Locum Consultant in Rheumatology

Job responsibilities

Responsibilities and Expectations of the Role

3.1 Clinical

(a) Provision with Consultant colleagues of a service to Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH), with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department.

(b) To participate in the delivery of care to patients with spondyloarthritis in specialist clinics and also other patients with inflammatory arthritis in general rheumatology clinics.

(c) Out-of-hours responsibilities, including participation in consultant on-call rota where applicable.

(d) Cover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absences.

(e) Participating in medical audit, the Trusts Clinical Governance processes and in CPD.

(f) Where it is agreed between the parties, work on behalf of CUH such as domiciliary consultations, or services provided by the Trust for other agencies, e.g. the prison service. (This excludes work done under direct arrangements between an individual Consultant and a third party, e.g. Category 2).

3.2 Education and Training

(a)Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff;

(b) Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and for contributing to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education activity, locally and nationally;

(c) If appropriate the post-holder will be named in the contract of junior staff as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as an initial source of advice to such doctors regarding their careers;

(d) All Consultant staff are encouraged to undertake a formal Training the Trainers course.

3.3 Research

(a) Involvement in research, please refer to Section 5.5 for further information about research within the Department.

3.4 Leadership/Management

(a) To act in a professional manner and as a role model to other staff members;

(b) To perform your duties to the highest standard with particular regard to efficient and effective use of resources, maintaining quality and commitment to drive improvements

3.5 Professional

(a) To accept personal accountability for own clinical practice and to work at all times within the GMCs Good Medical Practice and Leadership and Management for all doctors;

(b) To promote and adhere, at all times, to CUH policies and procedures;

(c) To work within the Trusts policies and procedures, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice, workload or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust;

(d) To accept corporate responsibility to work effectively and positively within the Trust performance framework to meet Trust targets; Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

(e) To participate in professional continuing medical education; study leave is provided for this purpose, and the appointee will be entitled to apply to the Trust Study Leave Committee for a contribution to funding of this activity;

(f) A willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels.

3.6 General Compliance

(a) To comply with all Trust Policies and Procedures, with particular regard to - Risk Management - Health & Safety - Information Governance - Confidentiality - Data Quality - Freedom of Information - Equal Opportunities

(b) All staff have a responsibility to comply with the current infection prevention and control policies, procedures and standards and ensure they have received an annual update on infection prevention and control issues including hand hygiene. All staff should practice and encourage appropriate hand hygiene and act professionally to ensure the hospital environment is clean, safe and tidy;

(c) To perform your duties to the highest standard with particular regard to effective and efficient use of resources, maintaining quality and contributing to improvements;

(d) To follow all the Trust Security policies and procedures and be vigilant to ensure the safety and secure environment for care;

(e) All staff that have access to or transfers any data are responsible for those data, it must be kept secure and they must comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the common law on confidentiality. All data must be kept in line with the Trusts policies and procedures. Data includes all types of data i.e. patient, employee, financial, electronic, hard copies of printed data or handwritten data etc;

(f) The post holder is responsible for data quality and complying with the policies, procedures and accountability arrangements throughout the Trust for maintaining accuracy and probity in the recording of the Trusts activities;

(g) The Trust is committed to carefully screening all staff who work with children and vulnerable adults. This appointment is therefore subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Disclosure of the appropriate Level if required;

(h) All staff will receive training on Child Protection -Safeguarding Children Policies and Procedures as part of Induction and annual updates, this will equip the post holder with the knowledge of what you will need to do if you have concerns about the welfare of a child/young person under aged 18;

(i) Participate in an annual Job Planning and Appraisal for Consultant and medical staff;

(j) To uphold the Trust Values and Behaviour standards;

(k) Perform any other duties that may be required from time to time. Every post holder can make a difference to a patients experience. You will come across patients as you walk around the hospital; we rely on all our staff to be helpful, kind and courteous to patients, visitors and each other.

Qualifications

Essential

• Entry on GMC Specialist Register; Eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of training (CCT) at time of interview
• Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or equivalent
• MSK USS
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of GMC standards in Good Medical Practice including:
• Good clinical care
• Maintaining good medical practice
• Good relationships and communication with patients
• Good working relationships with colleagues
• Good teaching and training
• Professional behaviour and probity
• Delivery of good acute clinical care
• Professionalism Professional integrity and respect for others:
• Capacity to take responsibility for own actions and adopts a supportive approach towards others; capacity to adopt a corporate approach even if this is against personal views or preference
• Displays honesty, integrity, awareness of confidentiality and ethical issues
• Clinical skills Knowledge and expertise in the multi-disciplinary management of inflammatory musculoskeletal conditions. Knowledge of NICE guidance on the use of biologic DMARDS
• Specialty specific skills related to the post
• Specialist clinical (and research) experience in the management of complex patients with spondyloarthritis.
• Knowledge of musculoskeletal ultrasound is desirable but not essential
• Commitment to clinical governance / improving quality of patient care
• Clinical governance: Demonstrates awareness of good decision making.
• Awareness of own limitations.
• Track record of engaging in clinical governance: reporting errors, learning from errors
• Audit: Experience of audit
• Teaching: Experience of supervising undergraduates, junior doctors and other staff; ability to teach clinical skills
• Research: Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems; Ability to critically appraise published evidence
• Communication skills
• Effective communication skills: Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• Empathy and sensitivity: Ability to listen and take in others perspectives; caring approach to patients
• Personal skills Supports CUH values: Evidence of work behaviour that demonstrate CUH values of kind, safe and excellent
• Team working: Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff; an awareness of own limitations and when to ask for help; receptive to appropriate challenge
• Corporate responsibility: Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets.; a corporate player who can work effectively with those who may express strong opposing views
• Leadership: Ability to take responsibility and demonstrate leadership when appropriate. An understanding of and ability to demonstrate your ability to:
• Empower others
• Lead through change
• Influence strategically
• Demonstrate innovation and problem solving abilities
• Organisation & planning: Ability to cope with and effectively organise the workload of a Consultant
• Coping with pressure: Ability to work effectively under pressure and cope with setbacks; ability to maintain composure and set high standards of behaviour when under pressure
• Problem solving: Evidence of an enquiring and critical approach to solving work problems
• Service improvement: Ability and drive to use information and experience to improve the clinical service; ability to adapt and respond to changing circumstances to improve patient care
• Equality and diversity: Promotes equality and values diversity
• Understanding of the NHS
• Good knowledge of the structures and culture of the NHS. Roles, responsibilities and relationships across the MDT and the multi-professional team
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Learning and personal development: Demonstrates interest in the specialty required for the job. Demonstrates a commitment to maintaining professional skills and knowledge relevant to the job
• Demonstrates engagement in appraisal. Self awareness and ability to accept and learn from feedback

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).