Mike Edmonds Diabetic Foot Clinical Fellowship

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated medical professional to join their Diabetes Service team. This role involves managing outpatient activities and providing vital inpatient care for diabetes patients. The department emphasizes intensive management of type 1 diabetes and offers a supportive environment for research and quality improvement initiatives. Candidates will benefit from a collaborative atmosphere, focusing on patient education and specialized clinics. If you are passionate about improving diabetic care and have the required qualifications, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Significant hospital service in the ST1-2 grade or higher.
• Full registration with the General Medical Council.

Responsibilities

• Manage outpatient activity and provide referral service for inpatient care.
• Conduct intensive management clinics for type 1 diabetes.

Skills

Organisation skills

Communication skills

Team working skills

Education

Medical Degree

MRCP (PACES) or equivalent

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In common with all Hospital Diabetes Service, the majority of its work is outpatient activity, although the team also has access to beds for management of diabetic complications, particularly acute diabetic foot management, provides a referral service for inpatient care of patients with diabetes admitted under other specialties. In addition to new patient, follow-up, nurse screening and annual review clinics, the Department also provides joint diabetes antenatal service, joint diabetes complication clinics for nephropathy, neuropathy and retinopathy, paediatric and adolescent diabetic clinics, patient education programmes including DAFNE and a walk-in service.

The department has a particular interest in intensive management of type 1 diabetes, and holds specialist intensive management clinics weekly with a particular emphasis on problematic hypoglycaemia. Intensive management is based around the DAFNE programme (Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating) which provides structured education for patients in the form of a one week intensive course which is run at King's once or twice a month. The department also provides a tertiary referral service for insulin pump therapy and currently manages over 200 insulin pump users.

The King's Diabetic Foot Clinic provides a comprehensive service for the management of the diabetic foot and has a very large caseload of complex patients with neuropathic and ischaemic ulceration and Charcot arthropathy.

The department has an active research programme based around the special interests of the consultants, including hypoglycaemia, brain metabolism in diabetes, diabetic foot management cardiovascular disease in diabetes. There is also a rolling audit programme including management of diabetic emergencies and diabetic pregnancy in which SpRs are encouraged to participate.

Person specification

Qualifications and training

Essential criteria

• Medical Degree
• Significant full time (or equivalent part time) hospital service in the ST1-2 grade or higher

Desirable criteria

• Prior experience in diabetes
• MRCP (PACES) or equivalent

Audit

Desirable criteria

• Experience of audit or quality improvement

Academic achievements

Desirable criteria

• Distinctions or prizes during undergraduate training
• Research and publications

Interpersonal skills

Essential criteria

• Organisation skills
• Communication skills
• Team working skills

Other requirements

Essential criteria

• Full registration (or eligible for full registration) with the General Medical Council

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• Mike Edmonds Diabetic Foot Clinical Fellowship (PDF, 320.4KB)
• Denmark Hill Site Map (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Candidate Brochure DH (PDF, 225.6KB)