- Provide expert assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with a wide range of gastroenterological conditions in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Participate in the Consultant of the Week gastroenterology service (currently 1 in 10 weeks).
- Contribute to the out of hours upper gastrointestinal bleed on-call rota.
- Deliver outpatient Gastroenterology clinics, ensuring timely assessment, treatment, discharge and follow up of patients.
- Undertake diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, including UGI, and support the wider endoscopy service. Delivering colonoscopy is desirable.
- Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, including IBD, nutrition and hepatology services.
- Support and contribute to weekly MDT meetings, including IBD and other specialist MDT's.
- Provide clinical leadership and contribute to the ongoing development and innovation of gastroenterology services and patient pathways.
- Work closely with colorectal and UGI surgical colleagues, radiology and other specialist teams to deliver integrated patient care.
- Supervise, train and support postgraduate doctors in training, including Foundation, Internal Medicine Training and Specialty Registrar StR grades.
- Participate in teaching, simulation training and endoscopy education programmes.
- Engage in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development activities.
- Maintain professional development and compliance with GMC and JAG standards.
- Subspecialist interests are welcomed.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston.
With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that theSouth Westhas to offer.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retaina workforce whichrepresentsthe rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your applicationin order toensurewe'remeeting our pledge.