Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology

Northumbria Group.; North Tyneside; Remote; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Generous annual leave & pension

Lease car

Home electronics scheme

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting Consultant Physicians in Diabetes & Endocrinology and General Medicine. The posts will be based at North Tyneside General Hospital or Wansbeck General Hospital, with trust-wide responsibilities and clinics at other sites.

There is potential to include General Medicine on-call in the job plan. We welcome applicants with post-CCT experience or those newly qualified, and opportunities to develop leadership, technology-enabled services,

Qualifications

• MRCP or equivalent required.
• Fully registered on the UK GMC Specialist Register for Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine.
• Specialist Registrars may apply if within 6 months of CCT at date of interview.
• Full accreditation with the appropriate Royal College.
• Full GMC Registration.

Responsibilities

• Provide diabetes, endocrinology and general medical services to the Northumbria population.
• Develop sub-specialist interests to complement the department.
• Provide continuing clinical responsibility and supervise staff.
• Provide educational and clinical supervision to trainees.
• Participate in clinical audit activities and meetings.

Skills

Diabetes & Endocrinology

Leadership

Education & Research

Education

MRCP or equivalent

GMC Specialist Register for Diabetes, Endocrinology & GEMI

Royal College accreditation

Full GMC Registration

Job description

Main area Diabetes and Endocrinology Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

10 sessions per week Job ref 319-8367933RW

Site North Tyneside General Hospital Town North Tyneside Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 10/11/2026 23:59

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!

What the Northumbria Way means for you:

• Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
• Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
• A range of flexible working opportunities
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
• Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
• Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank

We work closely with Kids First Nurseries that are based within our trust grounds at Wansbeck, North Tyneside and Hexham hospitals to care for our Trust family's children, they offer care for children from 6 weeks old up to 4 years. There are a number of funding options run by the government to help working parents, including Early Years Funding and Tax Free Childcare.

Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how we work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all we do. It’s open to everyone, and we aim to find solutions that work for both you and the organisation. All arrangements must be reasonable and balanced to maintain safe and effective patient care.

We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.

We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.

Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Job overview

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to expand it’s services for Diabetes and Endocrinology as we develop and strengthen our 10 year strategy for the future.

We are looking to recruit full-time Consultant Physicians, both newly qualified and with post CCT experience in Diabetes & Endocrinology and General Medicine.

We would love to see applications from existing and new consultants with interests in ante-natal care, young person’s care, footcare and endocrinology. We would also welcome applicants who have an interest in developing their leadership skills, services associated with technology, education and research.

The successful applicants will also be expected to strengthen locality-based service delivery of Diabetes & Endocrinology services building our out of hospital model of care.

This post will be based at either North Tyneside General Hospital or Wansbeck General Hospital (this is yet to be determined) but will be trustwide with clinics on other trust sites.

There is the potential option to include some General Medicine on-call within the job plan which would be based out of the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate (s) will be jointly responsible for the provision of diabetes, endocrinology and general medical services to the population of Northumbria and will be encouraged to develop a sub-specialist interest to complement the other members of the department

The appointee(s) will provide continuing clinical responsibility for patients under his/her care and assume responsibility for and facilitate contact from members of staff with delegated duties for patient care.

The appointee would also continue to provide educational and clinical supervision to trainees in specialty and general medicine.

The post holder will be required to participate in clinical audit activities including clinical audit meetings.

A typical week would consist of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs), including an allocation of 1.5 SPAs for Supported Professional Activities. Additional SPAs will be available dependant upon service need. A proposed job plan has been outlined in the job description and will be agreed on commencement of appointment.

The post holder will be expected to participate in the provision of cover on a shared basis with colleagues for periods of annual, sickness and study leave, except for prolonged absence where locum cover may be necessary.

The post holder will also contribute to the acute general medicine rota in the out of hours periods at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital (currently 1 in 7 weekends).

Working for our organisation

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate (s) will be jointly responsible for the provision of diabetes, endocrinology and general medical services to the population of Northumbria. The post holder will be encouraged to develop a sub-specialist interest to complement the other members of the department and will work with managers and professional colleagues in ensuring maximum efficiency of the service. Any sub-specialist interest can be considered.

The appointee(s) will provide continuing clinical responsibility for patients under his/her care and assume responsibility for and facilitate contact from members of staff with delegated duties for personally accountable patient care. Lead and manage the team through adaptable, visible and collective leadership to ensure a committed approach is achieved. Standards will need to be driven by improvements with clear and explicit direction, encouraging constructive feedback and challenge from those involved.

The appointee would also continue to provide educational and clinical supervision to trainees in specialty and general medicine.

The Trust is committed to providing patient care of the highest quality. Accordingly, the job plan (see appendix 1) is constructed to allow practical sessional commitment for quality improvement activities, medical audit, clinical governance and continuing medical education. The post holder will be required to participate in clinical audit activities (personal, departmental and inter‑departmental) including clinical audit meetings.

The post will be flexibly time‑tabled to meet the demands of the service and the timing and location of sessions may change as the service develops.

A typical week would consist of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs), including an allocation of 1.5 SPAs for Supported Professional Activities. Additional SPAs will be available dependant upon service need. A proposed job plan has been outlined in the job description and will be agreed on commencement of appointment.

You would be expected to manage your personal workload in such a way to ensure where possible service contract levels are achieved in addition to participating in the provision of cover on a shared basis with colleagues for periods of annual, sickness and study leave, except for prolonged absence where locum cover may be necessary.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• MRCP or equivalent
• Fully registered on the UK General Medical Council's Specialist Register for Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine. Specialist Registrars may apply if within 6 months of CCT at date of interview.
• Full accreditation with the appropriate Royal College.
• Full GMC Registration.

Experience & Knowledge

• Clinical training and experience in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine, equivalent to that required to gain entry to the UK Certificate of Completed Training (CCT).
• Experience of, and commitment to, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff.
• Experience of, and commitment to, medical audit and quality improvement.
• Demonstrable evidence of lifelong learning.
• Experience of administration and management
• Teaching of non medical health professionals.
• Educational Qualification

Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and those who have been looked after by the care system as a child or young person (for example, in foster care, children's homes, kinship or local authority care) who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.

Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre‑employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.

Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!

Certificate of Sponsorship

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Kirandeep Kullar Job title Operational Services Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0191 607 3055