Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Consultant in Diabetes

Company
Location
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/14/2025
Description
OCDEM provides facilities and platforms for integrated clinical care (outpatient, inpatient, podiatry, dietetics, programmed investigation unit), research and teaching. Notably, the building houses the diabetes component of the NIHR funded Biomedical Research Centre (including a 12-bedded CRU), a National Commissioning Group-funded islet isolation unit (including research isolations, providing ready access to human islets on-site), as well as high quality laboratory space and associated research infrastructure.

Junior medical support and training. The joint NHS Diabetes and Endocrinology service participate in the Oxford Training Rotation, which consists of 14 specialist training posts shared between 7 hospitals (The Churchill and John Radcliffe Hospitals, Oxford, the Horton Hospital, Banbury, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, Milton Keynes General Hospital, The Royal Berks Hospital, Reading and Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals. At any one time, OCDEM has 6 registrars who each spend between 18 and 24 months of the rotation based in the department. Trainees on the rotation may take time out to complete a research degree, normally at OCDEM. Cover for the Diabetic Foot Clinic and the Bagot & Drake Metabolic Unit is provided by one medical ST1 trainee.

The post-holder’s duties will be primarily at the Churchill Hospital but does include peripheral clinics, such as one at Witney Community Hospital; however it is a condition of the appointment that the post holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations and peripheral clinics.

Clinical

The post-holder’s duties are envisaged as being primarily in diabetes. It is a condition of the appointment that the post-holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations or peripheral clinics.

Diabetes

This post will involve diabetes clinics and the diabetes email advice line, including a specialist diabetic foot clinic.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles

Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.

If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Garry Tan Job title: Consultant Email address: [email protected]
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