Consultant in Diabetes University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology to join our team at University Hospitals Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB).

UHDB has a national and international reputation in Diabetes and endocrinology and you would be joining a team of consultants, diabetes nurse specialists, diabetes specialist dietitians and endocrine nurse specialists who are friendly, supportive, innovative, dynamic, always seeking to develop and improve services and deliver high quality care across the board.

There are opportunities to develop research, teaching and educational supervision interests and for the development of services within subspecialty areas.

Main duties of the job

• Delivery of high quality, evidence based care and treatment to patients with diabetes and endocrine conditions across UHDB and working with the communities of Derbyshire and Staffordshire.
• Supporting inpatient wards in delivering care to inpatients with diabetes/ endocrinology and general medicine problems across our wards.
• Mentorship, training and clinical supervision of doctors in training and medical students.
• Reviewing practice in line with local/ national/ international guidance, development and implementation of local policies and involvement with clinical governance.
• Responsible for the professional supervision, training & management of junior medical staff, carrying out teaching, examination & accreditation duties as required & contributing to postgraduate & continuing medical education activity locally, regionally & nationally as appropriate.
• Provision of an out of hours’ service with your Consultant colleagues including on-call rota commitments, as indicated in the enclosed job plan.
• Job plans cover a range of subspecialty areas.

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