Consultant in Gastroenterology; Clinical Nutrition​/Intestinal Failure

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

This is an exciting opportunity to join the existing two intestinal failure consultants and to contribute to our growing clinical nutrition and intestinal failure service. As the largest teaching hospital in the North of East Anglia, we are commissioned as an ‘HPN centre’ and look after approximately 85 Home parenteral Nutrition Patients with Type 3 Intestinal Failure. We also provide an inpatient Type 1 intestinal failure service.

The surgical Intestinal failure service is commissioned to Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge. Additionally, we are the only hospital in the North of east Anglia to provide a comprehensive Radio logically inserted gastrostomy service and there are in excess of 500 patients with gastrostomy feeding tubes in our locality. NNUH is also a tertiary centre for Motor‑Neurone Disease and our team provides nursing and medical support to this service when required.

We are looking to recruit a 3rd consultant to support our growing service.

In addition, the post holder will also contribute to outpatient and endoscopy service and will also take part in gastroenterology inpatient care on a rotational basis.

The post holder will be expected to be proficient in emergency endoscopy including management of varices (not necessarily gastric varices). The out of hours “on call” commitment will include emergency gastroenterology and hepatology referrals and emergency endoscopy cover for the Trust as part of a formal upper GI bleeding rota that the department offers 24/7 service in accordance with NICE guidelines.

The current rota is 1:16.

The candidate will be expected to take an active role in the delivery of the clinical gastroenterology service including inpatient ward work, outpatients clinics, endoscopy sessions and emergency out of hours gastroenterology and endoscopy cover (on call rota). The Trust has an Acute Medical Unit run by consultant acute physicians and a specialty triage system. During the week patients admitted to the hospital and triaged to gastroenterology are reviewed by one of 3 firms of which these post holders will join one of (the IBD/luminal team).

Clinic templates are flexible, but it would be expected that the appointee sees 4 new patients and 8 follow up patients in each clinic. Ward referral numbers are also variable and are usually seen by SpRs initially with consultant review subsequently.

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Dr. Marianna Mela

Job title:

Service Director for Gastroenterology Email address:  Telephone number: