Rheumatology Consultant

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust; Bolton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Greater Manchester is looking for a Rheumatology Consultant to join a supportive multi-disciplinary team. The role involves delivering outpatient clinics, providing specialist advice, and supporting junior medical staff. Candidates with full GMC registration and significant Rheumatology experience are encouraged to apply. This position offers a part-time option and emphasizes a collaborative and inclusive working environment.

Qualifications

• Must have experience of working in a multi-disciplinary Rheumatology Team.
• Practical experience in Rheumatology required.
• Effective communication with patients, relatives, and colleagues is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support multi-disciplinary Rheumatology outpatient base and deliver clinics.
• Provide specialist advice regarding in-patient care and disease management.
• Clinical supervision of junior doctors and MDT.

Skills

Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary Rheumatology Team

Experience of Rheumatology, including practical procedures

Ability to communicate & liaise effectively with patients and relatives

Experience of supervision of junior medical and other staff

Interest, experience & commitment to teaching

Education

Full GMC Registration, MRCP or equivalent

Inclusion on the Specialist Register or eligible for entry within 6 months of interview date

MRCP (UK) - Rheumatology, MD, PhD or MSc

Job description

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust are looking for a Rheumatology Consultant, based on a 10 PA Job Plan

This is an exciting opportunity to join and be an integral member of a friendly and supportive multi-disciplinary specialist team(s) working alongside other consultants, nurses, pharmacists and therapists to provide safe, effective and efficient care for patients.

Part time applicants will be considered for these positions

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

You will support the multi-disciplinary Rheumatology outpatient base at Bolton One Health centre and deliver 4 outpatient clinics each week which will be a mix of new and follow up activity. In addition to your own clinical administration, formal clinical supervision of junior doctors and MDT is expected. You will also provide specialist advice to other medical staff in respect of any in-patient care, GPs, A&E attendance, intermediate care or longer term disease management. Developing a special interest complementing the existing special interests in the department, this will be negotiable. There is no out of hours on call commitment for Rheumatology with this post.

About us

Working for your organisation

Bolton is a thriving and progressively minded town, based just off the M61, twenty minutes from the centre of Manchester and with excellent transport links to the rest of the North West, and further afield e.g. Lake District and Yorkshire Dales.

We are a forward thinking Foundation Trust andare very proud of the way our teams have risen and continue to rise to the challenge of a global pandemic.

We have a truly unique family feel across the Trust and this was reflected in the last national Staff Survey results which showed that our staff feel that Bolton NHS FT is the best place to work in Greater Manchester; we are so proud that they feel this way.

Royal Bolton Hospital has a catchment population of approximately 300,000 people. Operationally we are rated overall 'Good' by the CQC.

Job responsibilities

Further details of the post are available within the attached job description and person specification.

The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment. We aim to be consciously inclusive and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed. We would particularly encourage candidates from a black and minority ethnic (BAME) background and candidates with health conditions or impairments.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• oFull GMC Registration, MRCP or equivalent
• oInclusion on the Specialist Register or eligible for entry within 6 months of interview date
• oMRCP (UK) -Rheumatology, MD, PhD or MSc

EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

• oExperience of working in a multi-disciplinary Rheumatology Team
• oExperience of Rheumatology, including practical procedures.
• oExperience of supervision of junior medical and other staff
• oInterest, experience & commitment to teaching
• oAbility to communicate & liaise effectively with patients and relatives
• oAbility to communicate effectively with colleagues
• oExperience & thorough understanding of Clinical Governance
• oUnderstanding of the 18-week referral to treatment journey.
• oExperience of participation in undergraduate training
• Experience of teaching medical & non-medical staff

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.