Locum Consultant in Gastroenterology | Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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We are looking for a Consultant Gastroenterologist for a period of 12 months.

The appointee will join the well-established Gastroenterology Department on the Bedford Hospital site to share with colleagues in the department the management of adult patients with gastrointestinal (GI) diseases referred to the Trust. 

To work with colleagues in providing a 1:6 GI bleed on call commitment on the Bedford Site with the frequency decreasing based on our recruitment. 

The main duties and responsibilities of the post include:-

• To undertake high quality diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopy.

• To participate in the provision of a high quality out-patient service, including patient administration.

• To manage Gastroenterology in-patients

• To have a specialty interest and to develop service as require

• The post-holder will attend and actively participate in the weekly multidisciplinary meetings and weekly governance meetings

• Active participation in the management and development of the specialty and the introduction of new services

• Contribute to the educational programme, including departmental meetings and teaching.

• Act as the joint clinical supervisor for Specialist Trainees in Gastroenterology

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton.  Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job

It is an exciting time to be joining Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust which resulted from the merger of Luton and Dunstable University Hospital and Bedford Hospital NHS Trusts in April 2020. Both hospitals have retained their identity with individual hospital names and key services remaining on both sites and be managed as single teams across the whole Bedfordshire catchment area. 

Bedford:

We have completed one of our major redevelopment projects at Bedford hospital, to expand our Outpatients facilities within Cauldwell Centre. The expansion included an additional 34 rooms, which increased the overall number of Outpatients rooms from 19 to 53.

Within the Emergency Department work has been carried out to deliver nine additional beds, two extra paediatric cubicles, a two-story extension, two larger adult waiting areas and new reception. The previous space was converted to provide an isolation room, treatment rooms, mental health room and dedicated secure paediatric ED.

In addition, a brand new state of the art CT scanner has been installed within the Emergency Department to allow for rapid diagnostics and improvement to patient experience and care. 

To allow the Trust to further develop and improve the Bedford site, we have also upgraded our electrical infrastructure to provide additional capacity and resilience across the site. 

This advert closes on Friday 13 Nov 2026