Consultant Gastroenterologist (General)
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Location
Shropshire | United Kingdom
Job description
JOB OVERVIEW
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is looking to appoint a
Consultant Gastroenterologist to join our existing team. The
Department of Gastroenterology provides a service to the county of
Shropshire and Mid Wales and currently consists of 8 Consultant
Gastroenterologists and 1 Consultant Hepatologists working across both
hospital sites.
MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB
Clinical
* To be responsible and work independently for the continuing care
of patients alongside consultant staff.
- To participate in the Gastroenterology on call rota.
- To work independently caring for patients with Gastrointestinal
complaints, caring out a mixture of emergency and elective care
* To participate in the audit and governance and support the
training of junior medical staff and other staffing groups that care
for our patients.
* To carry out appropriate administrative duties in support of
clinical commitments
* To be a core member and participate in the Upper GI /
Hepatobiliary Cancer MDT
* To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment
and management of acutely ill patients.
* To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and
professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.
* To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and
locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
* To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.
WORKING FOR YOUR ORGANISATION
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main
provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people
in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.Encompassing some of the
most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment
stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the
fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include:
Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and
Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in
Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) – all
beautiful and unique.Our main service locations are the Princess Royal
Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in
Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes’ drive apart. Together they
provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of
acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients,
diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.
DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and
their Clinical Director and consultant colleagues, on behalf of the
Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job
plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed
annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultants
duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It
covers all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including
clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial
responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments,
both internal and external and will include personal objectives,
detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic
priorities.
For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per
week (pro-rata for a part time post) as:
* 7.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes
clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and
unpredictable emergency work. Clinic templates are for 3.5 hours to
allow 0.5 hours for additional clinic related admin (phone calls, time
to admit from clinic) within the 1 PA allocated
* 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD,
audit, teaching and research. 1.5 of these will be to support
revalidation. The remaining are to be directed at Trust priorities and
might include educational supervision, lead roles, and other
activities to be reviewed annually as part of the job planning
process. SPA time sufficient for quality assurance activities will be
provided. Consultants may carry out a maximum of one SPA session off
site at a time suited to their individual timetable and in keeping
with the requirements of the activities. Direct Clinical Care PA time
will be sufficient to deal with the clinical admin generated by
inpatient, outpatient and endoscopic activity
* Out of Hours Activity - There will be a requirement to take part
in an on call rota primarily for GI bleeds with a frequency of
approximately 1 in 10. Weekend on call will require on site input on
Saturday and Sunday mornings, as well as an on call from home to
advise on other Gastroenterological cases emergencies at other
The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment
when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands
a review of the team job plan.
Job tags
Salary
£93.67k - £126.28k per annum
