Speciality Doctor in Gastroenterology

Fixed Term 12 months

This is an exciting post for two x full time substantive specialty gastroenterology doctor post based at Royal Liverpool Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department.

The appointee will be expected to work flexibly and be responsible for day-to-day patient care, ward rounds and gastroenterology medicine clinic sessions and review of referrals from other specialties.

During this time, he/she will be working with the support of the gastroenterology consultants on the ward and will be expected to increase his/her clinical knowledge and skills.

The post holder will be expected to share knowledge and skills with junior members of staff, offering support and learning opportunities. The post holder will be responsible for supervising the FY1, FY2 and IMT doctors and work closely with the consultants, focusing on providing acute gastroenterology care early in the patient's hospital journey (In reach service).

There will be opportunity to undertake upper and lower GI endoscopy. The current post will have JAG Certification to practice upper and lower endoscopies independently with evidence of skills in endoscopic hemostasis's to be able to undertake on call on a GI bleed rota., The proposed Job Plan consists of 10 programmed activities plus 1 additional PA for the on call element. The Job Plan and duties will be reviewed and updated by the Clinical Director/Head of Service on a regular basis in line with demands of the service. In addition an annual appraisal will be undertaken. Non-Clinical Activities will generally be undertaken on site, however it is recognised that, with agreement, they may be flexible in time and location to facilitate flexibility in Direct Clinical Care.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.