Consultant in Gastroenterology
Requirements
Candidates must have GMC registration with a license to practice and MRCP or equivalent. A CCT in Gastroenterology & GIM or eligibility for Specialist GMC Registration within 6 months is also required.
Job Description
Introduction
University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) is seeking an enthusiastic and team-orientated Consultant in Gastroenterology to join the department at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB). This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high-performing, research-active, and collaborative Gastroenterology service that benefits from close partnership with specialist teams at QEHB. We welcome applicants with a broad Gastroenterology skillset, and especially those who can contribute a sub-specialist interest that complements the department (e.g. luminal inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), advanced endoscopy in upper or lower GI medicine, intestinal ultrasound and capsule endoscopy).
About The Service
The Gastroenterology department at QEHB delivers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services, including general gastroenterology, complex IBD, advanced therapeutic endoscopy, and intestinal failure. The team is responsible for all patients on a 24 bedded in-patient ward in the main hospital (ward 302) and provides a consult service for the rest of the hospital. QEHB has fully JAG-accredited endoscopy suites. The appointee will work closely with multidisciplinary medical and surgical colleagues, nursing teams, allied health professionals. The appointee will contribute to a supportive environment grounded in teamwork, respect, continuous improvement and reflecting the UHB values (Kind, Connected, Bold).
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
We are seeking a clinician who:
- Works collaboratively within a large, multidisciplinary team
- Communicates with clarity, empathy, and respect
- Provides care with strong sense of clinical ownership and accountability
- Shows leadership through visibility, reliability, and professional integrity
- Supports a culture of learning, innovation, and service development
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
This post comprises a combination of:
- Outpatient clinics
- Endoscopy sessions
- Contribution to Gastroenterology inpatient ward cover - specialty and medical
- Contribution to the Gastroenterology inpatient triage service
- Participation in MDTs- relevant to experience
- Advice & guidance to primary care
- Support for trainees, and specialist nurses
- Participation in the GI bleed rota - relevant to experience
- Participation in the elective endoscopy weekend, working towards 7-day elective endoscopy
- Ward rounds medical outliers, care of medical inpatients admitted to the hospital for whom the gastroenterology team has responsibility, either on the main gastroenterology ward or as part of the outlying team across the hospital (delivered as separate commitments in rotation).
Qualifications
Essential
- GMC registration with licence to practise
- MRCP or equivalent
- CCT in Gastroenterology & GIM or Eligibility for Specialist GMC Registration in Gastroenterology & GIM within 6 months; these are mandatory criteria.
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.
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.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Jaimin Patel
Jaimin.Patel@uhb.nhs.uk
01216702000
Pay scheme
Hospital Medical and Dental
Band
Consultant
Salary
£113565.00 to £150569.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-Time
Reference number
304-KDA-1099201
Job locations
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
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About University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We are a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. We also have expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. We provide a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK. We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. As a result of its clinical expertise in treating trauma patients and military casualties, the QEHB has been designated both a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK’s only £20m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC). We have over 24,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing. UHB is a Stonewall Diversity Champion and aims to achieve positive change for LGBTQ+ people by creating an inclusive, inspiring and equal environment for both staff and service users.
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