Locum Consultant Rheumatologist

NHS; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Gillingham is seeking a Locum Consultant Rheumatologist to deliver high-quality care in outpatient and inpatient settings. The successful candidate must demonstrate extensive rheumatology experience, hold a Full GMC Registration, and have the ability to perform musculoskeletal ultrasound. This role offers a chance to contribute to service development and work in a flexible environment that promotes professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Gym and health programmes

On-site nursery

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Management of patients within the UK at a senior level.
• At least 7 years post-registration experience.
• Experience in service redesign desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide rheumatology outpatient and in-patient service.
• Help develop the rheumatology service.
• Maintain continuous professional development.

Skills

Extensive Rheumatology experience

Ability to undertake musculoskeletal ultrasound

Knowledge of health service management

Education

Full GMC Registration

MRCP (UK) or equivalent

ELTS (Academic) level 7.5

Job description

Job Title: Locum Consultant Rheumatologist

Division: Medicine and Emergency Care

Interview Date: TBC

We are recruiting for an Locum Consultant Rheumatologistwho shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To provide a consultant rheumatology outpatient and in-patient service to patients at hospitals covered by MFT at the Fleet site.

• To help develop the rheumatology service at MFT.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues.
• To maintain continuous professional development and engage in revalidation activities.
• To adhere and contribute to The Trusts' vision and values.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

The NHS are striving towards "we work flexibly" as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Job responsibilities

The following provides scheduling details of the clinical activity and clinically related activity components of the job plan which occur at regular times in the week. Agreement should be reached between the appointee and their Clinical Director with regard to the scheduling of all other activities, including the Supporting Professional Activities.

This timetable will be subject to change depending on the needs of the rheumatology service and in line with job planning cycles. Whilst the role will be based at Medway FT, the post holder will be expected to undertake activities at other hospitals/ community clinics to enable delivery of service by the Medway rheumatology department.

This is a pure rheumatology post with no GIM commitments. There is no out of hours cover involved but post holder will participate with existing medical staff in delivering in reach(speciality ) ward reviews.

AM

PM

MONDAY

Revalidation activities

SPA = 0.5

Admin DCC = 0.5

Admin / ward referrals

DCC = 1

TUESDAY

DCC = 1

DCC = 1

WEDNESDAY

DCC = 1

Admin DCC- 0.5

Audit/CPD/Teaching

SPA = 0.5

THURSDAY

DCC = 1

Admin / ward referrals

DCC = 1

FRIDAY

DCC = 1

Audit/CPD/Teaching

SPA = 1

DCC = Direct Clinical Care SA = Supporting activities

A typical clinic template will include 3 new and 8 follow up patients. Administration sessions are allocated for general administration relating to the consultants case load and the running of the clinical department. The Consultant has a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of the department. The appointee will be expected to contribute to the overall management of the service.

The Trust operates an annual consultant appraisal scheme. Each individual consultant has a designated appraiser who performs their appraisal. A copy of the Trusts Consultant Appraisal Policy is available upon request.

The new consultant will be offered the opportunity for mentoring.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration
• Extensive Rheumatology experience
• managing patients within UK at a senior level MRCP (UK) or equivalent
• ELTS (Academic) level 7.5, or graduate of a Medical School in UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, USA or Canada

Knowledge

• Appropriate experience and clinical expertise
• Knowledge of health service management

Experience

• Ability to undertake musculoskeletal ultrasound in general and vascular ultrasound for vasculitis
• At least 7 years post registration essential. Clinical and/or laboratory based research experience desirable.
• Experience in involvement in service redesign would be desirable.

Value Based Question

• How would you ensure you represent MFT in a positive way?

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.