Locum Consultant Rheumatologist

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

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Gillingham is seeking a Locum Consultant Rheumatologist to provide outpatient and in-patient services. The ideal candidate will have extensive Rheumatology experience and will play a key role in developing the rheumatology service at the Trust. This position offers a supportive environment for continuous professional development and collaboration with colleagues.

Benefits

Gym

Health and wellbeing programme

On-site nursery

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Extensive Rheumatology experience required.
• At least 7 years post registration essential.
• Clinical and/or laboratory-based research experience desirable.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Managing patients within UK at a senior level

Musculoskeletal ultrasound

Clinical expertise

Service redesign involvement

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

We are recruiting for a Locum Consultant Rheumatologist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and 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

Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is essential that you understand and 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 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 Trust's vision and values.

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.

We offer many flexible working opportunities, and we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you.

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

Job responsibilities

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 the post holder will participate with existing medical staff in delivering in-reach (specialty) ward reviews.

A typical clinic template will include 3 new and 8 follow-up patients. Administration sessions are allocated for general administration relating to the consultant's case load and the running of the clinical department.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.