Consultant in Gastroenterology (Clinical Nutrition/Intestinal Failure)

Consultant in Gastroenterology (Clinical Nutrition/Intestinal Failure)

Applications are invited for a full-time Consultant in the Gastroenterology department.

We are a teaching hospital in North East Anglia with a large intestinal failure service, operating as a Home Parenteral Nutrition (HPN) centre and offering inpatient Type 1 and Type 3 intestinal failure care. A third consultant will support the existing intestinal failure team and expand the clinical nutrition and intestinal failure service.

The post holder will also contribute to outpatient and endoscopy services and participate in gastroenterology inpatient care on a rotational basis.

Main Duties of the Job

• Proficient in emergency endoscopy and management of varices.

• Provide out‑of‑hours “on‑call” cover for emergency gastroenterology and hepatology referrals and emergency endoscopy, forming part of a 24/7 upper GI bleeding rota (currently 1:16).