Consultant in Gastroenterology

Government of Jersey; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job description

We will be conducting interviews for this post on Wednesday 23rd July 2025.

Health and Care Jersey is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic substantive Consultant in Gastroenterology. The successful application will join a team of two consultant gastroenterologists, two Staff Grades and a team of specialist nurses to provide a comprehensive service in gastroenterology. The successful applicant will ideally have a specialist interest.

The successful candidate will have broad experience of inpatient and outpatient gastroenterology and hepatology, fully competent in diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy, including management of GI bleeding.

The applicant will undertake inpatient specialist reviews where requested and take part in the GI-Bleed on-call rota.

Main duties of the job

1. Jointly develop a service of excellence for gastroenterology which ensures a seamless integration between Jersey and tertiary centres in England.
2. Participate in the development of the gastroenterology strategy for the island of Jersey including endoscopy services.
3. Work in close partnership and liaison with Primary Care and other specialist services.
4. Undertake inpatient specialist reviews for gastroenterology.
5. Undertake outpatient clinics for gastroenterology.
6. Provide diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopy.
7. Provide clinical advice & support to primary care colleagues and other consultants within Health & Care Jersey medical model.
8. Deliver personalised, evidence-informed medical care plans to all patients that are appropriately documented and regularly evaluated.
9. Provide advice and timely medical reviews and interventions as part of the interdisciplinary model of care.
10. Participate and attend relevant services MDTs.
11. Liaise with tertiary referral centres as appropriate to provide patient-centered care & service improvements.
12. Maintain good quality up to date medical records including timely discharge letters and summaries.
13. Ensure appropriate documentation and coding is used to provide consistent audit and monitoring of the service.

About us

We aim to enable Islanders to live longer, healthier and productive lives. We provide safe, sustainable, affordable and integrated services in partnership with others.

These include the provision of a wide array of hospital services, social care and support in the community, such as:

• Providing hospital care including emergency care, intensive care and maternity services and in the UK when needed.
• Providing social care services, and services in the community.
• Monitoring and improvement of the quality of all services.
• The education and development of medical professionals.
• The provision of a coordinated approach to mental health care.
• Offering free, private and confidential counselling services.
• Influencing and creating conditions that allow people to improve their health.

Job description

Here in Jersey, we have our own Health Care system, separate from the NHS. We are looking to develop and improve our healthcare services towards a modern, fully digitised and future-proof system, in advance of our new hospital (planned to open in 2029). To do so we need fresh eyes, new ways of working and the next generation of consultants to make our healthcare the best it can be. We aim to provide high quality, safe and effective care to the 110,000 people living on the Island and those who visit. The hospital benefits from a fantastic educational centre with a full SIM lab and dedicated time for all to learn.

Aligned to the Wessex Deanery, we support and develop Foundation trainees as well as Clinical Fellows and SAS doctors. We encourage all our consultants to fully engage with the education and training of our future generation of consultants.

Health & Care Jersey is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic substantive Gastroenterology Consultant to join our already passionate consultant body.

Jersey is easily accessible from most regional airports in the UK and has good links with NHS tertiary centres especially in Southampton and London, which affords the successful candidates to maintain links within the NHS and the private sector working. To support your transition to Jersey, we can provide a generous relocation and remuneration package, which is benefitted by lower taxation than within the UK.

The Government of Jersey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people (to include children) and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As this position will work with vulnerable people, the selection process will involve safeguarding measures and include an enhanced DBS check.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Primary Medical Degree
• Higher Specialty qualification: MRCP or equivalent
• Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a License to practice (for overseas candidates it is mandatory that a license is obtained prior to appointment)
• Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register/Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent in Gastroenterology (or be within 6 months of obtaining this at the date of the interview - documentary evidence of this must be provided to support your application)
• Clinical Experience in similar NHS environment or equivalent
• BLS
• Evidence of adequate training and/or experience as CCDC
• Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
• Broad range of IT skills.

Desirable

• Postgraduate degree

Experience

Essential

• Broad experience in General Medicine
• Broad experience in Gastroenterology
• Enthusiastic Teacher
• General medicine on-call consultant experience

Desirable

• Broad experience in Hepatology
• Previous Management Responsibility / Leadership Experience

Leadership and Management Skills

Essential

• Ability to Work Flexibly with Colleagues to provide services
• Ability to Work Effectively with a Multi-Disciplinary Team, motivating and influencing others through their enthusiasm
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, management and other agencies
• Highly motivated
• Able to work within a team
• Experience of Teaching, Training & Supervision of Junior Medical Staff and undergraduate students
• An understanding of and ability to demonstrate your ability to:
• Empower others
• Lead through change
• Influence strategically
• Collaborative working
• Drive for Improvement
• Integrity

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