Consultant Rheumatologist

Job summary

Applications are invited for a consultant post in Rheumatology Medicine Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust, based mainly at the Southport site, but travel to our Ormskirk site may be required (there is staff transportation to facilitate cross site working if you require).

There is no requirement in this post to undertake General Medicine sessions however if interested applicants wish to participate in GIM on-call rota or Acute Medicine sessions, this will be supported.

We are a small but welcoming and passionate team who are patient focussed and development driven. We welcome applicants from like-minded, forward-thinking clinicians who would like to be part of a busy but well supported team, who are keen to partake in consultant led service redesign.

Main duties of the job

The standard job plan enclosed within the Job Description (attached) is a starting point and we encourage positive and active discussions around your work plan structure. Duties will include triaging patient referrals, providing Advice and Guidance to GPs, reviewing ward referrals for Rheumatology reviews and participating in the weekly full team MDT.

You will hold regular outpatient clinics, of which there are special interest clinics including early arthritis clinics and ankylosing spondylitis clinics, RSN Biologics clinics and joint injection clinics. The post-holder will be encouraged to participate in any of these or develop any other special interest areas such as MSK ultrasound.

There are bi-monthly service meetings that you are encouraged to attend wherein updates are shared from our colleagues in Management, Finance, Performance and Governance and we welcome your input into these meetings. There is also a monthly consultant team meeting with the wider Medicine Consultant work force.

About us

Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust provide healthcare in hospital and the community to 258000 people across Southport, Formby and West Lancashire.

The Trust provides a range of local hospital services across its two main sites ranging from adults and children's A&E, Intensive Care and a range of medical and surgical specialties, women's and children's services, consultant led Maternity Care as well as its adult community health services. We also host the Northwest Spinal Injuries' Centre.

Located near vibrant and attractive cities, Liverpool and Manchester offer a unique and unlimited shopping experience in addition to arts, culture, music, nightlife and tourism, whilst you can enjoy the convenience of coast life in Southport. We have been awarded University Clinical Education Centre in recognition of the high standard of training provided for students on placement to the Trust, by the University of Liverpool.

We offer excellent staff benefits to all clinical and non-clinical staff, and can offer you flexible working, in house education programs, annual personal development plans and development opportunities. Striving for continuous improvement and passionate about Excellent, Long Life Integrated Care, we are recruiting staff who can demonstrate our organizational values of Supportive, Caring, Open & Honest, Professional and Efficient to ensure we deliver the best patient care. We encourage a diverse workforce and promote equality throughout the Trust.