Specialty Doctor

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated 'Good' with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust's overall rating has also improved to 'good'. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is "Working together to provide outstanding care for our community."

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don't you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical., The successful applicant will support the current delivery of Gastroenterology outpatient, inpatient and endoscopy services at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. Gastroenterology outpatient skills are essential and most sub-speciality interests can be accommodated. Endoscopy skills would be desirable, but training can be offered to suitable candidates.

General medical and in-patient gastroenterology skills are required, and the applicant will be expected to contribute to the on call medical rota.

The aim of the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Gastroenterology department is to become a leader in the field of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy and the successful applicant must therefore have the pre-requisite procedural and leadership skills as well as team work, drive and ambition to succeed in achieving these goals.

Although all doctors within the department work to the framework of a job plan, there is a longstanding culture that applies the spirit of the contract where colleagues' cross-cover sessions in most areas to support leave or sickness and to help maintain the smooth working and efficiency of the department. Some of the sessions on the job plan will be fixed, while a proportion will be flexible and used to backfill vacant sessions. Please see attached job description or an indicative job plan., The post holder will share clinical duties within the Gastroenterology department with the present medical and nursing team. An office base with administrative support will be provided.

Clinical Objectives

1. To provide high quality clinical care in gastroenterology clinics both independently and under supervision
2. To provide high quality skills in endoscopy (training available for suitable candidates)
3. To provide high quality clinical care to gastroenterology and general medical inpatients at registrar level, supporting junior medical colleagues, but reporting to the consultant of the week.

Other responsibilities

1. To participate in the daily running and development of the service
2. To facilitate teaching and training within the department
3. Participation and involvement in clinical governance, quality improvement and other business in the Gastroenterology and Endoscopy department., All applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview. This is in order to comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016.

IMPORTANT:

1. Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

2. Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

3. All vacancies followed by INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY have been classified as an internal role and only internal candidates will be considered.

4. All staff identified as AT-RISK who meets the requirements of the post will be prioritised accordingly. Priority will initially be given to Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust employees.

5. All applicants who have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the post can opt for a guaranteed interview.

• Full registration with the GMC/eligible for registration


• MRCP (UK) or equivalent, Broad experience in General and Specialist Gastroenterology


Desirable criteria


• JAG accredited in upper and lower GI endoscopy


Audit Management & IT

Essential criteria


• Ability to work within clinical governance guidelines.


• Undertake audits and present data as required.


• Good IT skills, use of patient and hospital database.


Desirable criteria


• Evidence of clinical leadership role demonstrating accountability for quality of care, financial controls and efficient management of workforce, Evidence or providing good teaching and supervision to trainees.


Desirable criteria


• Educational qualification


• GMC accredited educational supervisor, Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English. Willingness to take responsibility, and exert appropriate authority.


• Excellent team working Skills, and able to work within MDT


• Accountability; ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.


• Interpersonal Skills; ability to see patients as people, ability to empathize and work co-operatively with others., You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  The Royal Berkshire Hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1^st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is one of the largest general hospital Trusts in the country and is Reading's biggest employer.


The hospital provides services on a single site for all the major specialities including Accident and Emergency, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Intensive Care, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Genitourinary Medicine, Ophthalmology, ENT, Maxillo-Facial surgery, paediatrics (including a NICU), general medicine (including all major medical specialities including CCU, Renal Unit, ITU and gastroenterology), radiotherapy and oncology, and all the general surgical specialities.

The trust provides several services Berkshire-wide (eg Ophthalmology, renal). Following the principle of care closer to home, the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust offers services from many locations, including King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, Windsor dialysis unit, West Berkshire Community Hospital, Royal Berkshire Bracknell Healthspace, Townlands Hospital Henley and there are visiting clinics in Wallingford and Wantage.