Locum Consultant Hepatologist

The job plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out a consultants duties, responsibilities and objectives. It will cover all aspects of a consultants professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external. In addition, it will provide personal objectives, including details of links to wider service objectives, and details of the support required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objectives. The pattern of work may change in the future to meet local changing needs and annual review meetings will take place in line with the new Consultant Contract, job planning and appraisal arrangements. The appointee will participate in clinical audit. It is expected that the appointee will show a commitment to continuing medical education (CME). To provide care to both inpatients and out-patients to ensure that patients are provided with the highest possible standard of diagnosis, treatment and care in the most effective and timely way. The post holder will supervise, train and manage junior medical staff working at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital, to ensure high standards of clinical practice and efficient use of resources. The successful candidate will work according to the terms and conditions of the new consultant contract. All staff employed by the Trust are expected to comply with the Trusts Health and Safety policies. To maintain current knowledge of Hepatology/Gastroenterology and related areas appropriate to carrying out these duties, and to participate in a recognised programme of continuing medical education and professional development. To lead by example and set and maintain high professional standards. The post holder will actively conduct/ participate in audits related to both clinical and non-clinical aspects of the work and participate in hospital audit programmes. To participate in Clinical Audit Programmes and Clinical Governance. To assist in the management and support of junior medical staff and of technical staff according to Trust policies and in line with the requirements of the clinical service. To maintain effective communication and working relationships with medical, scientific, management, technical and nursing staff, as required for performing the responsibilities of this post. This includes electronic communication within the department, the Trust, and with national and international colleagues. Both inpatient and outpatient services are based at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital. There are currently just over 150 beds allocated for use by General Medicine and related specialties. There is a state-ofthe-art Cardiac Suite, to undertake coronary angiography and interventional cardiology on-site. In addition, there is a Coronary Care Unit with 5 high dependency and 8 additional cardiac monitoring beds. There is a 7 bedded Intensive Care Unit and 11 bedded High Dependency Unit, including 4 - 6 respiratory HDU beds. There is a satellite renal dialysis unit at the Hospital. The base for this service is the sub-regional unit at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage. This development has facilitated renal out-patient services at Luton. In addition to, there are well-established services in Elderly Medicine, Cardiology, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Neurology, Neurophysiology, Rheumatology, Dermatology and Sexual Health.