The successful candidate will be joining an established medical team in the Medicine and Emergency Care Division which is currently going through a period of expansion and redesign.
The post holder will be expected to provide senior decision making support to the emergency medical pathway and to the on-going provision of safe personal and effective medical care to the acutely medically unwell patient and/or to patients attending Diabetes & Endocrinology clinics.
They will work alongside Diabetes & Endocrinology consultants who will be available at all times to provide support if needed but it is expected that the post holder will largely be able to manage their own patient workload.
The post holder will be expected to provide senior decision making support to the emergency medical pathway and to the on-going provision of safe personal and effective medical care to the acutely medically unwell patient and/or to patients attending Diabetes & Endocrinology clinics.
They will work alongside Diabetes & Endocrinology consultants who will be available at all times to provide support if needed but it is expected that the post holder will largely be able to manage their own patient workload.
The job title of the post is “Specialty Doctor in Diabetes & Endocrinology and Medicine specialties”. The post is paid on the Speciality Doctor scale and applicants wishing to work part time will be considered.
Job plans will be negotiated with post holders on an individual annualised basis. Dependent upon experience, training needs and departmental requirements there will be time allocated to CPD, training, service development, research or individual speciality interests where appropriate. Sub - specialty interests will be discussed and supported where appropriate to the applicant and the service.
The post holder will be encouraged to advance their career in Diabetes & Endocrinology and General medicine. They will be supported to pursue the CESR process to gain GMC specialist registration in both these specialities.
There is an active SAS mentoring system which will help to further develop the successful candidate’s clinical and non-clinical skills.
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust was formed in 2003 from the merger of Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley NHS Trust and the Burnley Hospitals NHS Trust. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust provides a caring service to a population of approximately 520,000.
Services are provided from two main sites, the Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital. The Royal Blackburn Hospital and Phase V at Burnley General Hospital are significant PFI developments.
In 2006 a service reconfiguration, ‘meeting patients needs’ was implemented which resulted in the Blackburn site becoming the centre for all acute services in East Lancashire. The ED at Blackburn is the only ED for East Lancashire and since 2012 has become a Trauma Unit in the Lancashire Trauma network with the Trauma Centre at the Royal Preston Hospital. The ED is supported by Urgent Care Centres at Blackburn and Burnley and a Minor Injuries Unit at Accrington.
Burnley is the site for the East Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre with an in-patient Obstetric Unit. There is a midwife led birthing unit off the Hospital site in Blackburn. In 2012 the Royal Blackburn Hospital was designated as one of the Lancashire Vascular Centres. The Trust has
close links with a number of Tertiary Centres in Lancashire, Manchester and Liverpool.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Farheen Raza Job title: Clinical Director - Diabetes and Endocrinology Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 01254 733875
