NHS

Locum Consultant in Gastroenterology


Pay105,504.00 - 139,882.00 / year
LocationStevenage/England
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: C9361-25-0313?language=en&page=574&sort=publicationDateDesc

      Job summary

      This is a substantive post based at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage and comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs) including an on-call commitment to the emergency endoscopy rota. The successful applicant will work closely with the existing 12 Gastroenterologists and 4 hepatologists to provide a high standard Gastroenterology service to the Trust. This post is based at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage; however, clinics can be at any of three sites, Lister Hospital, the New QEII Hospital in Welwyn Garden City or Hertford County Hospital, Hertford.

      Main duties of the job

      It is expected that the applicant will complement an existing department offering gastroenterology and liver services, please see job plan. Across the trust the care of GI and liver inpatients is centralised at the Lister site with consultants involved in a 1 in 12 GI bleeding rota which incorporates a 24/7 bleed service and some routine endoscopy at weekends whilst on-call. The post does not include a commitment to the general medical on-call rota.

      About us

      At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

      We run the following hospitals:

      • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
      • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
      • Hertford County, Hertford
      • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

      We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

      We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

      Date posted

      25 April 2025

      Pay scheme

      Hospital medical and dental staff

      Grade

      Consultant

      Salary

      £105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

      Contract

      Fixed term

      Duration

      12 months

      Working pattern

      Full-time

      Reference number

      361-R2R-2329-B

      Job locations

      Lister Hospital

      Coreys Mill Lane

      Stevenage

      SG1 4AB


      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

      Please note JD is pending Royal College approval

      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

      Please note JD is pending Royal College approval

      Person Specification

      Qualifications/Training

      Essential

      • Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
      • MRCP or qualification of an equivalent level

      Desirable

      • Postgraduate degree (or equivalent)

      Previous Experience

      Essential

      • Broad range of experience in Gastroenterology o Diagnostic and Therapeutic Gastroscopy o Diagnostic and Therapeutic Colonoscopy
      • Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
      • Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
      • Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice

      Desirable

      • Demonstrable experience in a Locum Consultant role

      Skills

      Essential

      • Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
      • Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation
      Person Specification

      Qualifications/Training

      Essential

      • Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
      • MRCP or qualification of an equivalent level

      Desirable

      • Postgraduate degree (or equivalent)

      Previous Experience

      Essential

      • Broad range of experience in Gastroenterology o Diagnostic and Therapeutic Gastroscopy o Diagnostic and Therapeutic Colonoscopy
      • Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
      • Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
      • Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice

      Desirable

      • Demonstrable experience in a Locum Consultant role

      Skills

      Essential

      • Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
      • Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation

      Disclosure and Barring Service Check

      This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

      Certificate of Sponsorship

      Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

      From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

      UK Registration

      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

      Additional information

      Disclosure and Barring Service Check

      This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

      Certificate of Sponsorship

      Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

      From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

      UK Registration

      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

      Employer details

      Employer name

      East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

      Address

      Lister Hospital

      Coreys Mill Lane

      Stevenage

      SG1 4AB


      Employer's website

      https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

      Employer details

      Employer name

      East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

      Address

      Lister Hospital

      Coreys Mill Lane

      Stevenage

      SG1 4AB


      Employer's website

      https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  • About the company

      National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.