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SalaryThe Appointee, together with his or her colleagues will have a commitment to the provision of Gastroenterology. The majority of work will be Luminal Gastroenterology incorporating the appointees desired subspecialty interest. The expectation is to provide a 1:8 on call commitment and out of hours cover (on call sessions are recognised within our job plans in addition to the on call supplement). Weekend on call work currently includes time spent seeing patients within the acute areas as well as a review of gastro in-patients in our bed base and being available for out of hours endoscopy for patients with GI haemorrhage. Subspecialty interests which can be developed and supported at Aintree include IBD, Nutrition, Advanced Endoscopy, BCSP, Capsule Endoscopy and Education. An office with appropriate IT support will be provided. The appointee will share a PA, with excess typing devolved to other members of the secretarial team if necessary. In compliance with the Consultant contract the job plan is split into 10 PAs, normally 8.5 DCC and 1.5 core SPA with further SPA time available for specific roles. Teaching is strongly encouraged both within the Trust and the Gastroenterology Directorate. The Gastroenterology Department deals with an unparalleled selection of complex benign and malignant gastroenterology diseases that provide a rich learning environment for medical students, junior doctors and allied professionals. There is a weekly IBD MDT, radiology meeting, nutrition MDT and monthly Pelvic Floor MDT. Cancer MDTs include UGI (joint LUHT), CRC and advanced regional MDTs including NET, Primary liver, Advanced Colorectal Liver, HPB, early rectal cancer and Sarcoma. We have a dynamic and enthusiastic departmental training lead who ensures high quality training for medical students, trainees and nurse endoscopists. The post holder will be expected to actively participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and provide endoscopic training Train the Trainers will be required
