Specialty Doctor - Gastroenterology

Overview

Main area Gastroenterology. Grade:
Specialty Doctor.

Contract:

Permanent.

Hours:

• Full time
• Part time

10 sessions per week (One full time position, one part time). Job
-DoM-BA-1285

Employer:

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. Employer type: NHS. Site:
Basildon, Basildon. Salary £61,542 - £99,216 per annum (Pro Rata for Part Time). Salary period:
Yearly. Closing date: 12/02/2026 23:59

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Are you looking for an interactive and innovative Specialty Doctor role where you have the opportunity to be supported by a team of consultants, who are experts in their field offer a personalised supportive induction programme to all newly appointed candidates?

Then we are looking for you!

The Gastroenterology department are currently recruiting a talented team of Specialist Doctors to support our busy yet thriving department that provides a wide range of GI investigations and procedures, including upper and lower GI endoscopy, therapeutic ERCP, oesophageal metal stenting, biliary lithotripsy and argon beam therapy.

You will be working alongside the Endoscopy Units seven Consultants which has state of the art JAG accreditation and includes three endoscopy rooms, one with screening facilities, a urea breath testing area, biochemical GI tests and ERCP.

You will be given the opportunity to gain experience in managing GI disorders such as GI bleeds, liver disease and paracentesis, as well as training sessions in the endoscopy unit.

You will be involved with our coeliac disease and inflammatory bowel disease clinics organised by nurse specialists, our weekly multidisciplinary meetings held to review all cases of GI cancer and our regular chronic liver disease and viral hepatitis clinics.

You will become a key component of our multi-disciplinary team, with continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, undertaking ward duties under the direction of senior colleagues including all administrative duties associated with patient care and involved Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) discussion with other colleagues.

You will be expected to provide necessary educational and clinical supervision for junior doctors working in your team and participate in the departmental and trust wide teaching programmes for the relevant junior medical staff and members of the multidisciplinary teams.

You will be expected to be committed to the concept of lifelong learning and produce and maintain a Personal Development Plan in agreement with your Educational Supervisor.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

The duties outlined above are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.

Please see the attached JD for further details.

We look forward to your application!

• Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current license to practise from, the GMC at the time of application.
• Demonstrates awareness of…