Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; North Tyneside; Sur place; GBP 100 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to recruit full-time Consultant Physicians in Diabetes and Endocrinology and General Medicine as we develop and strengthen our 10 year strategy for the future.

Qualifications

• We are looking for full-time Consultant Physicians in Diabetes & Endocrinology and General Medicine.
• Applicants may have post-CCT experience or be newly qualified.

Responsabilités

• Provide diabetes, endocrinology and general medical services to the population served by the trust.
• Contribute to teaching, audit and service development.
• Support out-of-hospital models of care and lead local service improvements.

Description du poste

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.

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).

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!

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kirandeep Kullar Job title: Operational Services Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0191 607 3055