Gastroenterology​/Endoscopy Quality Improvement Fellow

Overview

Applications are invited for a 12 month post of Clinical Fellow in Endoscopy and Quality Improvement. This is an opportunity designed to provide a wide range of change management experience for a higher trainee who wishes to commit to quality improvement and medical leadership as part of their career.

• Develop and deliver quality improvement projects in the Endoscopy Department, with a particular emphasis on GI cancer pathways.
• Typically undertake five sessions per week focused on these projects.
• Work towards a postgraduate qualification in Quality Improvement or Medical Leadership as part of the post.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an acute hospital located in the east London Borough of Hackney. We are a merged hospital and community service trust. Homerton Healthcare is attached to the St. Bartholomew’s and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry (part of University of London).

Homerton became one of the first ten NHS foundation trusts in the country in April 2004. This status allows the Trust to secure certain freedoms to facilitate innovation in the way services are developed and provided.

The Gastroenterology Department at the Homerton Hospital provides a comprehensive service for patients with gastroenterological problems while being fully committed to developing, teaching, training and research at all levels. There are specialist weekly IBD, Nutrition, Pancreatobiliary and Liver & Hepatitis clinics with support from nurse specialists and dieticians. The department includes 7 full time consultants, 1 nurse consultant, 3 specialist nurses, 2 nurse endoscopists, 2 NE Thames Gastroenterology ST3+ registrars, a SIM gastroenterology Fellow, an Acute Medicine ST3+ registrar, a Core medical trainee and 2 foundation doctors.

Name:
Dr Laura Marelli — Gastroenterology Consultant
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