• Job Description

  Req#: C9193-26-0047?language=en&page=845&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are recruiting for a full time Speciality Registrart Doctor in Gastroenterology at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

  The successful applicant will support the current delivery of Gastroenterology outpatient services at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. Gastroenterology outpatient skills are essential and most sub-speciality interests can be accommodated. Endoscopy skills would be desirable. The appointee will join the existing team to provide specialist care to this growing population of patients, and raise departmental profile through teaching and education.

  Main duties of the job

  The successful applicant will support the current delivery of Gastroenterology outpatient, inpatient and endoscopy services at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. Gastroenterology outpatient skills are essential and most sub-speciality interests can be accommodated. Endoscopy skills would be desirable, but training can be offered to suitable candidates.

  General medical and in-patient gastroenterology skills are required, and the applicant will be expected to contribute to the on call medical rota.

  The aim of the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Gastroenterology department is to become a leader in the field of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy and the successful applicant must therefore have the pre-requisite procedural and leadership skills as well as team work, drive and ambition to succeed in achieving these goals.

  Although all doctors within the department work to the framework of a job plan, there is a longstanding culture that applies the spirit of the contract where colleagues' cross-cover sessions in most areas to support leave or sickness and to help maintain the smooth working and efficiency of the department. Some of the sessions on the job plan will be fixed, while a proportion will be flexible and used to backfill vacant sessions. Please see attached job description or an indicative job plan.

  About us

  The Royal Berkshire Hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1stJune 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is one of the largest general hospital Trusts in the country and is Reading's biggest employer.

  The hospital provides services on a single site for all the major specialities including Accident and Emergency, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Intensive Care, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Genitourinary Medicine, Ophthalmology, ENT, Maxillo-Facial surgery, paediatrics (including a NICU), general medicine (including all major medical specialities including CCU, Renal Unit, ITU and gastroenterology), radiotherapy and oncology, and all the general surgical specialities.

  The trust provides several services Berkshire-wide (eg Ophthalmology, renal). Following the principle of care closer to home, the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust offers services from many locations, including King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, Windsor dialysis unit,West Berkshire Community Hospital, Royal Berkshire Bracknell Healthspace, Townlands Hospital Henley and there are visiting clinics in Wallingford and Wantage.

  Details

  Date posted

  22 January 2026

  Pay scheme

  Hospital medical and dental staff

  Grade

  Specialty Doctor

  Salary

  £61,542 to £99,216 a year per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  193- MS2177PCG

  Job locations

  Royal Berkshire Hospital

  Craven Road

  Reading

  RG1 5AN

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Immediate Responsibilities of the Appointee

  The post holder will share clinical duties within the Gastroenterology department with the present medical and nursing team. An office base with administrative support will be provided.

  Clinical Objectives

  1. To provide high quality clinical care in gastroenterology clinics both independently and under supervision2. To provide high quality skills in endoscopy (training available for suitable candidates)3. To provide high quality clinical care to gastroenterology and general medical inpatients at registrar level, supporting junior medical colleagues, but reporting to the consultant of the week.

  Other responsibilities

  1. To participate in the daily running and development of the service2. To facilitate teaching and training within the department3. Participation and involvement in clinical governance, quality improvement and other business in the Gastroenterology and Endoscopy department.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Immediate Responsibilities of the Appointee

  The post holder will share clinical duties within the Gastroenterology department with the present medical and nursing team. An office base with administrative support will be provided.

  Clinical Objectives

  1. To provide high quality clinical care in gastroenterology clinics both independently and under supervision2. To provide high quality skills in endoscopy (training available for suitable candidates)3. To provide high quality clinical care to gastroenterology and general medical inpatients at registrar level, supporting junior medical colleagues, but reporting to the consultant of the week.

  Other responsibilities

  1. To participate in the daily running and development of the service2. To facilitate teaching and training within the department3. Participation and involvement in clinical governance, quality improvement and other business in the Gastroenterology and Endoscopy department.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Full registration with the GMC/eligible for registration
  • MRCP (UK) or equivalent

  Clinical Experience & Skills

  Essential

  • Broad experience in General and Specialist Gastroenterology

  Desirable

  • JAG accredited in upper and lower GI endoscopy

  Audit Management & IT

  Essential

  • Ability to work within clinical governance guidelines.
  • Undertake audits and present data as required.
  • Good IT skills, use of patient and hospital database.

  Desirable

  • Evidence of clinical leadership role demonstrating accountability for quality of care, financial controls and efficient management of workforce

  Research. Teaching skill & experience

  Essential

  • Evidence or providing good teaching and supervision to trainees.

  Desirable

  • Educational qualification
  • GMC accredited educational supervisor

  Personal Qualities

  Essential

  • Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English. Willingness to take responsibility, and exert appropriate authority.
  • Excellent team working Skills, and able to work within MDT
  • Accountability; ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
  • Interpersonal Skills; ability to see patients as people, ability to empathize and work co-operatively with others.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Full registration with the GMC/eligible for registration
  • MRCP (UK) or equivalent

  Clinical Experience & Skills

  Essential

  • Broad experience in General and Specialist Gastroenterology

  Desirable

  • JAG accredited in upper and lower GI endoscopy

  Audit Management & IT

  Essential

  • Ability to work within clinical governance guidelines.
  • Undertake audits and present data as required.
  • Good IT skills, use of patient and hospital database.

  Desirable

  • Evidence of clinical leadership role demonstrating accountability for quality of care, financial controls and efficient management of workforce

  Research. Teaching skill & experience

  Essential

  • Evidence or providing good teaching and supervision to trainees.

  Desirable

  • Educational qualification
  • GMC accredited educational supervisor

  Personal Qualities

  Essential

  • Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English. Willingness to take responsibility, and exert appropriate authority.
  • Excellent team working Skills, and able to work within MDT
  • Accountability; ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
  • Interpersonal Skills; ability to see patients as people, ability to empathize and work co-operatively with others.

  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.

  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.

  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

  Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Royal Berkshire Hospital

  Craven Road

  Reading

  RG1 5AN

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Royal Berkshire Hospital

  Craven Road

  Reading

  RG1 5AN

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.royalberkshire.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.

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