Locum Consultant Gastroenterologist

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.,

• 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.
  
  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 improved efficiency, productivity and quality. We will collaborative with NHS and Local Authority partners to improve health and wellbeing of patients and create better employment opportunities across the region.