Consultant Gastroenterologist

The successful candidate will be a permanent full-time appointment in Gastroenterology. The main requirement of this post is to support the Gastroenterology & Hepatology service, particularly sustainability for out of hours working (currently 1:8 which is at times supported by an Advanced Endoscopy Practitioner), with plans for a 1:10, including development of a 7-day in-patient service as well as facilitation of the 18-week referral to treatment target for outpatients. The candidate will be expected to integrate within the team of Gastroenterology Consultants to provide a comprehensive service. We would be willing to support the development of new services within Gastroenterology., The appointee will support the existing Consultants in providing a comprehensive Gastroenterology service. The inpatient work is provided by the Gastroenterologist of the week (GOW) with support from the post GOW consultant.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000. The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.