Here is a clean, comprehensive Job Description (JD) for a Consultant Gastroenterologist, structured specifically for medical recruitment.
Gastroenterology & Hepatology / Digestive Diseases
The Consultant Gastroenterologist will specialize in the prevention, diagnosis, and medical management of disorders affecting the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, liver, pancreas, and biliary tree. The role demands advanced expertise in cognitive clinical diagnosis as well as superior technical precision in performing both diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic interventions.
Clinical Outpatient & Inpatient Care:
Provide expert consultations in the OPD for a wide spectrum of GI disorders, including Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), peptic ulcers, chronic diarrhea, and malabsorption syndromes.
Manage the inpatient ward and oversee complex cases, including hepatic encephalopathy, acute severe pancreatitis, and severe flares of ulcerative colitis.
Advanced Endoscopic Interventions:
Perform routine diagnostic and therapeutic Upper GI Endoscopies and Colonoscopies (e.g., variceal banding, sclerotherapy, polypectomy, stricture dilation, and placement of feeding tubes like PEG).
If trained/applicable: Perform advanced therapeutic procedures such as ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography) for biliary strictures/stones, and EUS (Endoscopic Ultrasound).
Hepatology & Pancreatobiliary Management: Diagnose and medically manage acute and chronic liver diseases, including Hepatitis B & C, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD/NASH), cirrhosis, liver failure, and pancreaticobiliary tumors.
Emergency GI On-Call Cover: Lead emergency protocols for acute life-threatening situations, particularly acute upper and lower GI bleeds, foreign body removals, and acute cholangitis.
Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Coordinate treatment frameworks alongside Surgical Gastroenterologists (GI Surgeons), Oncologists (for GI malignancies), Interventional Radiologists, and Clinical Nutritionists.
