Junior Clinical Fellow in Hepatology

Job description

Job responsibilities

Hepatobiliary Medicine at the Royal Free Hospital

The Royal Free Hospital has, for a long time been synonymous with research and clinical excellence in the field of hepatology, and with the current near exponential increase in the incidence of liver disease, we aim to remain at the frontier of patient care, research and education.

The Royal Free provides secondary and tertiary Hepatology services. There is excellent access to ITU, a 24 hour TIPS rota and 24 hour consultant led GI bleeding rota. The liver transplant service at the Royal Free has been established for 25 years. The number of transplants performed has increased recently and currently stands at approximately 100 liver transplants per year. We have a live donor program and are seeking to expand this activity.

We are a tertiary centre for patients with hepatobiliary and pancreatic malignancy and the full range of surgical, locoregional and oncological treatments is provided for these patients. The main responsibilities of these posts relate to inpatients and day patients. The inpatient case mix includes post-liver transplant patients, GI bleeding, complex portal hypertension, decompensated cirrhosis and acute liver failure. Dedicated outpatient clinics are established for viral hepatitis, liver metabolic disease, primary hepatocellular malignancy, autoimmune liver disease, PBC, PSC, NAFLD as well as clinics for general hepatology and liver transplantation. A number of very active clinical research programs run with themes such as clinical and experimental portal hypertension, acute and acute on chronic liver failure, liver support and liver transplantation, non-invasive fibrosis assessment, clinical trials of new anti-viral agents, metabolic studies of hepatic encephalopathy, pruritis pathways and examining the effect of remote ischaemia pre-conditioning on liver graft function.

For further information, please contact:

Dr Aileen Marshall, Consultant Hepatologist and Service Lead for Hepatology: aileen.marshall@nhs.net Tel: 020 3758 2000 Ext 31124

Please only email if you have specific enquiries. The applications are shortlisted anonymously and it does not help to email with a CV.

Gastroenterology at the Royal Free Hospital

Our gastroenterology service provides a wide range of secondary care services to patients from north central London and tertiary care to regional, national and international patients.At the Royal Free Hospital, services include general gastroenterology clinics for routine, urgent and cancer referrals, GI physiology, endoscopy diagnostic services and multi-diagnostic clinics in conjunction with University College London Hospitals.

The service also provides specialist scleroderma clinics, an inflammatory bowel disease/ nutrition service and an interventional endoscopy service which is internationally recognised. Gastroenterologists at the Royal Free Hospital also deliver the highly specialised neuroendocrine tumour service.

For further information, please contact:

Dr Durayd Alzoubaidi, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Service Lead for Gastroenterology d.alzoubaidi@nhs.net

Please only email if you have specific enquiries. The applications are shortlisted anonymously and it does not help to email with a CV.

Person Specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential

• oDemonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & Professional Qualifications

Essential

• oPossession of MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• oGMC Registration

Experience

Essential

• oExperience in acute medical or surgical specialty
• oPrevious employment as a doctor in the NHS
• oSuccessful completion of FY2 year or equivalent

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

• oExcellent clinical skills
• oAbility to work as part of a team and willingness to be personally accountable for actions
• oStrong oral and written communications skills in English
• oAbility to build good relationships and work collaboratively with staff at all levels of the organisation
• oAbility to relate to patients from a wide range of backgrounds and to empathise with their needs and concerns
• oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, the public and colleagues and treat others with compassion, dignity and respect, taking into account any diversity issues
• oWillingness and skills to recognise and challenge unacceptable behaviour and if necessary, escalate
• oAbility to organise and prioritise personal workload
• oAwareness and understanding of health, safety and security issues for self and others
• oThe flexibility, enthusiasm, resilience, positive and helpful attitude, and drive needed to thrive in today's rapidly changing NHS

Personal Qualities & attributes

Essential

• oCommitted to personal development and learning on the job
• oCommitment to high standards of ethics, personal integrity, and probity
• oMotivated to do an excellent job to best of ability

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Free Hospital

Pond St

London

NW3 2QG

Employer's website

https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)