Consultant Hepatologist

The new appointment will join a team of eight Medical Gastroenterologists (6 Luminal, 2 Liver) who work as a single team, sharing responsibility for the management of inpatients. Management of outpatients is split into the Liver and Luminal teams. We have an excellent day-case unit exclusively for GI services which, along with our 3 Hepatology specialist nurses, allows us to deliver ambulatory care for patients with liver disease including; nurse-led early discharge clinic, monitoring and assessment of patients with acute and chronic liver disease and day case paracentesis. The department has received significant investment over the last 18 months, with a new £4.99m unit which opened in December 2023. Candidates should be independent in OGD and candidates who are trained in colonoscopy and wish to continue with this could accommodated. Training is an important element of our practice at Torbay and our new colleague would be encouraged to engage with the delivery of courses and in-house training.

The successful candidate will: Support the current Gastroenterology and Hepatology teams in delivering inpatient and outpatient care Work closely with consultant staff in related specialities e.g. upper and lower GI surgery. Contribute to audit within Hepatology and research if they are interested. Contribute to the training of trainee staff and medical students. Undertake clinical and / or educational supervision of trainees. Undertake CME/CPD according to the requirements of the Royal College of Physicians. Actively contribute to clinical governance within our organisation.