Consultants in Gastroenterology in IBD

Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.

We have three strategic objectives:

1. People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff.
2. Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do.
3. Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives.

We run services from Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Sandwell Health Campus, City Health Campus, Rowley Regis Community Hospital, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, The Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.

Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.

Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.

Job overview

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated substantive Consultants in Gastroenterology to support and expand the high-quality services our Trust already offers. The successful candidates will complement the expertise of eleven other existing consultants in our large teaching trust, providing gastroenterology, hepatology and endoscopy to a culturally diverse population.

Main duties of the job

You will join a team of 11 Consultants and a wider team of Clinical Endoscopists and Specialist Nurses for IBD, Liver and Upper GI Cancer. Our department has a reputation for being friendly and supportive with particularly good working relationships and there is capacity for a wide variety of sub-specialty interests to be accommodated and developed.

We have a 7-day GI bleed service including weekend ward rounds and you will be expected to join the on-call Rota. This post does not include on-call for general (internal) medicine. The Gastroenterology service is supported by comprehensive endoscopy, GI physiology, pathology, and imaging services. We perform diagnostic & therapeutic procedures including Gastroscopy, Colonoscopy, EMR for Complex polyps, ERCP, EUS, RFA, Duette EMR and Bowel Cancer screening. We have also started Trans nasal Endoscopy service and have been performing cytosponge as well.

The Consultant Gastroenterology Physicians must hold full GMC with a licence to practice and be on the Specialist Register or be within six months of obtaining your CCT award at the time of interview.

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens this year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH. If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continue your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Research: The University of Birmingham would like to support research by offering two protected research PAs to recently appointed (within 18 months) consultants. Sessions will be prioritised for those with a commitment to research and an interest in an area of research that maps to University of Birmingham strengths. Support will be assessed on a competitive basis. At the University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong.

Person specification

Qualifications:

• Entry on the Specialist Register in Gastroenterology (or CCT expected within 6 months from the date of interview)

Clinical Experience:

• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the care of patients
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the management of acute medical emergencies
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining CCT in Gastroenterology and General (internal medicine)
• Specialist interest in inflammatory bowel disease
• JAG accreditation for colonoscopy
• Special interest that complements the existing consultants

Clinical Effectiveness

• Experience of conducting clinical audit

Teaching and Training experience:

• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical and nursing staff and other disciplines.
• Formal training in teaching

Research, Innovation and Service Improvement Experience:

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last five years.

Other Requirements:

• Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practise

As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Dr Imran Ghanghro
Job title: Specialty Lead & Consultant in Gastroenterology
Email address:
Telephone number: 0121 554 3801

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