Consultant Gastroenterologist (General)

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Job summary

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is looking to appoint a Consultant Gastroenterologist to join our existing team. The Department of Gastroenterology provides a service to the county of Shropshire and Mid Wales and currently consists of 13 Consultant Gastroenterologists and 1 Consultant Hepatologist working across both hospital sites.Contribution to an out of hours on call rota is core to this role.

Main duties of the job

Clinical

  • To be responsible and work independently for the continuing care of patients alongside consultant staff.
  • To participate in the Gastroenterology on call rota.
  • To work independently caring for patients with Gastrointestinal complaints, caring out a mixture of emergency and elective care
  • To participate in the audit and governance and support the training of junior medical staff and other staffing groups that care for our patients.
  • To carry out appropriate administrative duties in support of clinical commitments
  • To be a core member and participate in the Upper GI / Hepatobiliary Cancer MDT
  • To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
  • To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.
  • To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
  • To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MBBS, MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
  • MRCP or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable

  • PhD, MD or evidence of higher education qualification

Entry Criiteria

Essential

  • Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC)
  • Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) OR Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)

Disclosure 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 see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 2 August 2026

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