Job summary
- Main area
- Endocrine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (Plus GIM on call)
- Job ref
- 249-6234784
- Employer
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Great Western Hospital
- Town
- Swindon
- Salary
- £93,666 - £126,281 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Endocrinology and Diabetes
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Job overview
The Great Western Hospital is delighted to advertise a consultant post in Endocrinology & Diabetes with leadership in our Diabetes Pump service.
We are a friendly department and would welcome any interested candidates to visit the Trust or to get in touch to ask any questions that you might have. The team are also open to discussing other sub-specialty interests you might like to explore in a potential job plan. To discuss the role or arrange a visit, please contact the clinical lead Dr Auditi Naziat on [email protected] or via her secretary on 01793 605800.
The GWH is a clinical base for Kings College London, Bristol and Oxford Universities with a potential to be involved in teaching/supervising via the Undergraduate Academy.
Shortlisted candidates are encouraged to visit the Trust and meet senior members of staff and management teams. Details will be shared following shortlisting.
Main duties of the job
- Multidisciplinary team working is key component of the working within the Trust and involves regular MDT discussions with colleagues
- Providing evidence-based care for patients in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care
- Development of sub-specialty interests that fit in with departmental needs and the strategic direction of the Trust.
- Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties are required, and for contributing to undergraduate and post-graduate and continuing medical education activity.
- Provision of cover for Consultant colleagues’ periods of leave in accordance with arrangements agreed within Trust policy.
- Participation in Quality Improvement and in continuing medical education.
- Conducting suitable duties in cases of emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
- The post holder will participate in an out of hours consultant rota for unselected Medical take, detailed within the job plan section
- Other general medical responsibilities by mutual agreement
Working for our organisation
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation:
Service We will put our patients first
Teamwork We will work together
Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service
Respect We will act with integrity
The Great Western Hospital, Swindon is a large, busy, modern district general hospital situated on a green field site near junction 15 of the M4 between the Marlborough Downs, the Ridgeway and the Vale of the White Horse. The population served by the Diabetes and Endocrine Department extends between Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Berkshire, a population of approximately 350,000.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The clinical workload involves Insulin pump clinic and MDT, outpatient clinics including YAC clinic, Complex diabetes clinic, General Endocrine clinics, Integrated Diabetes MDT, monthly Diabetes and Endocrine/Radiology MDT meetings and ward cover in 4 monthly rotas. There is opportunity to work from home one day per week (except the ward cover weeks). There is dedicated time as ‘virtual clinic’ to review results for all Endocrine and Diabetes patient investigations carried out during outpatient clinics or inpatient reviews or at MDT, in addition to the clinical admin time which can be used for other admin activities e.g., urgent patient queries or work email review.
The Department sees the full range of Endocrinology & Diabetes conditions, plus offers specialist clinics: Endocrinology - Thyrotoxicosis, Male Hypogonadism, Pituitary, Secondary Hypertension; Diabetes - Foot attack, Complex Type 2 Diabetes, Hot Diabetes, Atypical Diabetes, Diabetes Renal clinic, Antenatal Diabetes/Endocrinology and Preconception, Young adult Diabetes, Endocrine transition clinic; and also, Tier 3 Weight management MDT clinic. The team provides GPs advice & guidance via Cinapsis platform.
There are several Multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings locally (Endocrine MDT, Endocrine Case discussion meeting, Diabetes MDT, Diabetes Foot MDT) and linked with Oxford MDTs (adrenal, pituitary and general endocrinology). GWH has also set up Severn Primary Aldosteronism MDT (regional).
The Department is supported by several diabetes Specialist Nurses, Endocrine specialist nurse with all endocrine dynamic tests on site, clinical psychologist, Dieticians, podiatry service, full radiology facilities including CT, MRI and nuclear medicine scans. Vascular support is provided by a network arrangement with Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The service also provides an Inpatient Diabetes in-reach service to review and treat patients for admission avoidance and Length of Stay reduction; led by Inpatient Diabetes Consultant and supported by the inpatient diabetes specialist nursing team.
Further details can be found on the attached Job Description
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Fully registered with the GMC
- CCT (or equivalent for non-UK applicants of equivalent status), or be accredited (or equivalent), and be on the GMC Specialist Register in Endocrine & Diabetes and GIM at the time of taking up the consultant appointment. Alternatively, candidates can be within 6 months of their CCT at interview
- MRCP (UK) or equivalent
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Dr Auditi Naziat
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01793606444
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