Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology
Job overview
Applications are invited for the position of a Diabetes and Endocrinology Consultant based at New Cross Hospital. This post is a full time substantive post.
We are seeking someone with an excellent track record who can work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team. You will need to have strong leadership and communication skills coupled with a burning desire to improve and succeed. In return, you will benefit from working in a high achieving organisation in which you will be able to enhance your skills further.
Main duties of the job- In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to provide a service in Diabetes and Endocrinology with responsibility for provision and development of all aspects and modalities within diabetes services and to collaborate across all disciplines including primary care, where appropriate, to achieve an integrated service for patients.
- In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to play a full part in the out-of-hours On-Call service for the department. This includes being on-call for telephone advice and major incidents.
- To provide cover for Consultant and Senior colleagues in respect of periods of leave.
- In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to take part in medical audit, quality improvement and research as appropriate.
- In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met.
- To ensure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of your patients to be able to contact you when necessary.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest acute and community Trusts in the West Midlands providing a comprehensive range of services for the people of Wolverhampton, the wider Black Country, Staffordshire, North Worcestershire and Shropshire.
We have been rated as GOOD during our recent CQC inspection. The Trust provides a comprehensive range of community, acute and specialist/tertiary services at New Cross Hospital, (secondary and tertiary services including Maternity, Accident & Emergency, Critical Care, outpatients), West Park Hospital, over 20 Community sites and Cannock Chase Hospital.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Role is based on a 10 PA job plan. Specific details of an individual timetable will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate in keeping with an agreed job plan. A normal clinical session would have between 5–10 clinic slots, dependent on the clinic type.
Acute medical on call cover is 1:8 firm based and is for approx. 1 day per month. This involves being the medical receiving consultant for new admissions in ED & AMU for a 24 hour period. One is expected to be physically present in the hospital from 8am to 10pm on those days, post taking patients on the unit.The post take ward round for the patients admitted overnight is undertaken by the AMU consultants.
Ward cover is undertaken on a rotational basis covering the three ward areas mentioned before. There is middle grade support available for the two larger wards for the morning ward round. Junior doctor team consists of doctors derived from multiple training levels and usually includes the following:
- Foundation Year 1 – 5 trainees
- Foundation year 2- 2 trainees
- IMT various levels – 3 trainees
- ST trainees (ST3-7)- 3 trainees (recently increased from 2 posts)
- Clinical Fellowship (various levels)- 6-7 CF trainees and 5-6 Senior CF trainees
- CESR Fellows- Currently 2 posts supported from within the CF cadre.
There are no clinics usually booked in for the consultant covering outreach and C17 ward.
Person specification
Registration
Essential criteria- Full registration and a licence to practise with the GMC
- State any higher training required that is essential in order to fulfil the role
Experience
Essential criteria- State any specific experience required over and above that they could reasonably have gained via training to CCT level.
- Specific skills required to undertake the role above those required to achieve CCT
We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Qualifications - Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process.By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider.
Furthermore, a sample of all applicants’ qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.
Sponsorship - Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. As of 1 January 2021, free movement ended and the UK introduced a points-based immigration system.Further information is available regarding two types of visa; Health Care Visa https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/your-job and Skilled worker visa https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.