Job overview

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, and motivated consultant to add to our established team.  This will be a substantive appointment to join our 13 substantive and 1 locum consultants.  The successful applicant will be fully capable in general gastroenterology, as well as having a subspecialty interest in hepatology.

This large trust provides primary gastroenterological services for a local population of 600,000 as well as tertiary services for over 1 million in 2 sites across the city and a nearby community hospital.  Inpatient care is provided on our 27-bedded inpatient ward at Hull Royal Infirmary.  Endoscopic provision is at both Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital, and will move predominantly to a large state of the art Digestive Diseases Centre at CHH later this year.  The trust is a Level 2 Hepatology centre, and has a severe intestinal failure service with outpatient TPN provision.  There is a strong research pedigree particularly in Hepatology and IBD, and the Yorkshire School of Endoscopy is one of the busiest and longest-established nationally.

Main duties of the job

The main responsibilities of the job will include management of general gastroenterology and hepatology outpatients, as well as contribution to the outpatient endoscopy service and attendance at Hepatology and Histopathology MDTs.  There will be a commitment to the “consultant of the week” rota for inpatient cover, as well as a 1:12 out of hours commitment to include provision of the acute GI bleed service.  A lieu day off will be given at the end of the week following a weekend on-call.  With the trust’s closer collaborative working with North Lincolnshire and Goole (NLAG) NHS Foundation Trust there will be an expectation to provide periodic in-person support to Grimsby and Scunthorpe Hospitals, though the specifics of this will be arranged after appointment.  Secretarial support will be made available, as well as an adequately equipped office including information technology (IT) facilities.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.