Gastroenterology Consultant - Preston, United Kingdom - Medacs Healthcare

Medacs Healthcare

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Preston, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Client Name:
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NFT

Role:
Gastroenterology Consultant

Location:
Chorley & South Ribble Hospital

Benefits:

Over 5,000 new job requests received every week. Approved supplier on every NHS medical locum framework
Priority access and first sight of large number of jobs across multiple NHS trusts/health boards
Competitive pay rates
Flexibility on jobs/shifts; long term jobs and short ad hoc shifts available
A dedicated point of contact
Free CPD courses and career support with Medacs Academy
Lucrative referral scheme
Revalidation support
24/7/365 service we are available when you need us
Access to The Support Hub our support service to help support your mental health and wellbeing and enable you to deliver outstanding care.

As a consultant in gastroenterology and hepatology, your skills, knowledge, and experience are critical to the provision of Endoscopy services throughout the hospital, particularly diagnostic, therapeutic, and screening endoscopy.

Working flexible shifts at Chorley & South Ribble Hospital, you will enjoy close working relationships with your fellow healthcare professionals as you work to ensure the highest standards of care are provided to patients of all ages while being a pillar of clinical and educational support for junior Gastroenterologists.

The Chorley & South Ribble Hospital takes their contribution to medical development and advancement seriously.

As a result, you will have access to some of the most advanced medical equipment in the country and unparalleled opportunities for specialism, research and academia throughout your consultancy.

In your role as a Consultant, great reliance is placed upon your ability to demonstrate how critical specialist skills and communication combine to ensure a patient's care experience is the best it can be.

Your calm, reassuring nature combined with your wealth of knowledge and expertise will help ensure patients feel safe in your hands.

General key skills
In addition to your qualifications, as a Gastroenterology Consultant, you will have:

Quick thinking abilities
Patience and the ability to teach, coach and mentor
Excellent attention to detail
A systematic approach to tasks and delegation
Excellent timekeeping
A proactive approach to research and academia
Empathy and understanding
A flexible attitude
A dedication to improving and developing knowledge and skills
Active listening skills

Main Duties/Responsibilities
As a Gastroenterology Consultant with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NFT you will:

Provide diagnosis, screening, treatment, preoperative, operative, and postoperative management of patient care.
Actively support patients and their families, communicating clinical information to explain a diagnosis and treatment options using various methods to ensure practical understanding.
Coordinate treatment plans and prescribe various types of treatment.
Provide constant monitoring and care for patients.
Communicate with patients and the wider multidisciplinary team on shared patient decision making.
Work in and where appropriate, lead a multidisciplinary team.
Assess and prioritise patient/client requirements, delegating effectively to others.
Recognise, review, and report a patient's condition and any changes to the patient and the multidisciplinary team.
Performing basic administrative and clerical tasks, such as keeping records of test results, writing prescriptions, providing information to patients, and monitoring treatment plans.
Conduct research to help develop and test surgical techniques and equipment that can improve operating procedures and outcomes
Help teach and train other junior doctors and medical students and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications
Essential