Locum Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology Medicine

Job description

Job responsibilities

Support for General Practitioners

The departments have developed particularly good links with local GPs over recent years; the postholder (along with the other consultant(s)) will:

1. Offer telephone and email advice to GPs whenever s/he can reasonably be expected to do so.

2. Contribute to the regular seminars hosted two or three times yearly for local general practitioners by the Trust

3. Appoint and work with GP clinical assistants in outpatient clinics where relevant

4. With the other departmental consultants and under the umbrella of the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust take part in discussions with CCGs about service provision and development

Management Responsibilities:

The post holder will have active participation in monthly clinical governance meetings and business meetings within the department. The appointee will, with the other consultants share in the general management of the department. The appointee will be encouraged to take on one of the departmental management roles.

The appointee will be offered a mentor or coach on appointment. The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has a mentoring/coaching support programme for all new Consultant appointments. All new consultants will be enrolled in to a two year consultant development programme.

There will be provision of office desk space and administrative support for this post.

Training and supervision of junior medical staff

The departments have an active and well-received educational programme. The Trust has an excellent reputation for education, as measured by its PMETB report and regular responses from trainees and medical students.

There is rotation of junior staff within the services, including CMT, ACCS, GPVTS and FY doctors. The post holder will be expected to provide clinical supervision to some junior staff. There active teaching and training sessions for all members of the MDT especially the junior medical staff, including a journal club that all Consultants are expected to be involved in.

The post holder will provide sufficient supervision of junior medical staff and other non-consultant medical staff to allow:

safety for patients

provision of satisfactory opinions and information for patients and their GPs

satisfactory curriculum based and experiential learning for trainees and assessment of trainees to General Medical Council, Royal College of Physicians and Regional Speciality Training Committee standards.

The Oxford Deanery in consultation with the Trust will where necessary define the exact level of supervision required for satisfactory learning

The postholder will:

1. Participate in teaching all members including nonmedical staff; will also participate in the weekly departmental seminars and X ray meeting, in case presentations at hospital Medical Grand Rounds and in taking part (together with other consultants in the Trust) in the SHO teaching programme

2. Serve as an Educational Supervisor (ES) and Clinical Supervisor (CS) to trainees in the Thames Valley postgraduate training Scheme (F1, F2, CMT and ST); as such will serve on the Regional Specialist Training Committee and will attend its meetings. The post holder will undergo mandatory ES training at the intervals required by the General Medical Council and the Deanery

3. As an ES and CS be required to undertake regular appraisal and assessment of all doctors in training for whom the post holder has educational and operational responsibility. The post holder will be required to be familiar with the use of the e-portfolio used by trainees

4. Encourage and supervise clinical research and publication by junior medical staff particularly the Specialist Registrars (SpRs)

5. Be encouraged to participate in the organised programme of teaching (by consultants and SpRs) of University of Oxford Medical School and other medical school undergraduates who are attached to the Trust for teaching

Person Specification

Suitability

Essential

• Sufficient experience

Desirable

• Past relevant experience

Time Keeping

Essential

• Time keeping skills

Desirable

• Keeping up with admin

Education & Qualification

Essential

• Full registration with the GMC/eligible for registration within 6 months of CCT in General Surgery or successful completion of CESR at interview date

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

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Berkshire NHS foundation Trust

Reading

RG1 5AN

Employer's website

https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)