Locum Consultant in Diabetes

Job summary

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest and busiest in London with a well-established national and international reputation for clinical excellence and world class care. We deliver care to more than 1.6 million people a year through our three main hospitals: Barnet, Chase Farm and Royal Free. We pride ourselves on being a supportive and friendly place to work with the patient's best interests at the heart of everything we do.

The post holder will join a thriving Diabetes and Endocrinology team, with existing sub-speciality interests, as a 10PA locum consultant. They will cover outpatient clinics in diabetes whilst supporting the management of inpatient diabetes. The post holder will be based predominantly at the Royal Free Hospital. The post provides an excellent opportunity to join a successful Diabetes and Endocrinology department providing a responsive service to admitted patients with Diabetes.

Main duties of the job

The Diabetes team provide a comprehensive, predominantly outpatient-based service, to a local catchment area which now spans Camden and Barnet CCGs (approximate population 550,000) within diabetes, and there is a special interest in the intensive management of Type I diabetes. The department is part of the successful integrated practice unit model with Camden allowing for the provision of community diabetes sessions at consultant levels. There is also a system of interface clinics with nephrology and obstetrics. It is estimated that 25% of inpatients at the Royal Free have diabetes mellitus, and a specialised in-patient service has developed to ensure that patients are clinically reviewed in a timely fashion.

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust runs three hospitals in London:

• Barnet Hospital
• Chase Farm Hospital
• Royal Free Hospital

Across our three London hospitals, our vision is clear: to deliver world class expertise and local care. We combine globally recognised clinical expertise with local and friendly hospital care to represent the NHS at its best.

Our mission is to be world class in terms of healthcare treatment, clinical research and teaching excellence. We aim to deliver and develop leading local healthcare in all three of ourhospitals, to improve lives and help people thrive.