Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist

Job description

The aim of this post is to help support and develop the gastroenterology service at Grantham District General Hospital. During the past few years, the gastroenterology service at Grantham has significantly modernised and expanded. To meet the growing work-load, a third full time gastroenterologist is sought to support the current team.. The post holder will be expected to work a 1:7 on call which will cover acute medicine reviewing medical patients that come in via our A&E department and those that are admitted on our Emergency Assessment Unit.

Candidates are invited to visit the Hospital by making direct arrangements with the below.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Dr Tariq Mahmood Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist on 07956984625 or Dr Joseph Tharakan, Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist, telephone 01476 464442 or Suzanne Sheppard Business Manager telephone 01522 307503

Company Description

The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest trusts in the country. Through four main hospitals and four additional hospitals where we provide some services, we provide a comprehensive range of hospital-based medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric and gynaecological services to the 700,000 people of Lincolnshire.

We provide a wide range of healthcare services delivered by 7,800 highly trained staff and volunteers. Our services cost more than £400m each year to provide and we invest around £18 million each year in improving our clinical services by replacing and upgrading our medical equipment, modernising our estate and facilities and improving our information and technology infrastructure. In an average year, we treat more than 180,000 accident and emergency patients, nearly half a million outpatients and almost 100,000 inpatients.