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Job overview

Each Cheshire NHS Trust require a dynamic and forward-thinking Specialty Doctor to join the Gastroenterology team. This post will be based at the Macclesfield District General Hospital site: one of two acute sites operated by the Trust, with the other being Congleton War Memorial Hospital. 

The post is a 10 PA appointment, with the post-holder expected to undertake 6 endoscopy sessions and 2 clinics each week, while participating in in-patient ward work reviewing acute Gastroenterology admissions. 

Prime responsibilities:

• To undertake high quality diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopy
• To participate in the provision of a high quality out-patient Gastroenterology service, including patient administration
• To manage Gastroenterology in-patients

 Key tasks:

• Active participation in the management and development of the specialty and the introduction of new services
• Participation in Multidisciplinary Team Meetings
• Participation in MDT’s as appropriate
• Participation in medical audit
• Participation in the Trust appraisal process
• Comply with the requirements for Continuing Professional Development and revalidation as laid down by the Royal College of Physicians. The trust is committed to providing the time and financial support for these activities.

Hours per week: 10 PA's

Main duties of the job

The role of Specialty Doctor will include the following:

·           Support acute assessment and intermediate care wards as required by in reach

·           Looking after inpatients in the gastroenterology ward

·           Participate in audit programmes, maintaining robust systems for effective clinical audit

·           Carry out endoscopy sessions

·           Assist with service development

·           Attend unit management and governance meetings

·           Work with colleagues to ensure effective management of inpatients, internal referrals,     outpatient clinics and investigational sessions

·           Participate in the education and training of medical students, doctors, and professions  allied to medicine including those in primary care

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced doctor to take on a leadership role within an established gastroenterology team, and to carry out endoscopy sessions four times per week.

Working for our organisation

NHS Medical and Dental salaries are set at a national level.  For new starters not already working to UK Medical and Dental terms and conditions of service will be appointed to the minimum paypoint.  The starting salary paypoint can only be increased when there is evidence of relevant, completed years’ experience in terms of nature, type and level of role.  The evidence required to increase a starting salary would be Payslips and details noted in the application form i.e. complete employment history

Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate.

If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.