Locum Consultant in Gastroenterology special interest in Nutrition


Company:	London North West Healthcare NHS Trust
Salary:	£113,565 - £150,569 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Harrow, HA1 3UJ
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	24 Jul 2026
Closing date:	23 Aug 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.

The Department of Gastroenterology is seeking a full-time (10 PA) Locum Consultant Gastroenterologist with a special interest in Nutrition for a one year fixed-term contract, who will help us to meet the challenges of our expanding clinical, academic and training portfolio and to keep the service in the forefront of clinical and academic excellence

Main duties of the job require :

Participating in out-patient and in-patient gastroenterology/Nutrition and

endoscopy service activity.

To play a significant role in the continuous improvement of the service and offer

excellent care to the growing number of parenteral nutrition patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful appointee will be responsible for:

1. Part of the team responsible for the delivery of acute luminal gastroenterology

services together with 1 registrar, 1 CMT and 2 FY doctors.

2. Outpatient services for patients with gastroenterological/Nutrition disorders,

based on clinic template in line with the Royal College guidelines (4 new and 8

follow-ups)

3. Separate independent rota of inpatient services for Nutrition patients based at

Northwick Park Hospital (mix of Type 1-3 Intestinal Failure patients and set up of

Home Parenteral Nutrition) as part of a team of three consultants, supported by a

full Nutrition Support Team (advisory team, without dedicated inpatients) working

in tandem with the Intestinal Rehabilitation Unit at Central Middlesex Hospital.

4. Inpatient management of some allocated general medical patients while on the

luminal gastroenterology ward

5. Participate in the delivery of the endoscopy service

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK

• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease

• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice

• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

The successful appointee will be responsible for:

1. Part of the team responsible for the delivery of acute gastroenterology services together with 1 registrar, 1 CMT and 2 FY doctors.

2. Outpatient services for patients with gastroenterological disorders, based on clinic template in line with the Royal College guidelines (4 new and 8 follow-ups)

3. Inpatient services for patients with gastroenterological disorders, with special requirement to cover for inpatient nutrition for other services

4. Inpatient management of some allocated general medical patients if on the gastroenterology ward

5. Participate in the delivery of the endoscopy service

This advert closes on Sunday 23 Aug 2026

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