Consultant - Endocrinology and Diabetes

4 months ago


Stockport, United Kingdom Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

This post is based the department of Diabetes and Endocrinology supporting the work of the Directorate in delivering inpatient services and participating in speciality outpatient clinics in Diabetes and Endocrinology. The post provides training and experience in specialty diabetes clinic such as antenatal diabetes care, insulin pumps (CSII), community diabetes care, diabetic foot care, paediatric to adult diabetes transition clinics etc. and general adult endocrinology including access to specialist endocrinology via pituitary MDT at Salford Royal Hospital and opportunities to sit in on paediatric diabetes clinics.

The inpatient department provides an exciting opportunity to develop high quality skills in Inpatient Diabetes management and Endocrine Dynamic function testing.

The Integrated Diabetes Department works closely with 2 diabetes specialist nurses allocated for Inpatient care, and a nurse educator. The inpatient DSNs work closely with 3 other DSN colleagues mainly based in the community.

Stockport benefits from a dual trained Diabetes Midwife/ DSN who is a national champion for Diabetes and pregnancy care and like the rest of the team is Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII) trained.

The department operates a consultant of the week model for inpatient ward cover.

We are also about to start an exciting collaboration with East Cheshire to provide support inpatient support and endocrine clinics.

Main duties of the job

You will be an enthusiastic educator and be expected to participate in teaching and mentoring of junior clinicians and students.

A mentor and supervise the training of junior medical staff on the team in conjunction with the other consultant physicians in the department.

Jointly manage with the other consultants in the department patients admitted to the medical ward base.

Provide specialist in reach to the Acute Medical Unit and see diabetes and endocrinology in patient referrals.

Competently assess and manage new and follow up patients in diabetes and endocrine clinics.

Provide diabetes advice and clinical care to the diabetes antenatal service.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

Between 32-34 days of annual leave plus bank holidays NHS pension scheme membership Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further NHS Staff discounts Cycle to work scheme Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice Job description

Job responsibilities

Candidates will participate in multidisciplinary team meetings.

Participate in regular departmental audit and help with/develop a research program.

Work towards models of integrated care with primary health care providers.

Participation in the General Medical on-call service.

Contribute to the ongoing service developments to meet the changing demands on the speciality.

In general, it is anticipated that the consultant will provide medical leadership and professional accountability for the patients on under his/her care

Work within the multidisciplinary team to ensure effective team working in the provision of acute care to patients.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £ This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Primary Medical Qualification MBChB MRCP CCST or its equivalent or within 6 months at interview in General Internal Medicine and Diabetes and Endocrinology

Desirable

MD or PhD

Training

Essential

Senior Registrar / Specialty Trainee in General Internal Medicine & Diabetes & Endocrinology

Experience

Essential

A broad training which demonstrates appropriate experience in and a positive attitude towards Diabetes and Endocrinology Comprehensive patient management Experience in and commitment to post graduate and undergraduate education

Desirable

Extensive experience in diabetes technologies, diabetes antenatal care, young adult diabetes, diabetic foot disease. Evidence of training in teaching skills

Personal skills

Essential

Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing Ability to form good professional relationships with all departments and work as part of a multidisciplinary team Experience of supervision of junior medical staff and relevant staff in other disciplines' staff

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