional Attributes
- Essential: Upholds Trust values
- Essential: GMC code of conduct
Management and Administrative
- Essential: Ability to organise and manage own workload efficiently
- Desirable: Experience/qualification in clinical leadership/management
Teaching
- Essential: Experience and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate clinical staff
- Desirable: Medical education qualification
Research
- Essential: Experience of research
- Desirable: Postgraduate research degree
- Desirable: Publication in peer reviewed journals
- Desirable: Ability to supervise postgraduate research
Other Requirements
- Essential: Willingness and ability to travel across sites if needed
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