Locum Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology

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Locum Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Main area Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Medicine Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Fixed term: 12 months (NA) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job ref 197-AA8644-B

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the IC S in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust are seeking to appoint a 10 Programmed Activity locum Consultant in Diabetes and General Medicine, to be based at the University Hospital Lewisham site as part of the development of the new general medical model and the development of the diabetes service inclusive of foot, antenatal, type 1 diabetes and community diabetes services.

The successful candidate will be offered a 10 PA, 12 month fixed term contract with Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. The contract will be held by the Trust.

Main duties of the job

The post is for a whole-time (10 PA) Consultant Physician with a focus on delivering diabetes services and covering acute intake medical work, and providing ongoing care to patients admitted on the take. The post will be based at University Hospital Lewisham. This post has scope to become a substantive post.

The job plan will be negotiated between the consultant and the Divisional Director at least annually. A Responsible Officer for Appraisal and Revalidation will be allocated to the post holder, and engagement with these processes will be a requirement of this post.

The appointee will be given an office space and computer/laptop to facilitate all work and will be supported by the department's secretaries.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

The post holder will provide high-quality health care for patients referred for diagnosis and treatment, including outpatients and inpatients. The post has a focus on delivering diabetes services and covering acute intake medical work, and providing ongoing care to patients admitted on the take.

General Responsibilities

1. To provide high-quality health care for patients referred for diagnosis and treatment, including outpatients and inpatients

2. To respond to inpatient and outpatient referrals from other specialties

4. To participate in educational and audit meetings

5. To meet CPD and revalidation requirements

6. To provide cover for consultant colleagues during periods of leave

7. To support the Hospital's Clinical Governance Strategy

8. To contribute to all other aspects of the Directorate and Hospital's affairs, including relevant consultant and directorate meetings

Diabetes and Endocrinology Medicine

9. To provide a consultant-led service in the specialty

10. To support and assist in the development of diabetes services, both in the hospital and in the community

11. To contribute to research in diabetes and endocrinology in an area of special interest

12. To contribute to meeting the NICE standards for diabetes and endocrinology services

13. To contribute to meeting the 4-hour waiting time target in the Emergency Department

14. To contribute to other targets, e.g. RTT in diabetes and endocrinology outpatients

Person specification

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent
• MRCP or equivalent
• Broad based general training
• CCT in Diabetes and Endocrinology
• Distinctions, scholarships, prizes Other higher degrees, e.g. BSc, PhD, MD.

Clinical Experience

• Broad based training and wide experience of acute and general medicine
• Subspecialty training and interest to compliment service and development

Clinical Audit

• Understanding of the principles of clinical governance and clinical risk
• Understanding and experience of audit
• Evidence of participation in clinical audit.
• Previous broader experience of clinical governance, clinical risk management and associated areas

Teaching Experience

• Wide experience of, and strong commitment to, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Evidence of ability to organise training/ teaching events

Management and Administrative Experience

• Understanding of the implications of the NHS Plan and other national guidance and policy relevant to the provision of geriatric medicine and acute medical services
• Understanding of NHS organisation and management
• Formal management course with previous management experience especially of change management

Research Experience

• Knowledge of research methodology and clinical trials
• Evidence of personal research projects and their presentation.
• Publications in peer reviewed journals.

Other Attributes

• Evidence of leadership.
• Organisational ability.
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• Experience of, and ability to, work within a multi-disciplinary team
• Flexibility to respond to the varying needs of a busy department
• Commitment to Appraisal and Revalidation
• Experience in service business case

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women’s staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note: Information provided during recruitment and pre‑employment checks must be accurate. Misrepresentation may be investigated as fraud and could lead to withdrawal from the process, professional sanctions, or criminal action.

Please note: that sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route is subject to Trust allocation and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval.

Use of AI in recruitment: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support the initial review of applications against the essential criteria for this role. Where AI is used, it will support rather than replace human decision-making, and applications will remain subject to appropriate human review.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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