Consultant Gastroenterologist

The new appointee will be expected to have a broad based gastroenterology and endoscopy background, with subspecialist skills. In particular, we are looking for a replacement luminal consultant with subspecialty expertise in IBD.

There may also be an option for a suitably qualified candidate to take on additional responsibility as Clinical Lead for Gastroenterology.

Depending upon the quality and the subspecialty skills of the applications, the Trust might be able to offer more than one post to help meet increasing demand for gastroenterology services on the Wirral peninsula.

The appointee will be supported by the Gastroenterology Consultants, Junior Doctors, Ward Nursing Staff, GI Pharmacist, Specialist Nurses, and Dieticians. Their work will focus on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Gastroenterological and GIM conditions.

Main duties of the job

The provisional job plan is 10 PAs. The contract assumes 8 PAs allocated as direct patient care (6 DCC and 2 nDCC) and 2 SPAs. This would include teaching and training of junior doctors, CPD, audit, etc. Additional PAs can be offered as per service requirements.

Currently ward cover is provided on a one in 10 basis. This may change in future with reconfiguration of bed base and increase in number of colleagues.

Consultants during the ward weeks will have all elective sessions cancelled, so they are available for daily ward rounds and any in-patient gastro emergencies between 9-5 pm. In addition, one of the main duties on the ward weeks is to manage inpatient cross specialty referrals which average between 30-35 per week.

During off ward weeks, a 10 PA Gastroenterologist will undertake 4-5 fixed sessions (2 clinics and 2-3 endoscopy lists) per week as per service needs. During the off ward weeks, consultants will not have any regular inpatient commitments.

Clinic template is usually 4 News and 8 Follow ups for the consultant in a 4 hour session.. Diagnostic OGD and sigmoidoscopy is allocated 1 point whilst colonoscopy +/- polypectomy is allocated 2.5 points notionally. Admin for the clinic and endoscopy list is done in two dedicated admin sessions allocated in the job plan.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital serves a population of 40,000. It is one of the biggest and busiest acute NHS trusts in the North West, employing more than 6,000 staff.

Our aim is to deliver the highest quality care for every patient. As a teaching hospital we are renowned as a leader in the region for high quality education and training for a wide range of staff including doctors, nurses and other clinicians.

We are proud of our teaching hospital status and we work closely with the University of Liverpool, University of Chester and Liverpool John Moores University to ensure staff and services reflect the very best clinical practice available.

Our organisation is at the forefront of innovation and a centre of excellence for digital technology. As a Global Digital Exemplar (GDE) we are one of the most digitally enabled hospitals in the country, using technology to enhance patient care.

We are one of only 12 NHS acute trusts to achieve the GDE status to develop our digital technology, we call this Digital Wirral.