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Job summary

Main area
Rheumatology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
6 months (Fixed term)
Hours
Full time - 8 sessions per week
Job ref
388-7077289-M&D
Employer
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Torbay Hospital
Town
Torquay
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/04/2025 23:59

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Locum Consultant Rheumatologist

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated organisation providing acute health care services from Torbay Hospital, community health services and adult social care. The Trust runs Torbay Hospital as well as five community hospitals, stretching from Dawlish to Brixham. We also provide health and social care to the local population. We have around 500,000 face-to-face contacts with patients in their homes and communities each year and see over 78,000 people in our A&E department annually. We serve a resident population of approximately 286,000 people, plus about 100,000 visitors at any one time during the summer holiday season.

We employ approximately 6,500 staff including frontline health and social care staff, such as nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, consultants, and physiotherapists who work in your home and from a range of different premises across Torbay and South Devon such as community hospitals and clinics. We also have over 800 volunteers who make a difference each and every day to the people we care for. Our purpose is to provide safe, high-quality care and social care at the right time and in the right place to support the people of Torbay and South Devon to live their lives to the full.

 

Main duties of the job

Clinical duties will be shared across the Consultant Team and will include all responsibilities normally expected in any Rheumatology Department in the UK.

·         The successful candidate will be required to provide high quality consultant delivered care to patients including through outpatient clinics, ward consults and advice and guidance to patients and primary care.

·         You will be involved with the supervision of junior medical and nursing staff, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care are provided to all patients attending the hospital.

·         You will need to be proactive in ensuring that all patients receive rapid assessment, treatment and clinical decision making, whilst ensuring our standard to deliver safe, quality patient care is delivered and sustained.

·         Rheumatology is an outpatient-focused service. There are no dedicated inpatient beds and no on-call requirement, although the team provides support to inpatients via referrals from the admitting consultant.

Working for our organisation

We are a team of 5.5 WTE Consultant Rheumatologists supported by a team of specialist nurses, physiotherapists, podiatrists and hand therapists.

We provide a hub and spoke service including:

·         Patient initiated access, patient helpline and administrative duties undertaken from our hub on the Torbay Hospital Site

·         Outpatient services provided at Torbay hospital and at various community hospitals including, Newton Abbot, Paignton, Totnes, Dawlish and Teignmouth.

·         Day case infusions of Biologic therapies, Cyclophosphamide, IV Methylprednisolone are undertaken at Newton Abbot Hospital

·         Bone density scanning and the Osteoporosis management is a nurse led service based between Paignton and Torbay Hospital.

·         Research is undertaken at Torbay Hospital and the team run several commercial and non-commercial, portfolio and non-portfolio studies.

·         The successful candidate will be required to provide high quality consultant delivered care to patients including clinical leadership and supervision of junior medical staff, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care are provided to all patients attending the hospital.

·         They will be proactive in ensuring that all patients receive rapid assessment, treatment and clinical decision making, whilst ensuring our standard to deliver safe quality and performance are delivered and sustained.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Entry on Specialist Register for Rheumatology or within 6 months of obtaining CCT
  • Fully registered with the GMC with licence to practice MRCP (UK) or equivalent
  • CESR
  • Minimum of English Level 2 (GCSE grade C or equivalent), IELTS or graduate of a UK Medical Schoo
  • ATLS / APLS
Desirable criteria
  • Diploma/Certificate of medical education MD or PhD
  • Evidence of subspecialty or other specific training: CCT in another subspecialty, Fellowship
  • Other degrees eg BSc, MSc, MD
  • At least 3 years higher training in relevant specialty
  • Distinctions, scholarships, prize
  • Post graduate qualifications, e.g. BSc, MSc, MD, PGCE

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Catherine Gwynne
Job title
Clinical Lead & Consultant Rheumatologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07817175460
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