Consultant Rheumatologist

4 weeks ago

Brighton East Sussex, United Kingdom NHS Full time
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

An exciting opportunity for a Consultant Rheumatologist to join our friendly team and work with us at University Hospital Sussex (serving The Royal Sussex County Hospital) has arisen. This is a new post created to deliver, according to our rheumatology mission statement, excellence in care quality and innovation.

This 10 PA post, between Mon to Fri has some allowance for working from home. There is no out of hours commitment.

The postholder will be expected to do 4 rheumatology clinics per week whilst supporting, contributing to training and leading clinical decisions with our MDT.

There is an opportunity to develop a subspeciality interest of the candidate's choice but applicants with good experience in managing CTDs and vasculitis would be suited.

There are weekly radiology MDTS and consultant complex case reviews and monthly academic and ILD meetings. There are also ample opportunities for research and teaching and for formal affiliation with Brighton and Sussex Medical School.

Main duties of the job

This is a 10PA new consultant post to facilitate service demands & has been created to support consultant rheumatology services across the department, including inflammatory arthritis, CTD/vasculitis, osteoporosis and designed to allow the successful candidate scope to develop a specialist interest in rheumatology.

Clinical supervision of a rheumatology SpR and advanced practitioners and teaching of medical students is also expected.

Clinical research is provided at the Clinical Investigation and Research Unit (CIRU) on the RSCH site. There are several ongoing clinical trials to which the successful candidate will be encouraged to be involved with. Dedicated time for these activities is given in the job plan.

General outpatient templates are standardised to a maximum of 3 new patients and 6 follow up patients OR 10 follow up patients with 30 minutes allocated for a new patient and 20 minutes for follow up patients.

There are currently no designated inpatient beds for Rheumatology. Patients admitted remain under the acute admitting physician but with daily input from the Rheumatology SpR and consultant of the day. A 1:6 consultant rota for daytime Rheumatology on call/ward referrals is currently in place for which 1PA/week is allocated.

Triaging of referrals, responding to advice & guidance queries, homecare drug prescribing and communication with patients, GPs & other hospital specialists is distributed amongst consultant colleagues & included in job planning.

Person Specification Experience & Qualifications
  • Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice
  • Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of the AAC
Clinical Skills & Experience
  • Evidence of advanced skills in management of general rheumatology and rare autoimmune rheumatic conditions.
  • Evidence of competency injecting joints
Knowledge
  • Breadth of experience in and outside specialty
Organisation & Planning
  • Experience and ability to work in multi-professional teams
  • Understanding of: NHS / Clinical governance / Resource constraints
  • Evidence of managerial skills: Achievements / Course attended
Teaching Skills
  • Evidence of an interest and commitment to teaching
  • Recognised teaching qualification
Academic & Research
  • Evidence of participation in audit
  • Research experience
  • Publications
  • Prizes and honours
Career Progression Personal Attributes
  • Appropriate progression of career to date
  • Evidence of: Good communication skills both oral and written
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.

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