Specialty Doctor - Gastroenterology in Basildon

Main area: Gastroenterology.

Grade: Specialty Doctor.

Contract: Permanent.

Hours: Full time / Part time (10 sessions per week, one full time position, one part time).

Job ref: 390-DoM-BA-1285

Employer: Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

Site: Basildon.

Salary: £61,542 - £99,216 per annum (Pro Rata for Part Time).

Salary period: Yearly.

Closing date: 12/02/2026 23:59

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

The Gastroenterology department is currently recruiting a talented team of Specialist Doctors to support our busy yet thriving department that provides a wide range of GI investigations and procedures, including upper and lower GI endoscopy, therapeutic ERCP, oesophageal metal stenting, biliary lithotripsy and argon beam therapy.

You will be working alongside the Endoscopy Unit's seven Consultants, which has state of the art JAG accreditation and includes three endoscopy rooms, one with screening facilities, a urea breath testing area, biochemical GI tests and ERCP.

You will have the opportunity to gain experience in managing GI disorders such as GI bleeds, liver disease and paracentesis, as well as training sessions in the endoscopy unit.

You will be involved with our coeliac disease and inflammatory bowel disease clinics organised by nurse specialists, our weekly multidisciplinary meetings held to review all cases of GI cancer and our regular chronic liver disease and viral hepatitis clinics.

Main duties of the job:

• Become a key component of our multi-disciplinary team, with continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge.
• Undertake ward duties under the direction of senior colleagues, including all administrative duties associated with patient care.
• Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) discussions with other colleagues.
• Provide necessary educational and clinical supervision for junior doctors working in your team.
• Participate in departmental and trust-wide teaching programmes for relevant junior medical staff and members of the multidisciplinary teams.
• Commit to the concept of lifelong learning and produce and maintain a Personal Development Plan in agreement with your Educational Supervisor.

Working for our organisation:

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well-being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation, we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Person specification:

• Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current license to practise from, the GMC at the time of application.
• Demonstrates awareness of basics of managing patients with gastroenterology / hepatic disease.
• Competence at core completion level in the management of medical emergencies, in patients and outpatients.
• Evidence of some competencies in Gastroenterology.
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• MRCP (UK) Part 2 or EEA eligibility at time of application.
• Higher degrees including MSc, PhD, MC (where the research thesis is not part of first medical degree).

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values. The use of AI in applications is monitored, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

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.