Job summary
- Main area
- Diabetes & Endocrinology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (N/A)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (Includes on call element)
- Job ref
- 292-6678205-MED-A
- Employer
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Town
- Harlow
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum plus £149 London Fringe
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/11/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology with General Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Our values
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.
Job overview
This is a 10 PA post for a Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology. An opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to further develop and maintain our high-quality local service.
The diabetes and endocrine service allows exposure to subspecialist interests whilst also providing exposure to general medicine. The general medicine cover is split between consultant colleagues and involves ward rounds of 28 in-patients on our dedicated ward. Education and support of junior medical colleagues is important. The contribution to the acute medical take is currently on a 1:14 overnight telephone support commitment (off-site) and also a 1:14 weekend and bank holiday commitment (on-site during day) which involves post take ward rounds of acute medicine patients during the day and overnight telephone support. The on call supplement allocation is 1 PA.
Clinical advice support for other members of the multidisciplinary team is occasionally sought and is an important component (eg diabetes specialist nurses, podiatrists and midwives). Specialist diabetes and endocrine ward consultations may on occasion be necessary.
There will be requirement to undertake some outpatient clinics each week on the Princess Alexandra Hospital main site. Occasionally, the appointee may be required to work in outpatient clinics located either at St Margaret’s Hospital, Epping or Herts & Essex Hospital, Bishops Stortford. Time off in lieu will be considered (such as for weekend working).
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate would provide Consultant care, advice and treatment to all patients with Diabetes and Endocrine problems within a modern, effective and integrated service.
The new consultant will undertake outpatient workload, provide inpatient care on our dedicated ward and will continue to review and develop the service to meet the requirements of the local population.
The department holds a monthly Clinical Governance meeting and all staff are encouraged to attend. Audits both local and national are supported by our audit department. The trust is dedicated to quality improvement activity and this is supported by our award-winning Quality First department. For candidates with a particular interest in this area a dedicated 1PA can be offered for quality improvement work.
The trust maintains close links with our tertiary referral centres. Our patients are well supported by partners including Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, University College London Hospital, King’s College Hospital, Queens’s Hospital, Romford and Queen’s Square Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Attendance at tertiary referral centre multidisciplinary meetings is encouraged for patient discussion and CPD (one day per month may be arranged for this purpose).
Working for our organisation
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for the full job details. This is available to download at anytime.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Full registration with the General Medical Council
- • A valid Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council
- • MRCP or show evidence of equivalent training and experience
Experience and clinical skills
Essential criteria
- • Comprehensive clinical experience in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine
- • Satisfactory completion of previous posts providing professional training in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General (and Acute) Medicine
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Fiona Bromley
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01279 962567
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