Consultant Paediatrician with Interest in Diabetes and Endocrinology

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Romford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in Diabetes and Endocrinology. This role is pivotal in managing a busy paediatric diabetes service, providing comprehensive care and support to children and their families. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality service delivery, engage in innovative practices, and contribute to the ongoing development of diabetes care. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of young patients and thrive in a dynamic environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Pension scheme

Employee assistance program

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration and specialist training in General Paediatrics required.
• Experience in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide transition care for children and adolescents with diabetes.
• Assist with education and support for families in clinic and outside.

Skills

Paediatric Endocrinology

Diabetes Management

Patient Education

Team Collaboration

Education

Full registration with the GMC

Entry on the Specialist Register

Training in Paediatric Endocrinology

Job description

Job summary
The Paediatric diabetes service at BHRUT NHS Trust is one of the busiest in London and the Southeast treating over 400 children. We are part of the Northeast Thames Diabetes network.

Applications are invited for the post of a Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in Diabetes and Endocrinology. We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated colleague to join our established team of paediatricians.

The successful applicant will be responsible for jointly running the diabetes and endocrine service at BHRUT with the three existing consultants, paediatric diabetes speciality doctor, paediatric diabetes specialist nurses, dietitians and the other members of the paediatric diabetes team. In addition to the diabetes and endocrine commitments, the successful candidate will also work as an acute general paediatric consultant

We will be looking for someone with diabetes experience and ideally SPIN (not essential, can be supported in post) and endocrine experience to join our team.

Main duties of the job

Weekly MDT Clinics run at Queens Hospital, and we use web platforms to upload blood glucose data and point of care HbA1C testing in clinic. The team uses the Twinkle database for collecting data on service delivery and outcome.

Other features of the paediatric diabetes service include:

• Weekly pump clinics and 2 weekly pump starts
• Monthly transition clinic with adult diabetes team
• Monthly MDT meetings
• Carb counting workshops
• Quarterly newsletter for families/team members
• Social events during school holidays for families and team (e.g. walk, sports events, picnics)
• We have completed the Diabetes Quality Programme commissioned by RCPCH.
• We are part of NEL CYP Diabetes network
• We were successful with our bid from NHSE to become a pilot site for improving diabetes technology uptake for CYP from deprived communities.
• Actively involved in National Paediatric Diabetes Audit

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH) and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A& E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.

These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.

The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will take an important role in providing transition care for CYP and for those with Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. She/he will be responsible with his/her colleagues for seeing the patients newly diagnosed with diabetes and helping the children/adolescents and their families with education and support both in clinic and outside clinic. The successful applicant will also assist with her/his colleagues in providing any necessary advice to the children's wards when children/adolescents already known to have diabetes are admitted for diabetes related or other non-diabetes related reasons.

For more information, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Azeez , Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4440.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Full registration with the GMC
• Entry on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining a UKCCT/CESR-CP for General Paediatrics
• Minimum 6 months of training in Paediatric Endocrinology in a tertiary centre

Desirable

• Paediatric diabetes SPIN module
• Attendance at an appropriate management course
• Higher qualification, e.g. MD, Medical Education

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