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Job summary

Rheumatology Services at MYTT (MidYorkshire Teaching NHS Trust) is entering an exciting period of clinicalworkforce expansion in all grades and roles. This is a new post having theopportunity to join and develop the existing Rheumatology Consultants team witha specific remit to further transform and extend Rheumatology services.

We are looking for a dynamic, creative,and motivated Consultant to join our friendly progressive team. The successfulcandidate will be joining an established team of 7 consultants to work inoutpatient clinics and inpatient acute referrals as well as having ourdedicated Rheumatology Ultrasound Diagnostic Service.

This post is toprovide additional capacity for our expanding service, and it is expected thatapplicants will have undergone specialist training in Rheumatology medicine.Most importantly you must be driven and have a desire to provide an exemplaryservice with our patients at its heart. As a forward thinking trust we arecontinually striving to deliver clinical excellence to our patients.

We are developingour GIM (General Internal Medicine) workforce in line with the shape of trainingdevelopment and those consultants that join our trust that are dual accreditedin GIM will be asked to take part in GIM ward cover on a 1:8-week rota. For the GIM week, the mornings will be a wardround and the afternoons will be free for other specialty work.

Main duties of the job

Duties will bebased primarily on our Wakefield (Pinderfields) or Dewsbury sites, although allour medical staff are involved in delivering care to patients on all our sites(including Pontefract). The main duties of the post will include

Provision of a generalrheumatology service together with other consultant colleagues within thedepartment. A specialist interest that complements those within the departmentwill be encouraged.

Our usual clinictemplate is 4 hours, with 40 and 20 minutes allocated for new and follow-uppatients, respectively (, 2 new and 8 follow-up).

Clinics are held on all3 of our Hospital sites, consultants will usually be on a site for the wholeday, if travel between sites is required, travel time will be added to your jobplan.

Supervision of juniormedical staff and the specialist nursing team.

Acute rheumatologycovers ward referrals, e-consultations, and GP referral triage on a weeklyschedule during normal working hours. There are no out-of-hours calls.

Hot week cover foracute Rheumatology 08:00 18:00 hrs., Monday to Friday

We are excited toinclude in this post some GIM training time for those clinicians who are dualaccredited in rheumatology and GIM.

About us

We provide care and support to over a million people inWakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across ourthree hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront ofinnovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of ourworkforce.

We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectfuland maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make MidYorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasmirrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity andgender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation,or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support tosomeone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of theLGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currentlyunder-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications frommembers of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure allapplicants are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuableguidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

We have a clear vision and you could be part of this Ifyou share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of ourpatients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This post isoffered on a full-time (10 PA) basis, although less than full-time applicationswill be considered.

Our Rheumatologyservice provides care to patients within Wakefield and North Kirklees, we providedover 13,000 outpatient and diagnostic appointments last year.

Duties will bebased primarily on our Wakefield (Pinderfields) or Dewsbury sites, although allour medical staff are involved in delivering care to patients on all our sites(including Pontefract). The main duties of the post will include

Provision of a generalrheumatology service together with other consultant colleagues within thedepartment. A specialist interest that complements those within the departmentwill be encouraged.

Our usual clinictemplate is 4 hours, with 40 and 20 minutes allocated for new and follow-uppatients, respectively (, 2 new and 8 follow-up).

Clinics are held on all3 of our Hospital sites, consultants will usually be on a site for the wholeday, if travel between sites is required, travel time will be added to your jobplan.

Supervision of juniormedical staff and the specialist nursing team.

Acute rheumatologycovers ward referrals, e-consultations, and GP referral triage on a weeklyschedule during normal working hours. There are no out-of-hours calls.

Hot week cover foracute Rheumatology 08:00 18:00 hrs., Monday to Friday

We are excited toinclude in this post some GIM training time for those clinicians who are dualaccredited in rheumatology and GIM.

Within the job plan forthis position are up to PA of DCC to General Internal Medicine (GIM), whichis to enable the successful applicant to be part of the team deliveringinpatient care to general medical inpatients.

The new department ofGIM, within the Specialty and Integrated Medicine Clinical Service Unit, willbe staffed by 15 dual-accredited physicians from Group 1 specialties. Theseconsultants will work a consultant of the week model of care on a one-in-eightrota, providing a daily consultant ward round (4-hour duration). The ward will have 2 consultantseach week doing a daily ward round, the consultants will change every week. Wardis based on one site.

Time in lieu after theweek will be offered but not mandated and we have a mixture of people thateither do or do not take time off after the weekend, which is job planned aszero hours day.

This is a brand-newservice and will provide exciting opportunities for successful candidates tomeet and work with colleagues from allied specialties, be involved in servicedevelopment and quality improvement, as well as gain useful leadership andmanagement experience.

The GIM PAs incolleagues job plans will be reviewed after two years in post, with thelikelihood (subject to individual wishes and confirmation with your linemanager) of this activity being passed on as new Group 1 specialty consultantsare appointed to the organisation, allowing incumbents to return that time totheir department and allow them to further develop their parent specialtyinterests. We make a commitment that nolonger than 3 years will be needed to be provided in GIM, but we are hopefulthat some colleagues will continue to partake in this rota in the in the longterm.

Supporting professionalactivities in accordance with the trust framework, with at least aminimum of SPAs (supporting professional activities) included in the core10PA timetable, Additional SPA (supporting professional activities) or DCC timemay be commissioned in line with the skills of the successful candidate and thechanging requirements of the service.

Examples may includeformal teaching responsibilities or departmental leadership roles.

All consultantsat the trust are provided with secretarial support and an adequately equippedoffice, which includes IT (Information Technology) facilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Medical Degree from recognised medical school MRCP or equivalent

Desirable

Postgraduate degree Medical School Prizes Audit or Case Presentations Teaching qualification/ prize

GMC Registration

Essential

Please state full GMC number Full GMC Registration with licence to practise Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register for Rheumatology or within 6 months of obtaining CCT (or CESR / equivalent)

Desirable

Inclusion on the GMC general medicine register

Management Skills

Essential

Demonstrates intelligent and analytical approach to problem solving. Good time management.

Desirable

Possess good organisational and personal management skills

Experience

Desirable

Computer literate Specific educational interests and evidence of educational ideas or project work.

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