Fixed Term Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology (6 months)

Job responsibilities

Please see job description attached for more details.

This is a new 6 months post (indicative 10 PAs) based at West Suffolk Hospital.

Duties & responsibilities of the post

The appointee will be expected to help provide a clinical service in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General (Internal) Medicine and will be required to undertake emergency on-call work in accordance with the existing on-call rota.

Acute Medicine

The appointee will be on-call 1:10 on weekdays and at weekends (On-call rota currently under review). The in-patient beds will be shared with Dr Joohi Majeed, Dr Nishan Wijenaike, and Dr Jayaweera, Consultants in Diabetes & Endocrine and General Medicine.

All medical staff are now ward based and the appointee will conduct three ward rounds weekly on ward G3. There are five doctors in training based on that ward including one FY2, one CMT, one STGP trainee and two FY1s. They are supported by two SpRs specialising in Endocrinology with General Medicine.

The appointee will be responsible for emergency care ward rounds when on call. The division of medicine operate a physician of the day service, with the on call physician starting the ward round on the following morning. The on call physicians clinics are cancelled on the following morning.

Diabetes/Endocrinology

The appointee will join the department to bring the team up to 6 consultants, based in the Diabetes Centre at West Suffolk Hospital. All consultants run general diabetes clinics, as well as specialty clinics.

It is envisaged that the appointee would provide a weekly general diabetes clinic but would also have responsibility for the diabetes foot service and the pump service.

We have excellent links with our paediatric, ophthalmic and vascular consultant colleagues. The diabetes team also includes two specialist registrars.

The inpatient diabetes service includes seven diabetes specialist nurses based on medical wards and one based on surgical wards, who run a 7 day service. We have recently expanded our community diabetes service to seven nurses. The community diabetes service provides mentored clinics with practice nurses in our local GP surgeries, as well as supporting hospital out-patient clinics. We have recently had an additional diabetes dietician appointed, as well as an additional podiatrist and a psychologist dedicated to diabetes. The community diabetes service is ranked as outstanding in national audits.

All six consultants provide a comprehensive service for endocrinology. All members of the team have an interest in pituitary disease and regularly contribute to the Regional Pituitary MDT. Patients requiring pituitary surgery have this carried out at Addenbrookes Hospital. We have close liaison with our endocrine surgeons and radiological colleagues and participate in a fortnightly thyroid MDT.

The team meet fortnightly for case review and discussion.

On Call & Emergency Duties

The on-call rota will be on a 1:10 basis with the appointment to this post (On-call rota currently under review). If the candidate is unexpectedly asked to cover weekends or bank holidays they would be given time off in lieu.

Job Plan

A job plan will be agreed by the Clinical Director in the first instance and approved by the Medical Director on behalf of the Chief Executive. This plan will be reviewed annually and will provide an opportunity for discussion of the individuals personal development plan and for appraisal. The annual review will be used to check that the record of fixed and flexible sessions is accurate and compliant with the EWTD, covers on-call commitments and is compatible with the agreed template for the speciality and that any problems arising can be resolved. This also provides an opportunity for constructive debate about the individuals personal development plan including CPD and any evolving special interests, which the appointee may wish to pursue. Further SPA time will be available if the post holder wishes to take on other additional responsibilities such as clinical governance lead or educational supervision of trainees.

Category II work may be undertaken within the Terms and Conditions of Service and may be discussed and revised at this review.

Clinical Governance/Audit is undertaken as an ongoing programme within the Region. It is expected that the appointee will be actively involved in this and all routine clinical duties should be suspended during these sessions.

The new appointee will have the opportunity to be mentored by a senior consultant in the department on a weekly basis. Dr Anupam Brahma will be the lead mentor.

Experience

Essential

• 1. Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in General Medicine.
• 2. Experience in management of acute medical inpatients and medical outpatients
• 3. Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of medical patients
• 4. Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a full spectrum of Diabetes/Endocrine patients

Desirable

• 1. Experience in specialised diabetes clinics including insulin pump and pregnancy.

Qualifications

Essential

• 1. MRCP or equivalent
• 2. Full GMC registration

Desirable

• 1. MD or PhD
• 2. Entry on the GMC specialist register in Diabetes/Endocrinology and General (Internal) Medicine or be within six months of attaining Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training at the time of interview

Teaching & Training

Essential

• Please give examples of the following:
• 1. Experience of supervising FY1s, FY2s StRs and SpRs (or equivalent)
• 2. Ability to teach clinical skills
• 3. Able to demonstrate experience of delivering teaching

Desirable

• 1. Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
• 2. Ability to supervise postgraduate research
• 3. Applicant to have attended a teaching course

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• 1. Depth and breadth of experience in acute ward based and out-patient medicine and Diabetes and Endocrinology.

Special Aptitudes

Essential

• 1. Self-motivated: able to act on own initiative
• 2. Enthusiasm and dynamism to improve, monitor and sustain the highest achievable clinical standards
• 3. To possess an enquiring mind, generally challenging the status quo to ensure clinically effective evidence-based best practice
• 4. Capacity to accept full responsibility to lead a clinical team
• 5. To teach and train all human resources from a wide spectrum of skills, background, abilities and experience

Personal Skills & Qualities

Essential

• 1. Good personal interactive communications skills: clarity of expression and purpose
• 2. The ability to work as a team member
• 3. Acceptance of management and administrative duties by working within a structured hospital team for the greater good
• 4. Enquiring, critical approach to work
• 5. Caring attitude to patients
• 6. Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• 7. Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance

Management & Audit Training

Essential

• Please give examples of the following:
• 1. Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of the Diabetes/Endocrinology service
• 2. Ability to organise and manage day to day service delivery e.g. out-patient priorities
• 3. Ability to manage and lead strategic developments in service delivery
• 4. Experience of audit management
• 5. Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).