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Job summary

Main area
Endocrinology & Diabetes
Grade
Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
290-CONA105
Employer
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Trust Wide
Town
London
Salary
£109,725 to £145,478 per annum WTE
Closing
25/08/2025 23:59
Interview date
24/09/2025

Employer heading

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Consultant in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Medicine

Consultant

Job overview

Three dynamic substantive consultant colleagues are sought to join the diabetes and endocrinology team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS trust. Post 1 is across St Mary’s and Charing Cross sites, post 2 is based at Charing Cross and post 3 is based at St Mary’s Hospital. Imperial College Healthcare is a centre for excellence for diabetes and endocrinology care with sub-specialty clinics treating local, regional and national referrals. Our multidisciplinary team is innovative and expert with a diverse skill mix and strong clinical leadership. 

Imperial College Healthcare type 1 diabetes team provides a comprehensive multidisciplinary service for young adults and adults. We provide structured education in the form of DAFNE and have a mature hybrid closed loop insulin delivery service, supported by specialist diabetes psychology, clinical nurse specialists, diabetes specialist practitioners and dietitians. We have established referral pathways for islet and whole pancreas transplantation, and have an active clinical research programme that runs alongside the clinical service. 

The endocrine service includes sub-speciality pituitary, bone, thyroid and adrenal services, with specialist nurse support and day ward dynamic investigations run on the Hammersmith and St Mary’s sites. We work with a wide range of other specialties including neurosurgery in the regional pituitary MDT, endocrine surgeons, ophthalmology and oncology to provide join-up collaborative care. 

Main duties of the job

All posts include 3PAs of acute medicine commitments with additional general medicine ward cover; on either 8-north ward (CXH) or Lillian Hollard ward (SMH). Post 1 additionally includes a type 1 diabetes clinic, hybrid closed loop clinic and in-patient diabetes, the commitments in post 2 include type 1 diabetes clinic, endocrine clinic, diabetes in-patient support, and post 3 includes thyroid eye and cancer multidisciplinary clinics, antenatal diabetes and general endocrinology.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.  Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. 

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share.  Please talk to us at interview. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Full JDs are provided. 

All three jobs comprise 10 programmed activities (PAs) with 2 of these sessions allocated for supporting professional activities, including Continuing Professional Development (CPD); appraisal, job planning and revalidation; audit, clinical governance, including incident investigation, complaints handling, service development and management. 

The indicative commitments for the posts are as follows:

Post 1 includes three acute medicine PAs, one general type 1 diabetes clinic, one hybrid closed loop clinic, along with advice and guidance, referral triage, and MDT meeting attendance. 

Post 2 has three acute medicine PAs, one diabetes in-patient service PAs, one general type 1 diabetes clinic, one endocrine new patient clinic and general medicine ward cover on 8 North ward, along with advice and guidance, referral triage, and MDT meeting attendance. 

Post 3 has three acute medicine PAs, one thyroid cancer MDT clinic and MDT meeting, thyroid eye clinic attendance, one general type 1 diabetes clinic, antenatal diabetes clinic, and one general endocrinology clinic, along with MDT meeting attendance.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC), or be eligible for registration within six months of interview.
  • Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
  • Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
Desirable criteria
  • MRCP
  • MSc
  • MD or PhD

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria
  • IT Skills and computer literacy
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical experience in Diabetes technology and renal diabetes

Leadership

Essential criteria
  • Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
  • Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues
  • Knowledge of finance/budgets
  • Management of staff

Teaching & Training

Essential criteria
  • Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff, teaching using digital media, pastoral supervision
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in teaching technical staff

Audit

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of principles and participation in clinical audit

Academic achievement

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at ICHT

Language

Essential criteria
  • Are able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Disability confident employerAccredited Living Wage EmployerNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzeWe Work Flexibly

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Chantoy Spencer
Job title
Business Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

JDs are pending RCP approval but AAC Interview is proposed for Wednesday 24th September 2025 

Please contact Professor Karim Meeran with any queries- [email protected]

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
1st Floor Education Centre
Charing Cross Hospital
W6 8RF
Telephone
07789 171 622
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