Job summary

This is a new consultant gastroenterology expansion post which is supported by the investment in the Hinckley Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC). This is a brand new purpose built two floor health facility situated in the heart of Hinckley. The CDC will operate 7 days a week and will offer an extensive set of diagnostic services which includes endoscopy to meet the healthcare needs of the local population of Hinckley and its surroundings. Ward and specialist work (including inreach and specialist clinics/endoscopy sessions) will be run from the main UHL hospitals sites with further endoscopy and outpatient work at Hinckley Hospital.

There is further investment in the region with a new 6 roomed state of the art endoscopy facility opening in the Summer of 2025 at the LGH site.

You will be joining a dynamic clinical nutrition service providing inpatient/outpatient support to a broad range of clinical nutrition problems including the provision and monitoring of inpatient and home parenteral nutrition. We are three Clinical Nutrition Consultants (two providing type 3 IF care), four Nutrition Nurse Specialists, three Senior Dietitians, an advanced specialist Pharmacist, Consultant Microbiologist, Consultant Surgeon, and a Consultant in Clinical is commissioned as the Type 3 IF centre for the South of the East Midlands, covering LLR and Northamptonshire. We work with NUH to provide a Type 2 IF service across the same geography.

Main duties of the job

Job Description is Pending Royal College Approval

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.

Supervise and train junior medical staff

To be involved in appraising and assessing juniors.

Teaching, research and administration.

To proactively develop the service.

To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.

1:17 Out of hours On-Call for GI Bleeds

Participation in a rostered in-reach Monday to Friday (

General gastroenterology outpatient clinics within UHL +/- UHL in the Community,

Endoscopy sessions across UHL +/- UHL in the Community. Opportunity for flexible working including weekend endoscopy sessions

There are opportunities to participate in the endoscopy training academy as well as becoming a faculty member for JAG courses run at UHL.

About us

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

high-quality care for all, being a great place to work, partnerships for impact, and research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

we are compassionate, we are proud, we are inclusive, and we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a new post in the CMG, working across all 3 sites within UHL and Community sites. It is expected that the post holder will take part in the Departments on-call rota for In-reach and GI Bleed on-call as well as working in their specialist area of Gastroenterology

The overriding purpose is to support the provision of highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

Responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department; To participate in service development and business planning in collaboration with the other Consultants in the department, the CMG and local GPs and commissioners within the local ICB; Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff including the observance of local employment and human resource policies and procedures; Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education activity, locally and regionally; Participating in medical audit, the Trusts Clinical Governance processes and in CPD CPD is provided in job plans and attendance at audit and other governance meetings is mandatory; managerial, including budgetary responsibilities where appropriate and compliance with standing orders and standing financial instructions of the Trust; In line with GMC Good Medical Practice it is the responsibility of the post-holder to ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard, and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the area of work. The post-holder is expected to respond in a timely fashion to legitimate requests from Trust officers this might include investigations of incidents or complaints. The post-holder is expected to participate in teaching and training of junior staff and other clinical staff groups. The appointee will also have supervision responsibilities for junior medical staff within the specialty. If appropriate the post-holder will be named in the contract of junior staff as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as an initial source of advice to such doctors regarding their careers. The post-holder is expected to participate in professional continuing medical education; study leave is provided for this purpose. The post-holder will be expected to undertake the Trust Corporate and Directorate specific Induction and competency Programmes appropriate to role. The post-holder will be required to maintain their continuing professional development (CPD) to be able to successfully revalidate. As per the Trust requirement the successful candidate will be required to have annual appraisal and attend / keep fully up to date with statutory and mandatory training as stipulated.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

MB BS or Equivalent Full GMC registration

Desirable

Higher degree MSc, MD or equivalent

Experience/Clinical Skills

Essential

JAG accredited for upper and lower GI diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy oExcellent clinical skills and experience requisite to meeting all aspects of the Job Plan.

Desirable

oAdvanced training programme in clinical nutrition or equivalent oEvidence of clinical or research commitment and a relevant specialty interest.

Audit/Quality Improvement

Essential

Effective participation in and a commitment to clinical audit.

Research

Essential

Understanding and interest in research

Desirable

Evidence of recent research and development activity

Teaching

Essential

oExperience of and a commitment to training/ teaching undergraduate and postgraduates

Desirable

oPost Graduate qualification in teaching and training