Specialty Doctor - Gastroenterology

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The closing date is 12 February 2026

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 basics of managing patients with gastroenterology / hepatic disease.
• Competence at core completion level in the management of medical emergencies, in patients and out patients
• Evidence of some competencies in Gastroenterology
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• MRCP (UK) Part 2 or EEA eligibility at time of application
• Higher degrees including MSc, PhD, MC (where the research thesis is not part of first medical degree

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.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£61,542 to £99,216 a year