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An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Consultant in Gastroenterology and General Internal Medicine to join a busy consultant-led service in Ireland. The post focuses on delivering high-quality inpatient and outpatient gastroenterology care while supporting acute general medical services.

A key objective of this role is to support waiting list recovery across outpatient clinics and endoscopy services, while contributing to multidisciplinary working, service development, education, and governance.

The service provides comprehensive luminal gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel disease care, cancer pathway integration, and established bowel screening services.
 

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

• Provide consultant-led inpatient and outpatient gastroenterology services, including ward rounds, outpatient clinics, and endoscopic procedures.
• Deliver General Internal Medicine clinical care and participate in the general medical consultant on-call rota.
• Manage patients across acute and elective pathways, ensuring timely diagnosis, treatment, and discharge.
• Support reducing the waiting list backlog for outpatient and endoscopy activities.
• Provide specialist consultation to other medical and surgical teams when required.
• Participate in the development and implementation of agreed clinical care pathways and protocols.
• Ensure high standards of clinical documentation, safety, and patient experience.

Leadership & Service Development

• Work collaboratively with consultant colleagues to support operational performance, service efficiency, and pathway optimisation.
• Participate in service planning, clinical directorate activity, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to shaping gastroenterology service delivery and accreditation standards.

Teaching & Supervision

• Supervise, train, and support non-consultant hospital doctors and multidisciplinary staff.
• Participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes.
• Support induction, appraisal, and professional development of junior staff.

Governance, Audit & Risk Management

• Participate in clinical audit, risk management, data reporting, and governance frameworks.
• Support incident reporting, patient safety initiatives, and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Maintain continuous professional development and revalidation requirements.

Professional Responsibilities

• Participate in rota cover arrangements, including leave cover.
• Attend multidisciplinary meetings, governance meetings, and service planning forums.
• Comply with organisational policies, health and safety standards, confidentiality, and data protection.

 

Person Specification

Registration & Eligibility

Essential

• Registration as a Specialist on the Specialist Division of the Medical Council in Gastroenterology and General Internal Medicine.
• Eligibility to take up a consultant appointment under national regulatory requirements.
• Access to transport for service delivery requirements.
• Ability to meet statutory and occupational health standards.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience in Gastroenterology, Endoscopy, and General Internal Medicine.
• Experience delivering consultant-level inpatient and outpatient care.
• Demonstrated leadership and multidisciplinary working capability.
• Experience participating in audit, governance, and service development.
• Minimum 1 year of NHS experience.

Desirable

• Hepatology experience.
• Experience supporting service transformation or waiting list recovery initiatives.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong clinical judgement and decision-making capability.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to manage service demand, performance, and operational priorities.
• Commitment to continuous service improvement and patient safety.
• Integrity, professionalism, and adaptability within evolving healthcare systems.

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