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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Learning Objectives/Specialist Interests

The Post Holder Will

• Develop confidence and competence working at registrar level in General Internal Medicine.
• Gain experience leading the assessment and management of acutely unwell medical patients through participation in the acute medical registrar on-call rota.
• Develop knowledge and skills in the investigation and management of gastrointestinal and liver disease.
• Participate in outpatient clinics, multidisciplinary working, audit, quality improvement and teaching, while being supported to develop individual educational or specialist interests.

Clinical Experience

This 6-month post offers registrar-level experience in General Internal Medicine, based within the Gastroenterology Department. It is ideally suited to doctors holding full MRCP(UK) (or equivalent) who are seeking to consolidate their experience before higher specialty training or further develop their skills in General Medicine and Gastroenterology.

Although a non-training post, the successful candidate will receive close consultant supervision and gain broad clinical experience across inpatient gastroenterology, specialty referrals, outpatient clinics and the acute medical take. Previous experience in Gastroenterology is not essential, making the post suitable for doctors wishing to develop expertise in the specialty while continuing to build confidence as a medical registrar. There will be opportunities to gain experience across a broad range of gastroenterology and hepatology services, including inflammatory bowel disease, hepatology, gastrointestinal bleeding, nutrition and multidisciplinary care. Candidates will also be encouraged to participate in audit, quality improvement and research.

Post holders will participate fully in the acute medical registrar on-call rota, including AMU, nights, twilight shifts and weekends.

Teaching

Formal teaching responsibilities are not a requirement of the post. However, the successful candidate will work closely with Foundation Doctors, IMTs and medical students and will be expected to contribute to their day-to-day supervision and informal bedside teaching. Those with an interest in medical education will be supported to develop teaching activities where service commitments allow.

Each post holder will be allocated an Educational Supervisor to provide support, appraisal and career development throughout the post.

Person specification

Qualifications And Registration

Essential criteria

• MBBS or equivalent
• Maintain Full registration with the GMC
• Advanced Life support (ALS) accreditation (or booked to complete before August 2025)

Desirable criteria

• Higher academic qualification (e.g. MD or MSc)

Training and Experience

Essential criteria

• Recent experience working as a doctor in the NHS (or equivalent) within the last 2 years
• Evidence of achieving IMT2 competencies (or equivalent)
• Experience of working within general medical specialities within the last 2 years at IMT2 level as a minimum
• Passed the MRCP in full

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience demonstrating commitment to Gastroenterology medicine
• Previous experience working at Medical Registrar level within medicine

Further Training, Management, Audit

Essential criteria

• Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career
• Experience of completing audit and/or quality improvement
• Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues

Desirable criteria

• Completion of a general management course or programme

Research, Training, Publications

Essential criteria

• Formal, proven teaching ability and experience
• Willingness to undertake teaching of medical under-graduates & postgraduates

Desirable criteria

• Proven track record in research
• Evidence of relevant publications in peer reviewed journals

Personal Requirements (e.g Communication, Leadership Skills, Flexibility)

Essential criteria

• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Evidence of good team work, including ability to lead, form effective working relationships and support staff development.
• Ability to work independently, as part of the medicine division.
• Ability to work with professionalism and prioritise patient safety

Any Other General Requirements

Essential criteria

• Ability to fulfil all the duties of the post, including on-call commitments

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge. The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers. BFT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview. If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system. The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system. By applying for this post, you are agreeing to Bristol NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. Please be aware of scams – unless specified above, we will only communicate with you via @recruit.trac.jobs or nhs.net e-mails and we will never ask you for any payments.

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