Consultant - Diabetes and Endocrinology

Job Overview

This post is for a Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist. This post holder will have combined Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Medical responsibilities. The job is a full-time post comprising of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) plus on call although those wishing to work less than full time hours will be considered.

The post holder will demonstrate a firm commitment to clinical governance, clinical audit and risk management by the development of systems to ensure the highest standards of patient care are achieved and maintained.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have responsibility for inpatients within the medical directorate on one month in 3 rotational basis. They would have outpatient clinics on and off site. will undertake a share of administrative duties associated with the care of their patients, the running of the Endocrinology department and the Directorate.

There will be a minimum of 1.5 SPA. There is a generous study budget for consultants and a post-graduate centre to support Study Leave. There is a helpful on-site Library with on-line journal/article finding support.

The post holder will be part of the general medical on call rota which is currently 1:8 weekends and 1:24 weekdays.

The Endocrine department provides a number of specialist clinics including diabetic foot, antenatal, transition, technology and cystic fibrosis. We also have local Pump MDT, Parathyroid and Complex Thyroid MDT and Adrenal MDT and are part of Kings College Hospital, London Pituitary MDT network.

The Team is supported by a dedicated Service Manager, Deputy Operations Manager and overall, by the Chief of Medicine Dr Chris Orchard, and Associate Director for Medicine Suzanne Jordan.

For an informal discussion of the post please contact Dr Frances Coyle (Lead Endocrinologist email f.coyle @nhs.net tel number 0300 6134009).

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

The development of a specialist interest would be encouraged particularly with a view to developing the Antenatal and Technology service but are open to negotiation

The post holder will have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper functioning of the department with inpatient and outpatient commitments. They will undertake a share of the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients. The post holder will play an important part in developing the service. They will also be expected to play an active role in management – there are many opportunities, from steering committees to research and development. The post holder will be expected to take part in Departmental Governance and contribute to Audit.

Outpatient clinics will be provided within Frimley Park Hospital and related peripheral clinics in Aldershot, Farnham, Fleet and Heatherwood.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MRCP (UK)
• CCT in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine (or within 6 months of achieving at the time of application)
  
  

Desirable criteria

• MD/PhD
• Other post-graduate degree
  
  

Specific competencies for role

Essential criteria

• Able to evaluate own clinical practice
• Able to demonstrate innovative thinking
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Ability to organise and develop service provision
• Computer literate – confident in using MS Office, Email and Internet
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Leadership of professional bodies or committees
• Evidence of written communication in publications
  
  

Professional / specialist experience

Essential criteria

• Delivery of outpatient diabetes and endocrinology care
• Participation in unselected medical take and delivery of care to acute medical inpatients
• Ability to make decisions at the level of a consultant and to lead a team of trainees
• Experience of teaching medical students and trainees
  
  

Desirable criteria

• At least 1-year of training in a specialist unit
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

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