Job summary
The Department of Endocrinology at St Bartholomew's Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust, are currently welcoming applications for a full-time (10PAs) substantive consultant post. The successful candidate will join the existing endocrinology team in providing high quality care to endocrine and general medicine patients on the St Bartholomew's hospital site. This is a new post, the need for which arises from a combination of year-on-year growth in referral practice, additional complex work as a result of two international centre of excellence awards and a backlog of cases that had arisen from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Department of Endocrinology at St Bartholomew's provides secondary, tertiary and quaternary endocrine services to East London, The City, Inner and Outer NE London and many centres around and beyond the UK. The department has developed a high international reputation for its research, teaching and clinical activities, and recently received two separate international centre of excellence awards. It employs a multidisciplinary approach, incorporating adult and paediatric clinical endocrinology, and basic science in biochemistry and molecular biology to facilitate the investigation and treatment of endocrine disorders throughout lifespan. The work of the department embraces all areas of clinical and molecular endocrinology, and is underpinned by internationally renowned expertise in clinical endocrinology and an extensive tertiary referral base.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will join the endocrinology team in providing high quality care to endocrine and general medicine patients on the St Bartholomew's Hospital site, including face-to-face and virtual outpatient clinics, and inpatient care on the wards. They will be required to contribute to all clinical governance activities and will be expected to participate in professional medical responsibilities, training junior medical staff and contributing to the clinical research portfolio. Please note that the attached job description is currently pending RCP approval.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a member of the senior team within the Endocrinology service, the successful candidate will be expected;
- To be an active member of the Endocrinology Department and help deliver the departmental mission of excellence in clinical care and teaching.
- To contribute to the provision of a comprehensive, efficient and high quality evidence-based Endocrinology service, with continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care.
- To provide clinical care for endocrinology and general medicine patients, including inpatients and outpatients, providing specialist advice and a referral service for other clinicians in the Trust.
- To provide clinical leadership within the Endocrinology service.
- To participate in Clinical Audit activities, which is an essential and regular part of clinical practice and CPD.
- To participate in the Trusts clinical governance activities and to encourage and foster improvements in the quality and standards of clinical services.
- To initiate and promote research and development activities with a clear focus on relevant clinical and scientific priorities.
- To undertake professional supervision and management of junior medical staff.
- To participate in undergraduate teaching of Endocrinology.
- To undertake administrative duties associated with the care of patients in their charge and the running of their clinics.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a member of the senior team within the Endocrinology service, the successful candidate will be expected;
- To be an active member of the Endocrinology Department and help deliver the departmental mission of excellence in clinical care and teaching.
- To contribute to the provision of a comprehensive, efficient and high quality evidence-based Endocrinology service, with continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care.
- To provide clinical care for endocrinology and general medicine patients, including inpatients and outpatients, providing specialist advice and a referral service for other clinicians in the Trust.
- To provide clinical leadership within the Endocrinology service.
- To participate in Clinical Audit activities, which is an essential and regular part of clinical practice and CPD.
- To participate in the Trusts clinical governance activities and to encourage and foster improvements in the quality and standards of clinical services.
- To initiate and promote research and development activities with a clear focus on relevant clinical and scientific priorities.
- To undertake professional supervision and management of junior medical staff.
- To participate in undergraduate teaching of Endocrinology.
- To undertake administrative duties associated with the care of patients in their charge and the running of their clinics.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oFull and specialist registration (with a licence to practice) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or be eligible for registration/ or entry into the specialist register within 6 months of the interview)
- oApplicants 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, in Endocrinology and General Medicine
- oApplicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
- oMRCP (UK) or equivalent
- oMBBS/ BM/ MBChB or evidence of equivalent qualification
Desirable
- oHigher research degree (MD, PhD, MD (Res))
- oEstablished research interest
- oOther qualifications which might enhance the provision of the service e.g. Teaching qualification, management qualification
Experience
Essential
- oEndocrinology and general internal medicine experience at Consultant, Senior Registrar or Specialist Registrar grade
- oWide clinical experience in general medicine
- oExtensive clinical experience in tertiary referral endocrinology, including endocrine oncology
- oResearch experience and publication in endocrinology
- oHave experience in the management of resources
- oAble to take responsibility of service without direct supervision
Desirable
- oClinical audit experience
Knowledge
Essential
- oWide knowledge of general internal medicine
- oExtensive knowledge of clinical endocrine practice
Desirable
- oExperience in undergraduate and postgraduate education
- oAbility to supervise clinical research assistants
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to co-ordinate and plan and execute research and routine studies
- oEvidence of leadership
- oAbility to work in a multidisciplinary team and with colleagues at different locations
- oGood oral and written communications skills
- oAbility to relate to colleagues and other professionals and communicate between specialities and disciplines
- oAbility to build and support a team
- oBroad range of IT skills
- oEvidence of experience in teaching and clinical/educational supervision
Other
Essential
- oOther qualifications which might enhance the provision of the service e.g. Teaching qualification, management qualification and family members and all the members of the multi-disciplinary team
- oAwareness and understanding of clinical governance issues
- oGood knowledge of, and the ability to use, spoken and written English
- oSufficient to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations
- oAbility to present effectively to an audience, using a variety of methods to respond to questions and queries
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oFull and specialist registration (with a licence to practice) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or be eligible for registration/ or entry into the specialist register within 6 months of the interview)
- oApplicants 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, in Endocrinology and General Medicine
- oApplicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
- oMRCP (UK) or equivalent
- oMBBS/ BM/ MBChB or evidence of equivalent qualification
Desirable
- oHigher research degree (MD, PhD, MD (Res))
- oEstablished research interest
- oOther qualifications which might enhance the provision of the service e.g. Teaching qualification, management qualification
Experience
Essential
- oEndocrinology and general internal medicine experience at Consultant, Senior Registrar or Specialist Registrar grade
- oWide clinical experience in general medicine
- oExtensive clinical experience in tertiary referral endocrinology, including endocrine oncology
- oResearch experience and publication in endocrinology
- oHave experience in the management of resources
- oAble to take responsibility of service without direct supervision
Desirable
- oClinical audit experience
Knowledge
Essential
- oWide knowledge of general internal medicine
- oExtensive knowledge of clinical endocrine practice
Desirable
- oExperience in undergraduate and postgraduate education
- oAbility to supervise clinical research assistants
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to co-ordinate and plan and execute research and routine studies
- oEvidence of leadership
- oAbility to work in a multidisciplinary team and with colleagues at different locations
- oGood oral and written communications skills
- oAbility to relate to colleagues and other professionals and communicate between specialities and disciplines
- oAbility to build and support a team
- oBroad range of IT skills
- oEvidence of experience in teaching and clinical/educational supervision
Other
Essential
- oOther qualifications which might enhance the provision of the service e.g. Teaching qualification, management qualification and family members and all the members of the multi-disciplinary team
- oAwareness and understanding of clinical governance issues
- oGood knowledge of, and the ability to use, spoken and written English
- oSufficient to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations
- oAbility to present effectively to an audience, using a variety of methods to respond to questions and queries
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
