Consultant Gastroenterologist: Sponsorship Available

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The Trust is seeking to appoint one substantive 8 PA Consultant Gastroenterologist. This appointment will join the existing 16 Gastroenterologists. The post holder will be expected to work across the Trust’s 3 sites: Andover War Memorial Hospital, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, and the Royal Hampshire County Hospital.

The current consultants provide sub-specialty interests in upper and lower therapeutic endoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease, hepatology, nutrition, pancreatobiliary, and motility/functional disease. Existing services include bowel cancer screening, ERCP and SpyGlass, endoscopic ultrasound, advanced GI physiology, and capsule endoscopy.

The post holder will be involved with in-patient gastroenterology and GIM and participate in approximately 1:9 acute GI bleed on-call alongside a 7-day inpatient service in Basingstoke, reviewing new admissions that require Gastroenterology input over the weekend.

Main duties of the job

Location

The Consultant Gastroenterologist will be responsible for service delivery across the whole Trust, therefore cross site working over 3 sites is required. The service provides inpatient Gastroenterology in Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital and the Royal Hampshire County Hospital. There are fully equipped and JAG accredited Endoscopy suites at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Andover War Memorial Hospital and North Hampshire Hospital with bowel cancer screening, ERCP, EUS and a range of interventional procedures. Outpatient clinics are undertaken in all of the Trust’s 3 sites in addition to at Alton Community Hospital.

There is full secretarial support with an administration team consisting of a Speciality Co-ordinator (Gastroenterology) and support staff based in both Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital and the Royal Hampshire County Hospital sites. Each Consultant has dedicated office space and supporting IT.

Person Specification

Professional Qualifications

Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent
  • MRCP
  • Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register, or within 6 months of completion of CCT at time of interview
  • Full GMC registration

Desirable

  • An appropriate higher degree, e.g. an MD, PhD or equivalent
  • Completed UK training programme in GI/hepatology
  • Previous NHS experience

Clinical Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Broad experience in Gastroenterology and endoscopy
  • JAG accredited in upper and lower endoscopist
  • Able to endoscope acute GI bleeding patients
  • Evidence of research and audit

Clinical Skills & Ability

Essential

  • Provide a good standard of clinical care
  • Maintain good medical practices
  • Willingness to contribute to education of trainees and colleagues

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: 25 September 2026

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