Endoscopy Specialist (Clinical) Fellow | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

This post would be ideal for an experienced gastroenterology trainee towards the end of their specialist training who wishes to increase their experience in routine and emergency endoscopy, as well as develop more advanced endoscopic techniques. The successful applicant would have scheduled training and service endoscopy lists and form part of the team providing emergency endoscopy. There are weekly educational meetings, Grand Rounds and a polyp meeting, that the post-holder would be expected to attend. In addition, the successful applicant would be expected to take part in the departmental audits and any small clinical projects that are running in endoscopy. Post holders will be expected to be able to perform diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy and OGD independently and hold JAG accreditation (where applicable). The post holder would also become exposed to a wide range of advanced endoscopic techniques that are performed at St Marks, including surveillance of patients with inflammatory bowel disease, polyposis and hereditary cancers, advanced polypectomy, combined laparoscopic-endoscopic therapies, double balloon enteroscopy and video capsule endoscopy. London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people. We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public. Post holders will be expected to be able to perform diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy and OGD independently and hold JAG accreditation (where applicable). The post holder would also become exposed to a wide range of advanced endoscopic techniques that are performed at St Marks, including surveillance of patients with inflammatory bowel disease, polyposis and hereditary cancers, advanced polypectomy, combined laparoscopic-endoscopic therapies, double balloon enteroscopy and video capsule endoscopy. There are weekly educational meetings, Grand Rounds and a polyp meeting, that the post-holder would be expected to attend. In addition, the successful applicant would be expected to take part in the departmental audits and any small clinical projects that are running in endoscopy. The post-holder may be called on to provide clinical assistance to an area outside endoscopy and cover NHS and private in-patients who have been admitted for endoscopic procedures. Participation in the on-call Gastroenterology/GI bleed rota is required.Applicants will be expected to work flexibly to help with the cover and back-filling of endoscopy lists, and there will be cross-site work performing endoscopy lists at Central Middlesex, Northwick Park and Ealing Hospitals.