Job summary

This is a consultant appointment within the Gastroenterology Department of the Specialist Medicine Directorate, which delivers clinical services across both Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospital sites. The successful candidate will join a team of nine other gastroenterologists within the Trust. The role includes contributing to the delivery of a high-quality gastroenterology service, as well as supporting general medicine services at the Tunbridge Wells Hospital site.JD PENDING COLLEGE APPROVALMain duties of the job

The post-holder will join a team of nine consultants: Drs Blaker, Bell, Barnardo, Baburajan, Bird Fegredo, Mahumud, Maiden, Sharma, and Hanumantharaya. Clinical duties will include inpatient care at

Tunbridge Wells Hospital , with endoscopy and outpatient clinics held at either

Tunbridge Wells ,

Maidstone or Fordcombe Hospitals .Hepatology ServiceThe Trust''s

Hepatology Service

provides patient-focused care within a collaborative

Kent

and

London

network. The service participates in local and national research and works closely with community partners to deliver coordinated care.The successful candidate will participate in the

Gastroenterologist of the Week

model and will have

no General Internal Medicine (GIM)

on-call commitments.About us

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustThe Trust

was established in April 2000 through the merger of Mid Kent Healthcare Trust and Kent and Sussex Weald NHS Trust. It provides general hospital care to -590,000 people in West Kent and North East Sussex, and specialist cancer services to -1.8 million. Its main hospitals are Tunbridge Wells Hospital (TWH) in Pembury and Maidstone Hospital (MGH), where the Trust HQ is also based. Key personnel include:

Chair : Dr Annette Doherty,

Chief Executive : Mr Miles Scott,

Chief Medical Officer : Dr Sara MumfordClinical services are delivered via nine Directorates. Within the

Specialist Medicine Directorate

(which includes gastroenterology):

Lead for Gastroenterology : Dr Paul Blaker,

Clinical Director : Dr Matt Szeto,

Chief of Service (Medicine and Emergency Care) : Dr Simon WebsterJob description

Job responsibilities

To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering for leave.To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trusts patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trusts strategic direction.To participate fully in the clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trusts Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision.To assume responsibility, both personally and corporately with consultant colleagues, for the management of junior medical staff. You are expected to be involved in their professional development, both clinical and personal as per guidance from the Deanery.To ensure that all doctors in training for whom you have supervisory responsibilities undertake delegated clinical tasks that are within their level of competence and knowledge.To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Councils published guide Good Medical Practice including the Duties of a Doctor.To take personal responsibility for risk management in your work and undertake to review practices and learn from mistakes.To provide prospective cover, for advice and to deal with clinical emergencies, during colleagues annual/study leave and for other absences as far as is practicable and clinically safe.To ensure that you respond promptly and efficiently to all complaints related to any patient care you or your staff have been involved with, assisting the Trusts corporate responsibility to reply to complaints within a specified time frame.To ensure that you develop and maintain effective working relationships with those agencies concerned with the provision of health and social care services and those representing the interests of patients.To undertake an annual appraisal leading to a personal development plan as outlined in the Trust Appraisal Policy. You must collect and maintain sufficient evidence to support the appraisal process and your GMC revalidation. The appraisal will inform the study leave and job planning processes.To undertake an annual job plan review as outlined in the Trust Guide to Job Planning.You are required to take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and others who may be affected by what you do while at work. You must adhere to Trust IRMER Regulations.Specialty out-patient clinics as appropriate for the post-holders special interestsInvolvement in the development of clinical management protocols shared with the community and other consultant colleagues.Participation on the management and future development of the gastroenterology service.Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MB BS (or equivalent)Registered with GMCMRCP or equivalentOn GMC Specialist Register for G(I)M and gastroenterology (or within 6 months of CCT date)Broad experience of gastroenterological medicineDesirable

A higher degree such as an MD/ PHDFurther training

Desirable

Advanced experienced or fellow-ship in hepatologyResearch

Essential

An understanding of general principles, scientific method and interpretation of literatureDesirable

Evidence of personal research projects and their presentationPublications in peer-reviewed journalsGCP trainingExperience of recruitment to portfolio and commercial clinical trialsDisclosure 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 seeNHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer details

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustAddressMaidstoneMaidstoneME16 9QQEmployer''s websitehttps://www.mtw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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