Consultant in Gastroenterology

These posts are joint Consultant posts with London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) to work in the department of gastroenterology and general medicine, primarily based at St Mary's (Imperial) and St Mark's (LNWH) Hospitals.

The post holder will contribute to the general gastroenterology and endoscopy services at both Trusts, as well as join the acute medicine on-call rota at St Mary's Hospital. This is a result of changes in job plans of existing members of the department and to support growth in clinical activity.

These cross-Trust posts help integrate the Northwest London gastroenterology services, maximising the expertise of specialists and delivering excellence in patient care across the sector.

Main duties of the job

The Gastroenterology Department aims to provide a comprehensive service for patients with gastroenterological problems whilst being fully committed to developing, teaching, training and research at all levels. There are inpatient beds, outpatient clinics and endoscopy units on each site.

Services are provided for patients from diverse social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and from a wide geographical area.The Gastroenterology service is extremely well supported by the Histopathology and Radiology departments. There are also close links with the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, the Bariatric service and the Department of Hepatology, all at St Mary's Hospital. It also has close links to the upper gastrointestinal surgery and HPB surgery, both based at the Hammersmith Hospital. At Charing Cross there are links with colorectal surgery and Bowel Cancer Screening service. The endoscopy units at ICHT provide extensive diagnostic and therapeutic interventional services.The post may involve the provision of endoscopy on any of the three sites. Endoscopy services include upper and lower GI endoscopy, capsule endoscopy, ERCP, EUS and luminal stenting. The Trust also provides HALO radiofrequency ablation for high grade dysplasia/early malignancy in Barrett's oesophagus, single
balloon small bowel enteroscopy, digital SPYGLASS cholangioscopy and EUS services for upper GI and Hepato-biliary cases. The Trust participates in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,part time or job share. Please talk tous at interview.