FY2 in Hepatology (Liver)

The F2 doctor is responsible with other staff for the ward care of patients and the maintenance of the patient’s medical record. They will have opportunity to attend a variety of specialist outpatient’s clinics with the consultants when the ward work allows. They are expected to attend the departmental meetings; including Radiology, inpatient ESC and cirrhosis MDTs, Histology, Research presentations, and the weekly Grand Round. In addition, they will be expected to attend the structured teaching programmes provided.The F2 doctor will be responsible for such other specific clinical duties as allocated by consultants, including performing other duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.The Post Involves Working As Part Of a Team On St Marys Hospital Site With Exposure To And Opportunities To Learn From Ward based care of Hepatology and General Medical inpatients on the Acute Medical wards and Douglas ward. Working as part of the admitting team on the acute unselected medical take clerking patients with a wide variety of acute medical problems. The opportunity to learn practical procedures including ascitic tap, abdominal paracentesis, lumbar puncture, joint aspiration and central venous catheter insertion. Assessing patients admitted acutely under the acute medical take and Hepatology teams and under supervision, being responsible for the quality and continuity of clinical care of these patients in and out of hours. The opportunity to attend Specialist Hepatology clinics including Pre-Transplant, General Hepatology, Cirrhosis, NAFLD, HCC, Viral Hepatitis, Family liver clinic, Autoimmune, Enhanced Supportive Care and Alcohol related liver disease clinics. The opportunity to attend endoscopy lists.At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Heather Lewis Job title: Consultant Hepatologist Email address: heather.lewis4@nhs.net