Diabetes & Endocrinology Consultant

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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

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Main duties of the job

The post holder will have access to secretarial support from a team of medical secretaries and administrative assistants. Along with radiology including MRI, CT and ultrasound service.

The service also has access to pathology services. The balance between Direct Clinical Care (DCC) activities and Supporting Programmed Activities (SPA) will be agreed with the candidate as part of the initial job planning process. For a full time post it is anticipated that 8.0 programmed activities (PA) will be for DCC, and 2.0 PAs for SPA.

Direct Clinical Care: (includes clinical activity, clinically related activity, predictable & unpredictable emergency work) SPA 2.00: (includes CPD, audit, teaching & research and service development).

On Call Duties

The post-holder will participate in the general medical on call rota which is currently 1 in 20. This includes a mid-take (5-8pm) and a morning post take ward round. The majority of the post take ward round is conducted by the acute medical and ward-based teams.

The job plan on commencement will be approximately 10 programmed activities as set out above. There is also an opportunity to discuss an honorary contract with Warwick Medical School for teaching and research.

About us

Here at George Eliot our vision to excel at patient care takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Job responsibilities

This is a full-time post for a Consultant Diabetes & Endocrine (10.0 PA).

The appointee will work in collaboration with the other Diabetes and Endocrine Consultants, other Specialist Consultants, Doctors in Training, Diabetes Specialist Nurses, Dietitians, and Podiatrists in the Trust.

This will be delivering outpatient and inpatient diabetes and endocrine services to the local population serviced by the George Eliot Hospital Trust, to share facilities and provide continuity to patients and staff and deliver high standards of care. Specific duties will include up to five outpatient clinics per week.

The post holder will have access to secretarial support from a team of medical secretaries and administrative assistants. Along with radiology including MRI, CT and ultrasound service. The service also has access to pathology services. The balance between Direct Clinical Care (DCC) activities and Supporting Programmed Activities (SPA) will be agreed with the candidate as part of the initial job planning process. For a full time post it is anticipated that 8.0 programmed activities (PA) will be for DCC, and 2.0 PAs for SPA.

Person Specification Qualification and Professional Training

• MBBS or equivalent
• MRCP Intercollegiate or equivalent
• Entry on GMC Specialist Register via CCT for General Internal Medicine and/or Diabetes or Endocrinology (or both). Proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) - CESR or European Community Rights
• An appropriate higher degree (MD, PhD or equivalent)

Academic Achievements

• Integrated, designed and completed audit projects and protocols
• Evidence of completed and published research
• Experience of having supervised and supported research students

Experience and Knowledge

• Thorough & broad training in adult Diabetes & general Endocrinology
• Teaching and commitment to education post- and under- graduate levels
• Higher qualification in education

Key Skills

• Effective written (including record keeping) and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to use tact, diplomacy, negotiation and persuasion as well as authority
• Ability to be a flexible team member
• Interested in developing innovative ways of delivering patient care
• Attended a course in NHS leadership
• Evidence of having organised events and led professional groups

Other

• Fluent in verbal and written English
• Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients and relatives' dignity, privacy, integrity, cultural and religious beliefs
• Ability to remain calm and work effectively in pressure situationsGood previous attendance record

Audit/Research & Publication

• Undertaken complete audit cycle or QIP
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical practice
• Knowledge of clinical governance processes
• Ability to demonstrate recent evidence of relevant and continued research
• Published research in peer-reviewed journals
• Interest and awareness of research methodology

Personal Qualities

• Caring attitude to patients
• Ability to listen and communicate effectively (written, public speaking and presentation)
• Ability to work within a multi-professional and multi-disciplinary framework
• Good organisational skills
• Excellent personal time and management skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.