Job summary
- Main area
- Diabetes and Endocrinology
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 262-A-24-6395924
- Employer
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle
- Town
- Carlisle
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 (plus premia of 10%)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/08/2024 08:00
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Diabetes and Endocrinology Consultant
Consultant
Job overview
The Diabetes and Endocrinology Department falls under the remit of the Community Collaborative within North Cumbria Integrated Care foundation Trust ( NCIC)
You will support the provision of both inpatient and outpatient diabetes and endocrinology care and the development and implementation of the integrated diabetes pathway with our Community partners and the ICB.
You will be one of 3 consultants within the team also comprising of Diabetes Specialist Nurses and Diabetes Dieticians. The post holder would support the inpatient and outpatient service and link with a community nursing service with an expanding pump therapy service. There is collaborative working with obstetrics and Paediatrics by the way of joint diabetes antenatal and a transitional young adult clinics to aid smooth transition to adult care.
There is also a highly developed multidisciplinary foot care team that supervise the care of patients with diabetic foot complications. The successful applicant will be joining a highly motivated integrated group of diabetes care providers and will be expected to be an active contributor to the team.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to appoint a dynamic and forward-thinking Consultant within the Trust covering North Cumbria. The Directorate would equally welcome applications from existing and newly trained Consultants
This is an opportunity to join an organisation in which Clinicians are at the forefront of management.
The programme of training for each individual doctor will be flexible depending on his/her particular needs and stage of training.
Our Diabetes and Endocrine consultants are responsible for providing specialist care to patients in inpatient settings, Specialty outpatient clinics in both the acute and community settings, advice and guidance and education to primary care and community services.
The ideal candidate will be innovative, forward thinking and supportive to developing an all-encompassing integrated service to support the residents of Cumbria across primary and secondary care. I
There is plenty of opportunities to specialise within the Diabetes and Endocrine service with the following specialist services provided
- Young people’s clinics
- Transition joint clinics with paediatricians
- Dedicated Diabetes Foot Services, with podiatric and vascular nurse input.
- Joint Ante-natal clinics
- Provision of DAFNE and DESMOND
- Provision of insulin pump services with dedicated pump clinics
- Endocrine clinics
- Complex diabetes clinics both in hospital & community
Working for our organisation
Relocation assistance of up to £8,000 may be available for successful applicants moving to the region.
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring a safe and high quality of patient care underpinned by our Trust values. It is expected that all employees demonstrate their commitment to these in their daily activity. In addition to this you may be asked ‘Values-based interview questions at interview.
The post is subject to the Medical and Dental Staff Terms and Conditions of Service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description for more information about this post.
Regarding Further details / informal visits contact, Dr Chandi Idampitya, Clinical Lead for Diabetes and Endocrinology, [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Valid Full Registration with the General Medical Council,
- Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: a) Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) b) Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) c) European Community Rights.
- Membership of the Royal College Physicians or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- High level of clinical experience and competence in Diabetes and Endocrinology
Desirable criteria
- Business planning
- A commitment to, and experience of teaching
- An interest in developing links with Acute Medicine or Primary Care.
Research and Training Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
- Experience of teaching to undergraduates and postgraduates
Desirable criteria
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research
- Teaching of non-medical health professionals
- Educational qualification
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanne Wills
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07811714268
- Additional information
Email contact preferred.
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