The Liver Unit at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is a busy tertiary hepatology facility with full integration of the academic department, basic science, and translational research and NHS clinical service. The Department provides hepatology outpatient services in St Mary’s, St Charles’, Hammersmith, Charing Cross and Queen Charlotte’s hospitals. In addition to General Hepatology Clinics, members of the Department provide specialist clinics in NASH, liver oncology, HBV, antenatal care, paediatric hepatitis, decompensated cirrhosis, pre- and post-liver transplant. Within the Department is a 4-bedded clinical day unit. There is a busy clinical trials team managing a wide-range of commercial and investigator-led studies. The department also manages inpatient hepatology beds on the St Marys site admitting a wide range of patients and established outreach to Charing Cross Hospital and Hammersmith. There is a fully integrated, basic science research group with co-located laboratory facilities and successful candidates will be encouraged to continue, initiate or collaborate in the scientific research of the Department, as well as teaching.
This is a Locum Consultant post between ICHNT and London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) to work in the departments of Hepatology, primarily based at St Mary’s (Imperial) and also the department of Hepatology at LNWH.
The post holder will contribute to the hepatology (and if applicable endoscopy services) at both Trusts. This is a result of changes in job plans of existing members of the department and to support growth in clinical activity. The post holder’s time will be divided between clinical work, inpatient and outpatients.
The post holder will work closely with other members of the team to ensure high quality acute and general medical and hepatology services within the strategic framework agreed by the team. They will work closely with the appropriate clinical management teams.
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Provide High Quality Care to Patients in Hepatology.
The post holder will participate in the teaching and training of undergraduates and junior medical staff. They will be encouraged to participate in ongoing research within the department.
The post holder will work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
- Medical Staff Management
- Governance/Audit
Strategy and Business Planning
Leadership and Team Working
The post holder will be expected to undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of individual patients, and to contribute to the proper functioning of the clinical department, including involvement in audit and clinical governance.
At ICHT the posts will be based mainly at the St Mary’s Hospital site but will include clinical commitments at the Charing Cross Hospital. At LNWH the posts will include inpatient, outpatient and endoscopy commitments at Northwick Park Hospital and Central Middlesex Hospital.