Rheumatology Specialist

About the Role

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly skilled Consultant Rheumatologist to join our team. As a Consultant Rheumatologist, you will be responsible for providing a comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic Rheumatology service.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic Rheumatology service in conjunction with other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Share clinical responsibility for cases with consultant colleagues.
• Ensure service delivery across the wider team, empowering and assisting others to deliver optimum services.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical record keeping using the Trust's electronic systems.
• Undertake effective liaison with regional colleagues to ensure delivery of patient care delivered on a tertiary basis.
• Play an active part in the training and supervision of medical staff in junior and non-training grades and the development of support staff, supporting and leading the delivery of education for trainee medical staff and medical students.
• Participate effectively in Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance.
• Engage with requirements for Continuing Professional Development in accordance with guidelines set down by the Royal College of Physicians.

About Us

Chesterfield Royal Hospital is a friendly District General Hospital with the beautiful Peak District on its doorstep. This post presents a great opportunity to live and work in some of the finest landscape this country has to offer.

Major cities such as Sheffield, Leeds, Nottingham, and Derby are all within an hour's train journey, and local airports include East Midlands, Manchester, and Leeds Bradford, with London within a couple of hours' drive.

There are excellent schools in the local area, only a few minutes from the hospital. All our staff can enjoy a range of staff benefits, including on-site parking, fitness activities, local discounts, on-site cafe & Costa Coffee, Amazon delivery, and an active health and wellbeing programme, plus many more.