Consultant Rheumatologist

1 week ago


London, United Kingdom The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

The successful candidate will work closely with the existing rheumatologists. There are ten programmed activities over the typical working week. 8 PAs per week will be dedicated to direct clinical care and 2 PA to supporting professional activities such as audit, teaching, appraisal, clinical governance and service development. It is expected that the post holder will participate in the active audit programme in the department and keep up with continuing professional development as laid down by the Royal College of Physicians. The Hospital is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities. An active mentoring programme for newly appointed consultants is available and receives positive feedback from participants.

Main duties of the job

The Hillingdon Hospital provides a general Rheumatology service for the people of Hillingdon. The department started in April 2002. There are 2 rheumatology specialist nurses at Hillingdon hospital, who runs clinics alongside those of the existing rheumatologist. They carry out the preliminary work up for patients recommended for biological or targeted synthetic therapies and escalate csDMARD, bDMARD and tsDMARD therapies to achieve remission.

There are weekly radiology meetings with one of the musculoskeletal radiologists.

Secretarial and clerical / administrative support is provided by two patient pathway coordinators. The consultant will have access to IT and office accommodation. No on call work is envisaged.

About us

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitalsprovide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

Entry on the Specialist Register via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) or obtained CESR Good knowledge of the spectrum of rheumatic disease Experience and interest in research and teaching

Desirable

Higher degree MD,PhD or equivalent An area of acknowledged subspecialty expertise Experience in acute general medicine

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