Locum Consultant Gastroenterologist

Main area: Gastroenterology

Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Contract: Locum: 6 months

Hours: Full time – 10 sessions per week (Flexible across the Community Hospital sites)

Job ref: 358-6671605-MED

Employer: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Leicester Royal Infirmary

Town: Leicester

Salary: £105,504 – £139,882 Pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 12/01/2025 23:59

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

We are actively promoting flexible working options, helping you to manage a work/life balance.

Job overview

This is a locum gastroenterology consultant position based across the community hospital sites of Leicestershire delivering endoscopy and outpatient sessions. There are 4 sites which deliver endoscopy services (Loughborough, Melton, Market Harborough and Hinckley) and it is likely the successful candidate will work across all four across the month. Outpatient services are delivered at these sites and also at Coalville, Oakham and Lutterworth, and there may be opportunities for the post holder to run sessions from these sites.

There will be opportunities to link in with the wider consultant team via the weekly IBD MDT and the monthly DDC meeting. There will be no on call, in reach or ward commitment as part of this role.

There is significant investment in endoscopy services in Leicestershire with a new two-roomed endoscopy unit opening at Hinckley Hospital in February 2025. In August 2025 a 6-roomed endoscopy unit will open at the Leicester General Hospital.

Main duties of the job

• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
• To share with colleagues responsibility for the day-to-day management of patients.
• To promote new ways of working and co-ordinating care for patients in the community and to ensure that services are based on effective and integrated partnerships across the health community.
• Take part in multidisciplinary case conferences.
• To proactively develop the service.
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.

Working for our organisation

At UHL, we are working to achieve four goals; high quality care for all, a great place to work, partnerships for impact and research and education excellence. We have a turnover of £1.5bn and over 18,000 colleagues and we provide care in three main acute sites, seven community hospitals and in patients’ homes.

UHL and University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) have formed a collaboration with a Joint Chief Executive and Chairman. The three neighbouring trusts provide home, community, hospital and virtual care to a population of over two million people in the East Midlands. The Trusts have many shared services, jointly employed clinicians and deliver world leading research through the Leicester National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre.

We will work more closely to strengthen clinical and support services and will improve efficiency, productivity and quality. We will collaborate with NHS and Local Authority partners to improve health and wellbeing of patients and create better employment opportunities across the region.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The overriding purpose is to support the provision of highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

• Responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department.
• Cover for colleagues’ annual leave and other authorised absences.
• To participate in service development and business planning in collaboration with the other Consultants in the department, the CMG and local GPs and commissioners within the local CCGs.
• Participating in medical audit, the Trust’s Clinical Governance processes and in CPD – CPD is provided in job plans and attendance at audit and other governance meetings is mandatory.
• In line with GMC Good Medical Practice it is the responsibility of the post-holder to ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard, and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the area of work.
• The post-holder is expected to respond in a timely fashion to legitimate requests from Trust officers – this might include investigations of incidents or complaints.
• The post-holder is expected to participate in professional continuing medical education; study leave is provided for this purpose.
• The post-holder will be expected to undertake the Trust Corporate and Directorate specific Induction and competency Programmes appropriate to role.
• The post-holder will be required to maintain their continuing professional development (CPD) to be able to successfully revalidate. As per the Trust requirement, the successful candidate will be required to have annual appraisal and attend/keep fully up to date with statutory and mandatory training as stipulated.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Full GMC Registration via one of the following routes – Fully Accredited (CCT) or will be eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register within 6 months of the interview date – Certificate of eligibility for specialist registration (CESR).

Experience/Clinical Skills

• JAG accredited for upper and lower GI diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy.
• Excellent clinical skills and experience requisite to meeting all aspects of the Job Plan.

Management

• Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and supervise juniors.
• Ability to effectively organise, prioritise and manage clinical workload.

Communication Skills

• Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication with patients and colleagues.

Additional Information

Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the publishing closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.

UHL is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds who match our job criteria.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

UHL is committed to helping colleagues balance the demands of both their work and personal needs through flexible working arrangements wherever reasonably practicable and subject to service needs.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check.

The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be deducted from your salary over a three month period commencing on your first month’s payment.

Due to the current Covid pandemic we have introduced a staff risk assessment into our pre-employment process. This now forms part of the mandatory pre-employment checks that will be carried out if you receive a conditional offer.

The risk assessment is intended to ensure you are able to safely perform your duties in any of our work areas, and if you have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. Our main aim is to reduce risk and to ensure the safety of all new starters to the Trust as well as current staff, patients and visitors.

If it is identified that you are within a vulnerable category, we will endeavor to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate this through discussions with both Occupational Health and your recruiting manager.

Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We therefore continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust holds the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything it does and all that it stands for. We are committed to developing a workforce that is representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from the diverse community of Leicester, Leicester and Rutland, to help deliver healthcare services that meets the needs of our diverse communities.

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: Charlie Carr

Job title: Operational Lead UHL Community Hospitals

Email address: (email protected)

Telephone number: 01509 564493

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