Consultant Endocrinologist

Job Overview

This is a full time (10 PA) substantive post, but this is negotiable.

We are seeking a Consultant Endocrinologist, to join our dynamic team. We currently have 4 full time consultants, and 2 less than full time (6.2 WTE). This is a replacement post.

In addition to our consultant team, we have 2 Specialist Registrars, 1 Internal Medical Trainee, 1 FY2 trainee, 4 FY1 trainees and a clinical fellow. We are supported by a team of both Diabetes and Endocrinology CNS's.

The department cover the full range of diabetes and endocrinology, including:

• Antenatal care
• Pump therapy and diabetes technology
• multi-disciplinary transition service for both diabetes and endocrinology
• multi-disciplinary foot service with one of the lowest amputation rates in the South West
• multi-disciplinary pituitary disease clinics
• multi-disciplinary endocrine surgery clinics
  
  

The department prides itself on being a centre of innovation and is committed to continuous improvement.

The team have won various awards are strives to offer some of the best diabetes and endocrine care in the UK.

The team is well established and believes in a collaborative approach to both diabetes and endocrine care, and has strong relationships with various teams in both acute and community sectors across the ICB and wider region.

The department is actively involved in several multi-site

diabetes trails and we are actively increasing the research activity of the department.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an individual who will be an excellent team player, passionate about improving care for diabetes and endocrine patients and willing to embrace / lead new practices. We aim to be one of the highest performing centres in the UK and would welcome an individual that shares our ambition.

This job is a replacement post and the previous incumbent was lead for inpatient diabetes within the department. We have an excellent inpatient diabetes nursing team and the successful candidate will have an opportunity to work closely to develop this service. They will be given the time, resources and support to carry out this service development.

We encourage anyone interested in this post to contact / visit the department prior to application.

We will also consider part time or split centre working to allow pursuance of other professional interests if applicable.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusiv

e environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

The holder of this post will be a Consultant with CCT in Diabetes and Endocrinology or within 6 months of achieving CCT.

The post will be based at the RUH and will include offsite working at community hospitals. The duties will include outpatient diabetes and endocrine clinics and foot clinics.

The successful candidate will also undertake Diabetes

clinics in the community both at a community hospital and within GP practices as part of an integrated service (often delivered virtually using MS Teams).

On average the clinics will involve seeing / speaking to 10-12 patients per clinic, though this will vary per clinic. Some clinics are done exclusively by telephone.

There will also be an opportunity to take on educational supervision of junior doctors if desired.

The inpatient General Internal Medicine (GIM) component will involve covering a 28 bed diabetes ward and occasional medical outliers (maximum 1-2 patients)/ Currently the ward commitment is a 1 week block every 6 weeks per consultant.

The post is 10 PAs (including GIM on call) but can be negotiable.

This post includes GIM on call duties. The GIM on call commitment is 1 in 24 paid at category B. Evening post take ward rounds take place between 5 & 8pm. The individual is then on call from home. This involves being available for telephone advice from 8 pm – 8am and occasionally being called in to review sick patients at the request of the medical registrar. There is a separate GI bleed, cardiology and elderly care take. At weekends (Saturday/Sunday) the on call physician is present in the hospital from 8am-8pm and is on call from home from 8pm-8am. These weekend shifts are currently 1 in 24 with time off in lieu but can be split if preferred.

At present there is no routine ward work commitment at weekends. There can be consideration given to time off in lieu for any additional work.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MBBS or Equivalent
• Specialist Accrediation or CSST or Equivalent in DM and Endocrinology and GIM
  
  

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

• UK CCT in diabetes and Endocrinology
• At least 3 years at Specialist Registrar / Senior Registrar grade with experience in majority of diabetes / endocrinology subspecialties
  
  

Teaching Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of support and supervision of foundation and IMT doctors
  
  

Management nd Administrative Experience

Essential criteria

• Ability to motivate and develop junior medical staff
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience in clinical leadership roles
• Experience in service development
  
  

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems within the specialty and for unselected emergency GIM admissions / inpatients
  
  

Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered unless an alternative right to work solution can be provided. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa e.g. those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if we receive a high number of applications. We strongly encourage you to complete and submit your application in good time to ensure it can be considered.

Documents to download

• Consultant_Endocrinologist (PDF, 536.3KB)
• Consultant_Endocrinologist_Sample_Job_Plan (PDF, 51.2KB)
• Join the RUH (PDF, 1.1MB)
  
  

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Dr Chloe Broughton Job title Co-Clinical Lead Email address chloebroughton@nhs.net Telephone number 01225 824530