Specialty Doctor - Endoscopy • Torquay Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Thank you for your interest in the position of Specialty Doctor - Endoscopy
in Torquay
with Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.
Interview Progress What to expect
Continue below
You've already answered some of these questions.
We've
marked the ones that you've done with a check
You can continue the interview below.
First, we'll enable your camera & microphone and then ask you to record a short introduction about yourself, about 30 seconds long, to make sure your camera is working ok.
{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nSpecialty Doctor - Endoscopy with Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust in Torquay, England, United Kingdom\n\nThe Endoscopy Specialty Doctor will support the Endoscopy department by providing independent Endoscopy, with Upper and Lower procedures. They will perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures depending on their skill set and competences. The successful candidate will be expected to work as part of the existing Gastroenterology team. To help maintain endoscopy targets a degree of flexible working is essential to help meet peaks and troughs in endoscopy. Candidates should be independent in OGD and colonoscopy and will function as independent clinician working within a supporting team. They will be expected to make detailed endoscopic assessments and match that with detailed reports personalised to the individual patient. The report should contain recommendations for further tests, further treatments, further reviews in clinic or returning care to primary care as indicated. Endoscopy related admin and further communications with patients outside of the endoscopy session is not a component of this role. Endoscopy is an evolving specialist area and the Speciality Doctor is expected to embrace changes in technologies and practices as indicated. Training is also an important element of our practice at Torbay and our new colleague would be encouraged to engage with the delivery of courses and in-house training. The Endoscopy Specialty Doctor will support the Endoscopy department by providing independent Endoscopy, with Upper and Lower procedures. They will perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures depending on their skill set and competences. Work closely with consultant staff in related specialities e.g. upper and lower GI surgery. Contribute to audit within the speciality and research if they are interested. Contribute to the training of trainee staff and medical students. Actively contribute to clinical governance within our organisation. Undergo an annual appraisal of their endoscopic skills and performance. This will review the totality of their endoscopic activities and ensure that quality is achieved whilst also looking for supportive processes to maintain and develop skills. The successful candidate will join a dynamic and innovative team of nine medical Gastroenterologists who currently work as a single team, sharing responsibility for the management of both inpatients and outpatients. The department provides a detailed and comprehensive services to our local communities. Each consultant has their own sub-speciality interest. We have a four room endoscopy suite on the main site which, using HD HT290 Olympus equipment, provides a full range of procedures with x-ray screening facilities in the department. Our endoscopy department has a national reputation in the field of colonoscopy training. We recently opened our new £4.99m endoscopy suite which includes two new endoscopy rooms which have increased the capacity available for the new BCSP programme using FIT from the age of fifty. The new rooms mean we can see approximately 12,000 people a year for a wide range of procedures. We have a great commitment to attainment of high standards of practice and education. We are an established regional training centre, being one of two hubs in the South West Endoscopy Training Academy SWETA (the other being Cheltenham). This newly formed academy plans to develop and provide endoscopy training to junior and senior endoscopy trainees including non-medical endoscopists and nurses. Why Work With Us For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Richard Johnston Job title: Clinical Lead - Gastroenterology Email address: richardjohnston@nhs.net Telephone number: 01803 654979"}