Consultant Hepatologist

Overview

In this role you will contribute to the HBV care pathway by providing expert assessment of Pancreatobiliobiliary diseases and delivering specialized endoscopic interventions. You will work within the Royal Free Liver Unit, collaborating with MDT colleagues to support a tertiary HPB service and participate in on-call duties as appropriate. You will help advance PB medicine through clinics and multidisciplinary meetings, shaping patient care at a high specialty level. This position offers opportunity to engage in sub-specialist interests and undertake impactful endoscopy work.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible hours
• generous benefits
• training opportunities
• career development
• supportive endoscopy nursing and management teams
• opportunities for sub-specialist interests

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage patients with Pancreatobiliary diseases
• Perform advanced endoscopic procedures including ERCP and EUS
• Collaborate with MDTs and referral networks
• Contribute to on-call rota for hepatology and upper GI bleeding (1:12)
• Support PB endoscopy service and join multidisciplinary clinics and meetings

Key requirements

• GMC specialist register in Gastroenterology and General Internal Medicine with subspecialist accreditation in Hepatology
• MBBS or equivalent (as above) and GMC registration within 6 months of appointment
• Independent in diagnostic and therapeutic Upper GI endoscopy, ERCP, and diagnostic EUS; experience in cholangioscopy
• Research engagement with peer-reviewed publications
• Strong teaching, leadership, communication, and collaboration skills
• Ability to supervise trainees and lead a multidisciplinary team

• Teaching and training aptitude
• Strong communication (oral and written)
• Collaborative and relationship-building
• Upper GI endoscopy
• Therapeutic ERCP
• Diagnostic EUS

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