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Job summary

Main area
Diabetes
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
357-CPR-559-24
Employer
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Pilgrim Hospital, Boston
Town
Boston
Salary
£99,532 - £131,964 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/08/2024 23:59
Interview date
06/09/2024

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United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Consultant Physician in Diabetes and Endocrinology - Pilgrim Hospital

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people.  We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULHT.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our values guide everything we do. They are:

  • Patient-centred – Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
  • Safety – Following ULHT and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
  • Excellence – Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
  • Compassion – Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
  • Respect – Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULHT team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So, what is in it for you?

  • Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

  • Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
  • Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
  • Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
  • Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
  • Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
  • NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
  • Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
  • Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there is more.

  • Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
  • Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
  • Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
  •  Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
  •  Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Job overview

‘We are recruiting for 2 permanent Consultant Physician in Diabetes and Endocrinology. One post is for 10PA and the other is for 10.19PA, further details around the job plans can be found in the attached job descriptions. If you have a preference of a certain post, please make this clear as part of your supporting information.’

Applications are invited for an enthusiastic, dedicated colleague to join the team.  We provide a comprehensive range of services at Pilgrim Hospital.  The Elective clinical responsibilities of the post include outpatient clinics at Pilgrim Hospital and in an attached Community Hospital, weekly Radiology MDT, dedicated Endo Biochemistry Meeting and monthly remote Pituitary MDT. The post has roles for both General and Specialised clinics and active mentoring would be provided for developing further Special Interest clinics. 

Main duties of the job

The inpatient responsibility covers 15 Diabetes/Endocrinology beds and an additional 10 Medical outlier beds on a buddy ward.  The ward work consists of each consultant providing ward cover for two weeks at a time and will support the delivery of senior daily review for in-patients on the Diabetes and Endocrinology wards via an “on the beds”, “off the beds” model. In addition to this the post holder will be expected to contribute towards the medical on-call rota.

Diabetes care in the County has developed significantly over the last 5 years with the establishment of a range of intermediate tier diabetes clinics supported by GPs with a Special Interest in Diabetes and community-based Diabetes Specialist Nurses, structured group education for patients and structured education and training for all healthcare professionals throughout the Lincolnshire health community. The Diabetes service is shifting further towards providing a Community based Integrated Diabetes model offering an exciting opportunity for the successful to candidate to support the development of this new model where the Diabetes service will focus support towards providing clinics for complex diabetes cases.

Working for our organisation

We are one of the largest Trusts in the UK and provide a comprehensive range of health services to the local population. Lincoln is the county town of Lincolnshire. Pilgrim hospital is situated in the Market Town of Boston, and is a modern complex of 566 beds. Lincoln medical school is now in its third year of student intake and there are opportunities for Structured Teaching via the newly built Undergraduate Medical Centre. The Trust is also a part of the Comprehensive Local Research network with a dedicated Diabetes Research Nurse support and opportunities and infrastructure for Clinical Research are in place.

With its open spaces and plenty of green countryside Lincolnshire remains largely unspoiled with less hustle and bustle that grips so much of the rest of the country- it remains a place where people can live and work in comfort. The county scores highly when it comes to education from nursery through to secondary school and has a growing university culture at the City of Lincoln. In your free time there are many places of interest to visit in Lincolnshire with motor racing at Cadwell Park, lakes for sailing, some of the best coarse fishing in the country and horse racing at Market Rasen, not to mention Lincoln Cathedral and Castle and the good balance of traditional eateries throughout the county.

For more information on what it’s like to live and work in Lincolnshire please see the link below.

https://www.beinlincolnshire.com/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Applicants are required to be on the Specialist Register for Diabetes and General Medicine or within 1 year of CCT date.  Full registration with the GMC is essential.  Experience and familiarity with UK hospital systems and practices or equivalent is essential.  

For further details regarding the job role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

If you are considering making the move give us a call, we are more than happy to arrange a visit and show you what we have to offer. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full and Specialist Registration ( with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council or be eligible within 6 months of the interview
  • Entry on the 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
  • Should the person be UK trained, they must also be a holder of Certificate of completion of specialist training (CCT) or entry expected within six months of interview date
  • MRCP or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Advanced Life Support certificate
  • An appropriate higher degree, e.g. an MD, PhD or equivalent
  • Higher research qualification

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • Clinical experience in Diabetes/Endocrinology and General (Internal) Medicine
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the management of acute medical emergencies

Management

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
  • Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
  • Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives
Desirable criteria
  • Management training or qualification
  • Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
  • Evidence of developing a high quality, high performance service

Clinical Effectiveness

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training for doctors and other disciplines
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching qualification

Research

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of original research

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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 Bala Srinivasan
Job title
Consultant Diabetes and Endocrinology
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01522 573037
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